Prisons books

Founded in cultural, textual, and ethnographic analysis, this distinctive and engaging book proposes an imaginative...  Read More >>

The 21st annual edition of The Prisons Handbook, the definitive annual guide to the prison system of England and...  Read More >>

This treatment program targets the criminal, behavioral, and mental health problems of inmates in segregated housing...  Read More >>

This treatment program targets the criminal, behavioral, and mental health problems of inmates in segregated housing...  Read More >>

Through the author’s experiences, investigations and discussions with artists, art therapists and inmates from around...  Read More >>

Through the author’s experiences, investigations and discussions with artists, art therapists and inmates from around...  Read More >>

Sentencing Policies and Practices in the 21st Century focuses on the evolution and consequences of sentencing policies...  Read More >>

An ex-prisoner's essential guide to what you can expect on the inside if you serve time, originally self-published...  Read More >>

 Jill snagged her dream job as a librarian. The catch? The job...  Read More >>

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER As seen on BBC Breakfast Horrifying,...  Read More >>

The phenomenal New York Times bestseller now published in the UK for the first time Once in a great while a book...  Read More >>

The result is a critical and theoretically informed understanding of prison escapes – which has sofar been absent...  Read More >>

This book is a reflection on the nature of confinement, experienced by prison inmates as everyday life. It explores...  Read More >>

This volume makes a case for engaging critical approaches for teaching adults in prison higher education programs....  Read More >>

This volume makes a case for engaging critical approaches for teaching adults in prison higher education programs....  Read More >>

Wrongly convicted of the murder of a stranger, Jamie Morgan Kane entered the American prison system and was to stay...  Read More >>

Lauren-Brooke Eisen blends investigative reportage and quantitative and historical research to analyze privatized...  Read More >>

It uses various methods to seek the authentic voices of inmates, ex-prisoners, deported migrants and practitioners,...  Read More >>

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A critical investigation into the use of psychotropic drugs to pacify and control inmates and other captives in...  Read More >>

A critical investigation into the use of psychotropic drugs to pacify and control inmates and other captives in...  Read More >>

Gathers together and analyzes documents that discuss the fierce debates and legislation related to prison reform,...  Read More >>

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In America's criminal justice system, despite the assumption of innocence until one is proved guilty, the accused...  Read More >>

**WINNER OF THE 2019 MOORE PRIZE ** **THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** ‘A riveting account of the multiple outrages...  Read More >>