Prisons books

After the Doors Were Locked offers a look at the history of youth corrections in California from its origins to...  Read More >>

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

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"""Honorâe offers ... solutions to some of the most pressing problems of our time, [including] hurricane preparedness,...  Read More >>

Bringing together experts from around Europe, this book actively contributes to debates and analysis within penal...  Read More >>

In his cogent and groundbreaking book, From Slave Ship to Supermax, Patrick Elliot Alexander argues that the disciplinary...  Read More >>

In his cogent and groundbreaking book, From Slave Ship to Supermax, Patrick Elliot Alexander argues that the disciplinary...  Read More >>

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This title was first published in 2003. The ""Red Mafia"" in Russia have become the subject of increasing international...  Read More >>

Rethinking the American Prison Movement provides a short, accessible overview of an important and transformational...  Read More >>

Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides concrete strategies for an era of decarceration....  Read More >>

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Featuring dozens of contributions written by criminalized men and women currently incarcerated in Correctional Service...  Read More >>

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In the tradition of Midnight Express, The Damage Done, Marching Powder and Hotel Kerobokan comes an extraordinary...  Read More >>

But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital’s most notorious jails:...  Read More >>

This landmark publication by a prestigious global author team provides an international forensic, legal and professional...  Read More >>

"As a part of the debate on penitentiary architecture, this book proposes a critical interpretation of the conceptual...  Read More >>

This landmark publication by a prestigious global author team provides an international forensic, legal and professional...  Read More >>

"The impact of the United Nations ""Healthy Prisons"" initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health...  Read More >>

In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morjé Howard shows how far outside the norm--and how different from systems in other advanced,...  Read More >>

This edited collection focuses on the sociology of 'social censure' – the sociological term advocated by Colin Sumner...  Read More >>

In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morjé Howard shows how far outside the norm--and how different from systems in other advanced,...  Read More >>

An invaluable explanation of the `nuts and bolts' of counselling in prison. Examines the challenges facing counsellors...  Read More >>