Prisons books

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Betsy: The dramatic biography of prison reformer Elizabeth Fry

Betsy: The dramatic biography of prison reformer Elizabeth...

Author: Jean Hatton
ISBN: 9781854247056
Format: Paperback
$25.85

The story of a courageous complex woman who defied social convention.  Read More >>

Welcome To Hell: One Man's Fight for Life Inside the Bangkok Hilton

Welcome To Hell: One Man's Fight for Life Inside the...

Author: Colin R. Martin, RN, BSc, MSc, PhD, MBA, YCAP, FHEA, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, C.Sci
ISBN: 9780954870775
Format: Paperback
$27.95

Chronicles an innocent man's struggle to survive inside one of the world's most dangerous prisons.  Read More >>

The Lone Brit on 13: A Prisoner's Hell in Spain's Toughest Jail

The Lone Brit on 13: A Prisoner's Hell in Spain's Toughest...

Author: Christopher Chance
ISBN: 9781840189575
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The Lone Brit on 13 is a gripping true story of violence, degradation and adventure penned in the confines of a...  Read More >>

Papillon

Papillon

Author: Henri Charrière ,  Patrick O’Brian
ISBN: 9780007179961
Format: Paperback
$22.99

An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969, Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies, daring...  Read More >>

To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back: Memories of an East LA Outlaw

To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back: Memories of an East...

Author: Ernie López ,  Rafael Pérez-Torres
ISBN: 9780292706835
Format: Paperback
$41.95

Offers the life story of Ernie Lopez and his account of daily life in Alcatraz and San Quentin. This book discusses...  Read More >>

Summer Holidays in a Dutch Correctional Institution for Juveniles: The EU Leonardo Da Vinci Project  Youth

Summer Holidays in a Dutch Correctional Institution...

Author: Irene Sagel-Grande
ISBN: 9789051707533
Format: Mixed media product
$153.12

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Prisoners' Inventions

Prisoners' Inventions

Author: Temporary Services ,  WhiteWalls
ISBN: 9780945323020
Format: Paperback
$31.68

A guide to prison life, covering subjects ranging from how to cook a grilled cheese sandwich in a locker to how...  Read More >>

Escape from Alcatraz: The True Crime Classic

Escape from Alcatraz: The True Crime Classic

Author: J. Campbell Bruce
ISBN: 9781580086783
Format: Paperback
$32.99

In 1963, just weeks before the original publication of this book, the last prisoner was escorted off Devil’s Island...  Read More >>

Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison

Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison

Author: Ken Lamberton
ISBN: 9780816523566
Format: Paperback
$44.75

""From the upper bunk where I write, a narrow window allows me a southern exposure of the desert beyond this prison....  Read More >>

Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison

Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison

Author: Ken Lamberton ,  Ken Lamberton
ISBN: 9780816523542
Format: Hardback
$86.99

From the upper bunk where I write, a narrow window allows me a southern exposure of the desert beyond this prison....  Read More >>

Buried from the World: Inside the Massachusetts State Prison, 1829-1831

Buried from the World: Inside the Massachusetts State...

Author: Jared Curtis ,  Philip F. Gura
ISBN: 9780934909792
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Between 1829 and 1831, newly appointed prison chaplain Jared Curtis interviewed all 300-plus inmates of the Massachusetts...  Read More >>

Prisongate: The Shocking State Of Britain's Prisons & The Need For Visionary Change

Prisongate: The Shocking State Of Britain's Prisons...

Author: Sir David Ramsbotham
ISBN: 9780743259521
Format: Paperback
$29.95

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Loving Through Bars: Children with Parents in Prison

Loving Through Bars: Children with Parents in Prison...

Author: Cynthia Martone
ISBN: 9781891661488
Format: Hardback
$57.95

Provides a close-up examination of the instability and uncertainty that plague the children of prisoners, in a collection...  Read More >>

The Imprisonment of African American Women: Causes, Conditions and Future Implications

The Imprisonment of African American Women: Causes,...

Author: Catherine Fisher Collins
ISBN: 9780786421596
Format: Paperback
$92.40

The plight of imprisoned African American women is detailed in this study. It is apparent that the US prison systems...  Read More >>

Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration

Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass...

Author: Michael Jacobson
ISBN: 9780814742747
Format: Hardback
$171.00

After overseeing the largest city jail system in the US, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of...  Read More >>

An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse: An Essay on Prison Reform from an Insiders Perspective

An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse: An Essay...

Author: Jens Soering
ISBN: 9781590560761
Format: Paperback
$31.68

Jens Soering has experienced the inside of many different prisons, from a youth remand centre in London to America's...  Read More >>

Welcome To Hell

Welcome To Hell

Author: Clive Stafford Smith ,  Helen Prejean, CSJ
ISBN: 9781555536367
Format: Paperback
$73.79

This book gives condemned people in the United States the chance to speak for themselves - to talk about their existence...  Read More >>

Global Lockdown: Race, Gender, and the Prison-Industrial Complex

Global Lockdown: Race, Gender, and the Prison-Industrial...

Author: Julia Sudbury
ISBN: 9780415950565
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities

Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities...

Author: Mary F. Bosworth
ISBN: 9780761927310
Format: Hardback
$897.60

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Incorrigible

Incorrigible

Author: Velma Demerson
ISBN: 9780889204447
Format: Paperback
$86.99

In a period that saw the rise of psychiatry, legislation against interracial marriage, and a populist movement that...  Read More >>

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