Prisons books

Conscience and Convenience was quickly recognized for its masterly depiction and interpretation of a major period...  Read More >>

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Includes official prison policies, first-person accounts from prisoners, and information about each federal facility....  Read More >>

CORRECTIONAL LEADERSHIP examines how organizational culture is related to effective correctional leadership. It...  Read More >>

A memoir written from Death Row in San Quentin prison in California. The author's words show how spiritual practice...  Read More >>

"Examines how the Texas prison system has adapted to court-ordered reform. The book explores the impact of major...  Read More >>

""Bullying Among Prisoners"" identifies problems in defining and measuring bullying, along with proposing guidelines...  Read More >>

""Bullying Among Prisoners"" identifies problems in defining and measuring bullying, along with proposing guidelines...  Read More >>

Coinciding with the government push to improve prison health care, this book has been prepared by key figures in...  Read More >>

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Documents the various facilities in which persons of Japanese descent living in the western United States were confined...  Read More >>

This book examines how a framework of punishment that suited the values of the civilized world came to be set in...  Read More >>

This book examines how a framework of punishment that suited the values of the civilized world came to be set in...  Read More >>

Crime and young fatherhood have generally been viewed as separate social problems, but researchers are increasingly...  Read More >>

A first-hand account from a prison guard's perspective years spent in the infamous US Penitentiary at Alcatraz....  Read More >>

Crime and young fatherhood have generally been viewed as separate social problems, but researchers are increasingly...  Read More >>

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Shadowboxing presents an analysis of the history and practice of black feminisms, drawing upon political theory,...  Read More >>

Prison Writing is published annually in book form to promote creative writing in the UK and beyond. It covers a...  Read More >>

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"This volume examines the prison careers of inmates who sabotage their own rehabilitation by repeated violence,...  Read More >>

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"For fifty years prison inmates in Texas were leased out to railroads, coal mines, farm plantations, and sawmill...  Read More >>

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