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Decades Behind Bars

Author : Gaye D. Holman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476628483
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Decades Behind Bars written by Gaye D. Holman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons--one in nine is serving a life sentence. Mass long-term imprisonment devours state budgets, adversely affects community well-being and skews our collective moral compass. This study examines the human costs of keeping the convicted out of sight, out of mind. Beginning in 1994, the author began recording the personal stories of 50 incarcerated felons--17 of them were still in prison 20 years later. The men candidly discuss what it means to commit a serious crime and to be confined for perhaps the remainder of their lives. Their stories are balanced by conversations with correctional officers, prison administrators, chaplains and parole board members. The author identifies circumstances that ruin some prisoners and save others and presents insights for possible improvements in the criminal justice system.

Decades Behind Bars

Author : Gaye D. Holman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476669236
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Decades Behind Bars written by Gaye D. Holman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons--one in nine is serving a life sentence. Mass long-term imprisonment devours state budgets, adversely affects community well-being and skews our collective moral compass. This study examines the human costs of keeping the convicted out of sight, out of mind. Beginning in 1994, the author began recording the personal stories of 50 incarcerated felons--17 of them were still in prison 20 years later. The men candidly discuss what it means to commit a serious crime and to be confined for perhaps the remainder of their lives. Their stories are balanced by conversations with correctional officers, prison administrators, chaplains and parole board members. The author identifies circumstances that ruin some prisoners and save others and presents insights for possible improvements in the criminal justice system.

Twenty Years Behind Bars

Author : Jeff Burkhart
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781478392224
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book Twenty Years Behind Bars written by Jeff Burkhart and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shaken not stirred," we have all heard the saying. It is part of what makes Ian Fleming's super spy James Bond so super. It is not the fact that he drinks martinis, it is how he drinks them that matters. Cocktails are about style and in today's complicated world of drink many of us need a lifestyle guide. 20 Years Behind Bars is that guide; part trade manual and part psychological introspective, it combines real life observations (by a real life bartender) with facts and information in an amusing and irreverent fashion. Take one part Mr. Boston's bartending guide, one part Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, a dash of Steve Dublanica's Waiter Rant, combine and you have the pure entertainment that is 20 Years Behind Bars.

Solitary

Author : Albert Woodfox
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802146902
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Solitary written by Albert Woodfox and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An uncommonly powerful memoir about four decades in confinement . . . A profound book about friendship [and] solitary confinement in the United States.” —New York Times Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement—in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, twenty-three hours a day, in Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison—all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived at all was a feat of extraordinary endurance. That he emerged whole from his odyssey within America’s prison and judicial systems is a triumph of the human spirit. While behind bars in his early twenties, Albert was inspired to join the Black Panther Party because of its social commitment and code of living. He was serving a fifty-year sentence in Angola for armed robbery when, on April 17, 1972, a white guard was killed. Albert and another member of the Panthers were accused of the crime and immediately put in solitary confinement. Without a shred of evidence against them, their trial was a sham of justice. Decades passed before Albert was finally released in February 2016. Sustained by the solidarity of two fellow Panthers, Albert turned his anger into activism and resistance. The Angola 3, as they became known, resolved never to be broken by the corruption that effectively held them for decades as political prisoners. Solitary is a clarion call to reform the inhumanity of solitary confinement in the United States and around the world.

Behind Bars

Author : Elaine Gould
Publisher : Faber Music Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0571590039
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book Behind Bars written by Elaine Gould and published by Faber Music Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind Bars is the indispensable reference book for composers, arrangers, teachers and students of composition, editors, and music processors. In the most thorough and painstakingly researched book to be published since the 1980s, specialist music editor Elaine Gould provides a comprehensive grounding in notational principles. This full eBook version is in fixed-layout format to ensure layout and image quality is consistent with the original hardback edition. Behind Bars covers everything from basic rules, conventions and themes to complex instrumental techniques, empowering the reader to prepare music with total clarity and precision. With the advent of computer technology, it has never been more important for musicians to have ready access to principles of best practice in this dynamic field, and this book will support the endeavours of software users and devotees of hand-copying alike. The author's understanding of, and passion for, her subject has resulted in a book that is not only practical but also compellingly readable. This seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy and, at 704 pages, it is supported by 1,500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis. This is the full eBook version of the original hardback edition.

26 Years Behind Bars

Author : Paul Laxton
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1528956249
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book 26 Years Behind Bars written by Paul Laxton and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is written from the perspective of a participant observer. It is not strictly an autobiography or a history, although it has elements of both, as it would fail without them. It is intended for both the general reader and criminal justice professionals. My intention is that the book is educational, showing the prison system over three decades in the context of social, political and organisational change, in particular the impact of the decline of deference, the growth of public managerialism and the rise of political correctness. The trenchant opinions expressed are based on intellectual rumination, observation of human behaviour, and personal and professional experience. I have deliberately chosen a thematic approach for the book so that explanation and information work in tandem, giving a unique insight into the modern prison service and the workings of the public sector.

Reading Behind Bars

Author : Jill Grunenwald
Publisher : Center Point
ISBN 13 : 9781643583211
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Reading Behind Bars written by Jill Grunenwald and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master's degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. As the Great Recession reared its ugly head, jobs were scarce. After some searching, however, Jill was lucky enough to snag one of the few librarian gigs left in her home state of Ohio. The catch? The job was behind bars as the prison librarian at a men's minimum-security prison. Talk about baptism by fire.

Behind Bars

Author : Anna Leask
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 0143770276
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Behind Bars written by Anna Leask and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A raw, revealing and powerful account of life inside, as told by prison inmates. Violence. Gangs. Drugs. Smuggling. Weapons. Scams. Hierarchy. Murder. Welcome to prison life in New Zealand. Most New Zealanders will never know what it’s like to do time, to spend days, months, years, even decades behind bars with some of the country’s most dangerous, volatile and notorious criminals. For the men and women who have spent time inside, it’s an experience they will never forget. These are their stories. Behind Bars takes you deep into the prisons of New Zealand and reveals the private lives of inmates — their first night inside, how they spend their time, how they change, learn who to trust, how to fit in and, ultimately, how they survive. A raw and fascinating glimpse into a world most of us can only imagine. ‘You exist, you survive. You see many things, and you meet many people you wish to God you’d never met. Prison is not real. What happens in there happens, but it’s not real life.’

Behind Bars

Author : Ty Wenzel
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312311032
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Behind Bars written by Ty Wenzel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-12-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman bartender recounts how her temporary withdrawal from corporate America turned into a ten-year position at a New York restaurant, during which she learned insider secrets and encountered a host of celebrities.

Inside Out

Author : Harry Camisa
Publisher : Windsor Press and Publishin
ISBN 13 : 9780972647304
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Inside Out written by Harry Camisa and published by Windsor Press and Publishin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women Behind Bars

Author : Silja JA Talvi
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0786750790
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Women Behind Bars written by Silja JA Talvi and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2007-11-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more women—mothers, grandmothers, wives, daughters, and sisters—are doing hard prison time all across the United States. Many of them are facing the prospect of years, decades, even lifetimes behind bars. Oddly, there's been little public discussion about the dramatic increase of women in the prison system. What exactly is happening here, and why? The answers are in Women Behind Bars, in which investigative journalist Silja Talvi sheds light on why American girls and women are being locked up at such unprecedented rates. Talvi travels across the country to weave together interviews with inmates, correctional officers, and administrators, providing readers with a glance at the impact incarceration has on our society. With a combination of compassion and critical analysis, Talvi delivers a timely, in-depth analysis of a growing and extremely complicated issue.

Crossing the Yard

Author : Richard Shelton
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816525959
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Yard written by Richard Shelton and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes his life and work as a prison volunteer in Arizona where he set up creative writing workshops for the inmates.

Sentence

Author : Daniel Genis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698405765
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Sentence written by Daniel Genis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of a decade in prison by a well-educated young addict known as the "Apologetic Bandit" In 2003 Daniel Genis, the son of a famous Soviet émigré writer, broadcaster, and culture critic, was fresh out of NYU when he faced a serious heroin addiction that led him into debt and ultimately crime. After he was arrested for robbing people at knifepoint, he was nicknamed the “Apologetic Bandit” in the press, given his habit of expressing regret to his victims as he took their cash. He was sentenced to twelve years—ten with good behavior, a decade he survived by reading 1,046 books, taking up weightlifting, having philosophical discussions with his fellow inmates, working at a series of prison jobs, and in general observing an existence for which nothing in his life had prepared him. Genis describes in unsparing and vivid detail the realities of daily life in the New York penal system. In his journey from Rikers Island and through a series of upstate institutions, he encounters violence on an almost daily basis, while learning about the social strata of gangs, the “court” system that sets geographic boundaries in prison yards, how sex was obtained, the workings of the black market in drugs and more practical goods, the inventiveness required for everyday tasks such as cooking, and how debilitating solitary confinement actually is—all while trying to preserve his relationship with his wife, whom he recently married. Written with empathy and wit, Sentence is a strikingly powerful memoir of the brutalities of prison and how one man survived them, leaving its walls with this book inside him, “one made of pain and fear and laughter and lots of other books.”

Life in Strangeways - From Riots to Redemption, My 32 Years Behind Bars

Author : Alan Lord and Anita Armstrong
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784186317
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Life in Strangeways - From Riots to Redemption, My 32 Years Behind Bars written by Alan Lord and Anita Armstrong and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A key player in the worst prison riot in British history at Strangeways Prison in April 1990, Alan Lord was always in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was drawn to trouble like water to a sponge.After experiencing a troubled childhood during which Alan was in and out of children's homes - after being put into care at the tender age of eighteen months old - Alan was a teenager in 1981 when he was sentenced to life in prison for murder during a robbery that had gone badly wrong. He served thirty-two years in various prisons throughout the United Kingdom. This book tells the truth of what goes on behind prison walls and exposes the level of inhumane treatment and brutality that Alan had to endure throughout his thirty-two year journey, during which he never stopped standing up for human rights.Fighting against the degrading prison system of the late twentieth century, Alan helped change the historical humiliating slop out and weekly shower that hundreds of thousands of prisoners had to adhere to throughout the centuries. The battle came at a cost though as it meant more time behind bars, time spent mainly in the segregation unit.Powerfully detailing the way prisoners are treated on a daily basis, Life in Strangeways is a gripping tale that will change the perception of Alan Lord: convicted murderer and riot leader.

Liberating Minds

Author : Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
Publisher : New Press, The
ISBN 13 : 1620971232
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Liberating Minds written by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann and published by New Press, The. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and thought-provoking argument for offering free college in prisons—from the former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Anthony Cardenales was a stickup artist in the Bronx before spending seventeen years in prison. Today he is a senior manager at a recycling plant in Westchester, New York. He attributes his ability to turn his life around to the college degree he earned in prison. Many college-in-prison graduates achieve similar success and the positive ripple effects for their families and communities, and for the country as a whole, are dramatic. College-in-prison programs have been shown to greatly reduce recidivism. They increase post-prison employment, allowing the formerly incarcerated to better support their families and to reintegrate successfully into their communities. College programs also decrease violence within prisons, improving conditions for both correction officers and the incarcerated. Liberating Minds eloquently makes the case for these benefits and also illustrates them through the stories of formerly incarcerated college students. As the country confronts its legacy of over-incarceration, college-in-prison provides a corrective on the path back to a more democratic and humane society. “Lagemann includes intensive research, but her most powerful supporting evidence comes from the anecdotes of former prisoners who have become published poets, social workers, and nonprofit leaders.”—Publishers Weekly

Surviving Justice

Author :
Publisher : McSweeney's
ISBN 13 : 1940450918
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Surviving Justice written by and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 30, 2003, Calvin was declared innocent and set free from Angola State Prison, after serving 22 years for a crime he did not commit. Like many other exonerees, Calvin experienced a new world that was not open to him. Hitting the streets without housing, money, or a change of clothes, exonerees across America are released only to fend for themselves. In the tradition of Studs Terkel's oral histories, this book collects the voices and stories of the exonerees for whom life — inside and out — is forever framed by extraordinary injustice

Inside

Author : Michael Santos
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312343507
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Inside written by Michael Santos and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a federal inmate with two decades of continuous confinement comes a controversial expose of the shocking details of life in American prisons