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In the Shadow of Papillon
Following the collapse of his business and the loss of his home, Frank Kane made a catastrophic decision. In desperation, he agreed to smuggle cocaine out of Venezuela. Almost …
The Women's House of Detention
This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century. The …
Punishment and Modern Society
Winner of the 1991 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association Winner of the Outstanding Scholarship Award of the Crime and Delinquency Division of the …
Beyond the Wall
A provocative drawing of Venezuela's Lady Justice replaced Abe Lincoln's words on the lawyer's room of Reten La Planta, a prison in Caracas. The time was 1995, Gail Kenna's last …
Levitating the Pentagon
“Equal parts revealing memoir, valuable historical document, and galvanizing guide to following one’s beliefs.” —Publishers Weekly A bold, unflinching memoir from the front lines …
Alcatraz Screw
This is a first hand account from a prison guard's perspective of some of the most storied years at the infamous US Penitentiary at Alcatraz. George Gregory began his career as a …
River of Fire
'Riveting ... Providing a window into the upheaval in the church during the 1960s and 70s, Prejean's engrossing memoir also fleshes out how she rose to be an influential voice …
River of Fire
The revelatory, intimate memoir from the author of Dead Man Walking.
Laogai--the Chinese Gulag
"Avoiding sensationalism or self-pity, what Mr. Wu has given us is the unemotional and authoritative reference work long needed to complement the vivid but anecdotal accounts of …
Vankina Venäjällä
Henkeäsalpaava sukellus Venäjän pahamaineiseen vankilamaailmaan.Suomalaisen huumekuriirin pahin painajainen toteutui itärajalla, kun hänet kiinnioton päätteeksi passitettiin Suomen …
Prisoners of Rhodesia
During the Zimbabwean struggle for independence, the settler regime imprisoned numerous activists and others it suspected of being aligned with the guerrillas. This book is the …
Prison Officers
This edited collection brings together academics, lawyers, civil servants, and researchers working in the human rights NGO sector, to explore the work and role of prison officers …