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In 1976, when he was imprisoned on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela secretly wrote the bulk of his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. The manuscript was to be smuggled out by fellow …

When Texas Prison Scams Religion exposes corruption in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, especially in the abuse of religion. In many ways, this book is a literature review …

Readers have noticed that the fifteenth century saw a remarkable flourishing of poems written in conditions of physical captivity or on the subject of imprisonment. The largest …

This edited collection analyses the prison through the most fundamental challenge it faces: escapes. The chapters comprise original research from established prison scholars who …

American conservatism rose hand-in-hand with the growth of mass incarceration. For decades, conservatives deployed "e;tough on crime"e; rhetoric to attack liberals as …

Kaneko Fumiko (1903-1926) wrote this memoir while in prison after being convicted of plotting to assassinate the Japanese emperor. Despite an early life of misery, deprivation, and …

The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. The Medieval Prison challenges this view by …

An innocent man fights to escape-and exact vengeance-in this New York Times-bestselling author's riveting science fiction adventure. Convicted of a crime he did not commit, …

Are you stuck? Is it possible that the rituals of work, and even church, may be keeping you confined and empty, instead of released and full? Yes, it is possible, but it' s also …