Download or read book Behind bars from the perspective of a convict written by Jürgen Hartl and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report on the experiences of a prisoner. In a German penal institution.
Download or read book Behind Bars written by Jeffrey Ian Ross and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best ways to avoid being beaten, sexually abused, or getting killed; US origin.
Download or read book Behind Bars written by Chris Thomas and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With "Behind Bars: An Inmate Experience," take a peek at life inside the prison system and discover a fresh perspective. This compelling and thought-provoking book provides a raw and honest depiction of the difficulties encountered by those who are confined. This book takes readers on an engaging trip that covers the nuances of the prison experience, from the everyday struggles to the emotional upheaval. "Behind Bars: An Inmate Experience" provides an insight into the lives of individuals who reside behind prison walls through personal first-person experiences. Learn about the challenges, victories, and unexpected moments that make up mankind on our sometimes misunderstood planet. Explore the tales of resiliency, personal development, and self-reflection as prisoners deal with the challenging aspects of confinement, such as isolation and complicated social dynamics. This book offers profound insights into the thoughts and emotions of the prisoners, going beyond simple observation. It clarifies how the criminal justice system affects people's lives, families, and communities. Investigate the emergence of connections, goals, and personal changes amid the constraints of the prison environment. The book "Behind Bars: An Inmate Experience" pushes readers to examine preconceptions and face the difficulties of the legal system. It is a potent investigation that aims to close the gap between those who are imprisoned and the general public, promoting understanding, empathy, and a demand for significant change. This book presents a gripping and eye-opening tale that will have a lasting impression on everyone interested in the human experience, whether they are students, criminal justice professionals, or just curious about it. Deepen your knowledge of the prison experience, the system's shortcomings, and the possibilities for reformation and salvation. Take a trip that will alter your views, arouse empathy, and spark insightful discussions on the criminal justice system. For anybody looking for a thorough and nuanced perspective of life within prison walls, "Behind Bars: An Inmate Experience" is a must-read. Get ready to get engrossed by the compelling psychological thriller "A Compelling Psychological Thriller"'s pages. From the opening page, readers will be gripped by the intricate tapestry of suspense, mystery, and psychological intrigue woven across this painstakingly produced book. For lovers of the genre looking for an exciting and thought-provoking reading experience, this book is a must-read because of its carefully created characters, unforeseen narrative twists, and psychological depth. In summary, the wonderfully written book "A Compelling Psychological Thriller" will enthrall you readers from beginning to end. This book offers a gripping reading experience that will keep readers wondering until the very last page thanks to its complex narrative, well-developed characters, and suspenseful atmosphere. Discover the secrets hidden under the surface by diving into the depths of the human mind and navigating its perilous turns and turns. Prepare for an engaging voyage that will make you wonder about the limits of vision and the nature of reality. Scroll up and Click on the buy button and purchase the book
Download or read book Behind Bars written by Richard A. Tewksbury and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2006 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind Bars:Readingson Incarcerated Lifeprovides an insider's view of the prison experience. Seeking to answer the question "what is it really like to be a prison inmate?" this book presents easy to read, timely and diverse overviews of many of the most critical aspects of correctional culture and life.The readings in the book are organized into broad categories that emphasize the range of major goals and tasks involved in prisons. Special attention is devoted to ensuring a diversity of views and a diversity of experiences in the issues and readings presented. Also includes broad coverage of psychological adaptations of inmates, relationships inside prison, substance use/abuse, violence, health care and media portrayals of the prison experience.For those interested in learning more about prison life.
Download or read book The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Story of a Strange Career' is the compelling biography of a habitual criminal who spent thirty years under the weight of prison discipline. With its honest and frank accounts of his life, this book provides a unique insight into the mind of a man who was in some ways both remarkable and flawed. As a study of sociology and a true tale of a life twisted from the norm, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in human behavior and the inner workings of the criminal mind.
Download or read book Behind a Convict s Eyes written by K. C. Carceral and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book provides accurate descriptions of prisons and prison life, written by a prisoner sentenced to life, who uses the pseudonym "K. C. Carceral" to hide his identity for protection. With the assistance of editors Thomas Bernard, Leanne F. Alarid, Bruce Bikle, and Alene Bikle, this book presents a gripping, and often graphic, portrayal of life in prison. This narrative presentation of such topics as prison violence, friendships, sexual mores, and serving time includes graphic language and situations. Through the powerful personal experiences of the author, readers are better equipped to develop informed opinions about the American prison system. Inspired to write about his experiences in prison, Carceral sought the help of noted academics, including Thomas Bernard, to create a powerful and informative narrative. This is the first textbook written by a life-sentenced inmate. Bernard, along with editors Leanne F. Alarid, Bruce Bikle and Alene Bikle developed the manuscript to ensure its suitability for classroom use in colleges and universities. The wide range of topics covered includes entrance into prison; prison life, including violence in prisons; dealing with time; prison politics and economics; sex, racism, retaliation, and gangs.
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.
Download or read book Profiles from Prison written by Michael G. Santos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by an inmate serving 45 years for a drug conviction when he was 23, this is an in-depth view living behind bars from the perspective of prisoners themselves. Sections of the book are based on length of imprisonment. Prisoners in Fort Dix, N.J., detail their unique experiences, thoughts, and feelings about life on the inside. Some describe the actions that lead to their confinement, or detail the complexities of living in all-male communities. Others reveal the ways they cope with their terms, or the expectations they have for life after prison. Santos offers the gripping stories of men serving a variety of terms, providing commentary and analysis as he guides readers through the prison experience. How men adjust to their confinement, and how they utilize their time while serving their sentences, can be a predictor of future success or failure both in prison and society upon their release. Through these often-difficult accounts, readers gain a greater understanding of what it means to be a prisoner, and how the system itself can contribute to both positive adjustment and negative outcomes alike.
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.
Download or read book Woman in Prison written by Caroline H. Woods and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Woman in Prison" by Caroline H. Woods takes readers into the Framingham Prison. Written in the second half of the 19th century, this book shows the grim conditions women were subjected to when they were incarcerated. In a day and age when prison conditions are still routinely critiqued, it can be tough to read just how little progress has been made over time. The author depicts her time as a penitentiary Matron and what her experience as an authority figure was like from the eyes of someone previously completely estranged from the field.
Download or read book Enforcing the Convict Code written by Rebecca Trammell and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author used qualitative data collected in 2005 and 2006 in California to explore how former inmates (men and women) understand and explain prison violence and inmate culture.--Chapter 1.
Download or read book The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict written by Austin Reed and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest known prison memoir by an African American writer—recently discovered and authenticated by a team of Yale scholars—sheds light on the longstanding connection between race and incarceration in America. “[A] harrowing [portrait] of life behind bars . . . part confession, part jeremiad, part lamentation, part picaresque novel (reminiscent, at times, of Dickens and Defoe).”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE In 2009, scholars at Yale University came across a startling manuscript: the memoir of Austin Reed, a free black man born in the 1820s who spent most of his early life ricocheting between forced labor in prison and forced labor as an indentured servant. Lost for more than one hundred and fifty years, the handwritten document is the first known prison memoir written by an African American. Corroborated by prison records and other documentary sources, Reed’s text gives a gripping first-person account of an antebellum Northern life lived outside slavery that nonetheless bore, in its day-to-day details, unsettling resemblances to that very institution. Now, for the first time, we can hear Austin Reed’s story as he meant to tell it. He was born to a middle-class black family in the boomtown of Rochester, New York, but when his father died, his mother struggled to make ends meet. Still a child, Reed was placed as an indentured servant to a nearby family of white farmers near Rochester. He was caught attempting to set fire to a building and sentenced to ten years at Manhattan’s brutal House of Refuge, an early juvenile reformatory that would soon become known for beatings and forced labor. Seven years later, Reed found himself at New York’s infamous Auburn State Prison. It was there that he finished writing this memoir, which explores America’s first reformatory and first industrial prison from an inmate’s point of view, recalling the great cruelties and kindnesses he experienced in those places and excavating patterns of racial segregation, exploitation, and bondage that extended beyond the boundaries of the slaveholding South, into free New York. Accompanied by fascinating historical documents (including a series of poignant letters written by Reed near the end of his life), The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict is a work of uncommon beauty that tells a story of nineteenth-century racism, violence, labor, and captivity in a proud, defiant voice. Reed’s memoir illuminates his own life and times—as well as ours today. Praise for The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict “One of the most fascinating and important memoirs ever produced in the United States.”—Annette Gordon-Reed, The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . triumphantly defiant . . . The book’s greatest value lies in the gap it fills.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Reed displays virtuosic gifts for narrative that, a century and a half later, earn and hold the reader’s ear.”—Thomas Chatterton Williams, San Francisco Chronicle “[The book’s] urgency and relevance remain undiminished. . . . This exemplary edition recovers history without permanently trapping it in one interpretation.”—The Guardian “A sensational, novelistic telling of an eventful life.”—The Paris Review “Vivid and painful.”—NPR “Lyrical and graceful in one sentence, burning with fury and hellfire in the next.”—Columbus Free Press
Download or read book Positive Growth and Redemption in Prison written by Lila Kazemian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the negative consequences of rising incarceration rates have been well-established, criminological research has largely neglected to document psychological, social, and behavioral changes that occur during periods of incarceration. Drawing on an original longitudinal study of long-term French prisoners, this book examines the process of desistance from crime and positive growth in prison. It offers reflections on how personal transformation can be achieved in prison, particularly among individuals serving long prison sentences. This research investigates the barriers to achieving positive growth in prison, as well as the different ways in which transformation can occur behind bars. It also conceptualizes the process of abandoning crime in prison, and sheds light on the cognitive, social, and structural factors that may trigger, accelerate, or hamper this process. This book explores the circumstances under which individuals can thrive in prison, and identifies key features of the narratives of prisoners who have achieved positive growth. The research presented in this book also examines the intricacies of returning to society after a lengthy period of time in prison. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be invaluable reading for those engaged in studies of criminology and criminal justice, sociology, criminal behavior, prisons, and penology. It is also aimed at a variety of audiences, including academics, practitioners, policy-makers, and prisoners.
Download or read book Mr Smith Goes to Prison written by Jeff Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A politician's humorous memoir of his year in federal prison, with a viable prescription for a more productive, cost-effective corrections system.
Download or read book Conviction written by Shane Flemens and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-12 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first book, Shane shares revealing, sometimes shocking, but always insightful true stories from his 10 years in prisons from Alaska to Colorado. Told straight from the heart by arguably one of the most resilient and inspirational inmates the U.S. correctional system has ever seen, CONVICTION is a captivating read.CONVICTION is more than just an engaging collection of stories illustrating the problems and dysfunction of prison, it also shows the power of humanity and love to permeate even the darkest corners of a system designed to punish, not rehabilitate, and the light remaining in the hearts of men in need of help, guidance, and a second shot at life.CONVICTION represents Shane's second shot at life and offers powerful insight into yours.
Download or read book Inside written by Michael G. Santos and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American jails and prisons confine nearly 13.5 million people each year, and it is estimated that 6 to 7 percent of the U.S. population will be confined in their lifetimes. Despite these disturbing numbers, little is known about life inside beyond the mythology of popular culture. Michael G. Santos, a federal prisoner nearing the end of his second decade of continuous confinement, has dedicated the last eighteen years to shedding light on the lives of the men warehoused in the American prison system. Inside:Life Behind Bars in America, his first book for the general public, takes us behind those bars and into the chaos of the cellblock. Capturing the voices of his fellow prisoners with perfect pitch, Santos makes the tragic--- and at times inspiring---stories of men from the toughest gang leaders to the richest Wall Street criminals come alive. From drug schemes, murders for hire, and even a prostitution ring that trades on the flesh of female prison guards, this book contains the never-before-seen details of prison life that at last illuminate the varied ways in which men experience life behind bars in America.
Download or read book The Man Behind the Bars Classic Reprint written by Winifred Louise Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Man Behind the Bars Lest any one may charge me with extravagant optimism in regard to convicts, or may think that to me every goose is a swan, I wish to say that I have written only of the men - among hundreds of convicts - who have most interested me; men whom I have known thoroughly and who never attempted to deceive me. Every writer's vision of life and of humanity is inevi tably colored by his own personality, and I have pictured these men as I saw them; but I have also endeavored, in using so much from their letters, to leave the reader free to form his own Opinion. Doubtless the key to my own position is the fact that I always studied these prisoners as men; and I tried not to obscure my vision by looking at them through their crimes. In recall ing conversations I have not depended upon memory alone, as much of what was said in our interviews was written out while still fresh in my mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
