Download or read book Inmate Tales written by Tangarika Canada and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a reflection of my encounters with inmates. It details situations that occurred during those encounters and my own personal experiences as an inmate myself.

Download or read book Real Life Stories written by Jim Barbarossa and published by . This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book filled with hope that will be an encouragement to all who read it.

Download or read book Penitentiary Tales written by Ea Luetkemeyer and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How an affluent, educated, straight white male from California survives a prison dominated by a diverse population of inmates from the mean streets of Chicago. Addressing issues of race and gender, it is at once a serious inquiry into the minds and hearts of the marginalized and the oppressed, and a bit of a romp.

Download or read book Tales From the County Jail Box Set written by J. S. Williams and published by J S Williams. This book was released on with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the entire collection of short stories from the series Tales From the County Jail. They are stories about life in and around a local jail and are written by a retired Deputy Jailer. You get all six short stories in the series plus a bonus section which contains jail-house recipes and diagrams of inmate living areas for those who have never been locked up. A great bargain!

Download or read book Grendon Tales written by Ursula Smartt and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2001-04-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive account of the UK's first - and until recently only - therapeutic community prison that deals with some of the most serious violent and sexual offenders in the UK - based upon unprecedented access to the prison that was granted to Waterside Press and Professor Ursula Smartt of Thames Valley University UK. An innovative and acclaimed account based on one-to-one interviews with staff and inmates - and 'living with' prisoners through their daily lives.

Download or read book Death Row Chaplain written by Earl Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, behind-the-bars look at one of America's most feared prisons: San Quentin-- by a minister to the lost souls sitting on death row. Himself a former criminal, Smith shares the most important lessons he's learned from years of helping inmates discover God's plan for them. Their stories show us that it is still possible to find God's grace and mercy from behind bars, and that it's never too late to turn our lives around.

Download or read book Running the Books written by Avi Steinberg and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to attend Harvard, he has nothing but a senior thesis on Bugs Bunny to show for himself. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, Steinberg remains stuck at a crossroads, his “romantic” existence as a freelance obituary writer no longer cutting it. Seeking direction (and dental insurance) Steinberg takes a job running the library counter at a Boston prison. He is quickly drawn into the community of outcasts that forms among his bookshelves—an assortment of quirky regulars, including con men, pimps, minor prophets, even ghosts—all searching for the perfect book and a connection to the outside world. Steinberg recounts their daily dramas with heartbreak and humor in this one-of-a-kind memoir—a piercing exploration of prison culture and an entertaining tale of one young man’s earnest attempt to find his place in the world.

Download or read book This Is Ear Hustle written by Nigel Poor and published by Crown. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “profound, sometimes hilarious, often heartbreaking” (The New York Times) view of prison life, as told by currently and formerly incarcerated people, from the co-creators and co-hosts of the Peabody- and Pulitzer-nominated podcast Ear Hustle “A must-read for fans of the legendary podcast and all those who seek to understand crime, punishment, and mass incarceration in America.”—Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black When Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods met, Nigel was a photography professor volunteering with the Prison University Project and Earlonne was serving thirty-one years to life at California’s San Quentin State Prison. Initially drawn to each other by their shared interest in storytelling, neither had podcast production experience when they decided to enter Radiotopia’s contest for new shows . . . and won. Using the prize for seed money, Nigel and Earlonne launched Ear Hustle, named after the prison term for “eavesdropping.” It was the first podcast created and produced entirely within prison and would go on to be heard millions of times worldwide, garner Peabody and Pulitzer award nominations, and help earn Earlonne his freedom when his sentence was commuted in 2018. In This Is Ear Hustle, Nigel and Earlonne share their own stories of how they came to San Quentin, how they created their phenomenally popular podcast amid extreme limitations, and what has kept them collaborating season after season. They present new stories, all with the same insight, balance, and rapport that distinguish the podcast. In an era when more than two million people are incarcerated across the United States—a number that grows by 600,000 annually—Nigel and Earlonne explore the full and often surprising realities of prison life. With characteristic candor and humor, their moving portrayals include unexpected moments of self-discovery, unlikely alliances, inspirational resilience, and ingenious work-arounds. One personal narrative at a time, framed by Nigel’s and Earlonne’s distinct perspectives, This Is Ear Hustle reveals the complexity of life for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people while illuminating the shared experiences of humanity that unite us all.

Download or read book Behind the Walls written by Jorge Antonio Renaud and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a Texas inmate trained as a reporter, this book gives practical advice on how inmates live, eat, play, work, and die in the Texas prison system. It spotlights the day-to-day workings of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice--what's good, what's bad, which programs work and which ones do not, and examines if practice really follows official policy. "While the book is meant to be a primer for those with loved ones in prison, it should be required reading for any attorney involved in criminal law."--Texas Lawyer de Novo Magazine

Download or read book Transport written by Steve Dustcircle and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-16 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is supposed to be a quick, direct delivery from one state to another, a county jail inmate is taken all over the Midwest in a cramped van with a bunch of guys he has nothing in common with, but for two things: they're all facing fugitive charges, and they're all a little bit normal actually, though they come from all backgrounds and parts of the Midwest. A tale that is hard, funny, and reflective.

Download or read book American Prison written by Shane Bauer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform.” —NPR.org New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018 * One of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2018 * Winner of the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize * Winner of the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism * Winner of the 2019 RFK Book and Journalism Award * A New York Times Notable Book A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history. In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background check. Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end. But he had seen enough, and in short order he wrote an exposé about his experiences that won a National Magazine Award and became the most-read feature in the history of the magazine Mother Jones. Still, there was much more that he needed to say. In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America from their origins in the decades before the Civil War. For, as he soon realized, we can't understand the cruelty of our current system and its place in the larger story of mass incarceration without understanding where it came from. Private prisons became entrenched in the South as part of a systemic effort to keep the African-American labor force in place in the aftermath of slavery, and the echoes of these shameful origins are with us still. The private prison system is deliberately unaccountable to public scrutiny. Private prisons are not incentivized to tend to the health of their inmates, or to feed them well, or to attract and retain a highly-trained prison staff. Though Bauer befriends some of his colleagues and sympathizes with their plight, the chronic dysfunction of their lives only adds to the prison's sense of chaos. To his horror, Bauer finds himself becoming crueler and more aggressive the longer he works in the prison, and he is far from alone. A blistering indictment of the private prison system, and the powerful forces that drive it, American Prison is a necessary human document about the true face of justice in America.

Download or read book Prison Stories written by Seth Ferranti and published by . This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prison Stories is a vivid look into the brutal and vicious world of prison. It takes the reader inside the belly of the beast giving real life accounts from the netherworld of corruption and violence

Download or read book When Man Listens written by Cecil Rose and published by carl (tuchy) palmieri. This book was released on 2008-07-09 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of an edition published in New York in 1937 by Oxford University Press.

Download or read book Behind Bars written by Sunetra Choudhury and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Serving Productive Time written by Tom Lagana and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul—a program that develops positive change for inmates and their loved ones With their books Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul, Tom and Laura Lagana have shown readers how to make positive use of their time—whether they are serving others or serving time. In Serving Productive Time they go one step further, using powerful stories, poems, and cartoons created by inmates and others to address the realities of penal existence. They build on these voices of experience with essays and advice that show inmates how to truly make their time count, and give meaning to their lives right now, while making amends for their crimes and working toward release. Inspires inmates to use programs and resources, perform positive deeds, and acquire skills Empowers correctional staff, counselors, families, and volunteers to help inmates who want to make positive changes in their lives

Download or read book The Inmates written by Lee Olson and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What really took place in Alcatraz prison during the 1940's? Was the "Battle for Alcatraz" an escape attempt or an uprising? The truth is in this book. The first-hand accounts of the inmate's stories in this book have never before been told. These are voices from the grave, finally being heard after seventy years. Every soul has a song. Every person has a story. They were shackled to chains, and their voices dampened. Their whispers went unheard; Until now. Ever wonder what happens to an inmate's possessions when they don't have any family? Well, sometimes, they end up in your very own hands. Handwritten memoirs were left to the author by an uncle whom he had barely known. It turned out the uncle had an associate who had spent time in Alcatraz during the 1940s. He did not realize the importance of the papers in his possession. One could easily compare them to the "Valachie Papers." You will be amazed and entertained as never before. On 'July 20th' The book itself, along with the Kindle and Audiobook editions will be available for purchase. Check out the Story headings below.Story headings: A Trip to The Gate, New Digs, The Circus Starts, Shades of Things to Come, The Cretzer-Kyle Episode, Hunger Strike, The Robert Stroud Saga, A Return to Work, Little Joe Lynch, Bed of Barbed Wire, Beach Party, The Self-Made Lunatic, Hey! The joint is Falling Down!, Troubles for Clarence, The Cave Dwellers, Henri Young, The Amazing Henry Young Trial, Divide and Conquer, Jim Groves: The Most Feared Man in Alcatraz, The Blitzkrieg Bandit, Reunion, Holiday vs. Johnston, The Crow Philips Turnaround, Where is Jack?, RIP A Friend, The Jeep of Alcatraz Speedway, The Russian and The Plan, Where's My Piano?, The Setup or, It's Only a Joke, Oh Lord How I have Sinned, Carnage in D-Block and The Truck Salesman, Hit Me! Hit Me!, Tortuous Delay, It Begins, The Siege and the Battle, Takeover or Escape?, Requiem, A Little History Lesson

Download or read book The Graybar Hotel written by Curtis Dawkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Curtis Dawkins's first short story collection, he offers a window into prison life through the eyes of his narrators and their cellmates. Dawkins reveals the idiosyncrasies, tedium, and desperation of long-term incarceration--he describes men who struggle to keep their souls alive despite the challenges they face. In 'A Human Number, ' a man spends his days collect-calling strangers just to hear the sounds of the outside world. In '573543,' an inmate recalls his descent into addiction as his prison softball team gears up for an annual tournament against another unit. In 'Leche Quemada, ' an inmate is released and finds freedom more complex and baffling then he expected. Dawkins's stories are funny and sad, filled with unforgettable detail--the barter system based on calligraphy-ink tattoos, handmade cards, and cigarettes; a single dandelion smuggled in from the rec yard; candy made from powdered milk, water, sugar, and hot sauce. His characters are nuanced and sympathetic, despite their obvious flaws. The Graybar Hotel tells moving, human stories about men enduring impossible circumstances."--