Life without parole : living in prison today /
Victor Hassine ; edited by Robert Johnson, Ania Dobrzanska ; foreword by John Irwin.
- 4th ed.
- New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, Inc., 2009.
- xix, 300 p. ; 23 cm.
Previously published: Los Angeles: Roxbury Pub. Co., c2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289).
About this book -- Foreword / by John Irwin -- About the author -- About the editors -- Acknowledgments -- "Prison," a poem / by Robert Johnson -- Prison life -- How I became a convict -- Things missed -- Playing the opposites -- Prison violence -- The underground economy -- Prison politics -- Race relations in prison -- Saying goodbye -- Interviews -- Anatomy of a false confession -- David: a sexual victim -- Chaser: a medication addict -- Toney: an AIDS tragedy -- Albert Brown: a permanent resident -- Jacko: surviving the hole -- Coach: a changeling -- The dancing man -- Scenes from a prison -- Interview with Judge Richard J. Nygaard -- Op-ed -- Prison overcrowding -- Mr. Smith goes to Harrisburg -- Prison rape -- Inmates and officers -- In search of the convict code -- A hitchhiker's guide to prisons, part I: A study in fear -- A hitchhiker's guide to prisons, part II: The big house: what goes 'round comes 'round -- A hitchhiker's guide to prisons, part III: The contemporary prison: yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- Conclusion: the runaway train -- Afterword: prisons and prison reform: Hassine's book in perspective / Robert Johnson and Ania Dobrzanska -- Appendices -- Appendix A: A state tries to rein in a prison awash in drugs / Matthew Purdy -- Appendix B: Struggle to survive: view from behind bars / Julia Cass.