Working for justice : a handbook of prison education and activism / by members of The Prison Communication, Activism, Research, and Education Collective (PCARE) ; edited by Stephen John Hartnett, Eleanor Novek, Jennifer K. Wood. - xi, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-249) and index.

Working for justice in an age of mass incarceration / Kings, warriors, magicians, and lovers : prison theater and alternative performances of masculinity / Service-learning in prison facilities : interaction as a source of transformation / Writing your way to freedom : autobiography as inquiry in prison writing workshops / "Courtesy incarceration" : exploring family members' experiences of imprisonment / Serving time by coming home : communicating hope through a reentry court / Life after incarceration : exploring identity in reentry programs for women / Challenging the media-incarceration complex through media education / "Prisoners rise, rise, rise!" Hip hop as a Ciceronian approach to prison protest and community care / "A fate worse than death" : reform, abolition, and life without parole in anti-death penalty discourse / "People like us" : a new ethic of prison advocacy in racialized America / Stephen John Hartnett, Eleanor Novek, and Jennifer K. Wood -- Jonathan Shailor -- Shelly Schaefer Hinck, Edward A. Hinck, and Lesley A. Withers -- David Coogan -- Brittany L. Peterson, Beth M. Cohen, and Rachel A. Smith -- Jeralyn Faris -- Nikki H. Nichols -- Bill Yousman -- Craig Lee Engstrom and Derrick L. Williams -- Bryan J. McCann -- Eleanor Novek. Introduction:

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