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You are going to prison / by Hogshire, Jim.(CARDINAL)372408;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-157) and index.Custody -- Trial -- Prison -- Jailhouse justice -- Execution -- An afterword on forethought.
Subjects: Prison administration.; Prison psychology.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Shank / by Anscombe, Roderick.(CARDINAL)381081; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)376993;
Subjects: Fiction.; Prison psychology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to break out of prison / by Wareham, John.(CARDINAL)512768;
Subjects: Success; Executives; Prison psychology.; Self-help techniques.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Graybar Hotel : stories / by Dawkins, Curtis,author.(CARDINAL)343933;
"In this stunning debut collection, Curtis Dawkins, an MFA graduate and convicted murderer serving life without parole, takes us inside the worlds of prison and prisoners with stories that dazzle with their humor and insight, even as they describe a harsh and barren existence. 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. Dawkins takes readers beyond the cells into characters' pasts and memories and desires, into the unusual bonds that form during incarceration and the strained relationships with family members on the outside. He's an extraordinary writer with a knack for metaphor, and this is a powerful compilation of stories that gives voice to the experience of perhaps the most overlooked members of our society"--County -- A human number -- Sunshine -- Daytime drama -- The boy who dreamed too much -- 573543 -- In the dayroom with Stinky -- Swans -- The world out there -- Six pictures of a fire at night -- Depakote Mo -- Brother goose -- Engulfed -- Leche quemada.
Subjects: Short stories.; Fiction.; Prison psychology; Imprisonment; Prisoners;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The jail : managing the underclass in American society / by Irwin, John,1929-(CARDINAL)151239;
Bibliography: pages 135-139.
Subjects: Case studies.; Jails; Prisoners; Prison psychology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The tragedy of true crime : four guilty men and the stories that define us / by Lennon, John J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-337) and index."In 2001, John J. Lennon killed a man on a Brooklyn street. Now he's a journalist, working from behind bars, trying to make sense of it all. The Tragedy of True Crime is a first-person journalistic account of the lives of four men who have killed, written by a man who has killed. John J. Lennon entered the New York prison system with a sentence of twenty-eight years to life, but after he stepped into a writing workshop at Attica Correctional Facility, his whole life changed. Reporting from the cellblock and the prison yard, Lennon challenges our obsession with true crime by telling the full life stories of men now serving time for the lives they took. The men have completely different backgrounds-Robert Chambers, a preppy Manhattanite turned true crime celebrity; Milton E. Jones, a burglar coaxed into something far darker; and Michael Shane Hale, a gay man caught in a crime of passion-and all are searching to find meaning and redemption behind bars. Lennon's reporting is intertwined with the story of his own journey from a young man seduced by the infamous gangster culture of New York City to a celebrated prison journalist. The same desire echoes throughout the four lives: to become more than murderers. A first of its kind book of immersive prison journalism, The Tragedy of True Crime poses fundamental questions about the stories we tell and who gets to tell them. What essential truth do we lose when we don't consider all that comes before an act of unthinkable violence? And what happens to the convicted after the cell gate locks?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Prisoners; Murderers; Criminal psychology.; Journalism, Prison.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 11
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Subjects: Death penalty.; Hanging.; Prison drama.; Psychological thriller.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Waiting for an echo : the madness of American incarceration / by Montross, Christine,author.(CARDINAL)553275;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-317) and index."Galvanized by her work in our nation's jails, psychiatrist Christine Montross illuminates the human cost of mass incarceration and mental illness. Dr. Christine Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. Several years ago, she set out to investigate why so many of her patients got caught up in the legal system when discharged from her care--and what happened to them therein. Waiting for an Echo is a riveting, rarely seen glimpse into American incarceration. It is also a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones. The stark world of American prisons is shocking for all who enter it. But Dr. Montross's expertise--the mind in crisis--allowed her to reckon with the human stories behind the bars. A father attempting to weigh the impossible calculus of a plea bargain. A bright young woman whose life is derailed by addiction. Boys in a juvenile detention facility who, desperate for human connection, invent a way to communicate with one another from cell to cell. Overextended doctors and correctional officers who strive to provide care and security in environments riddled with danger. In these encounters, Montross finds that while our system of correction routinely makes people with mental illness worse, just as routinely it renders mentally stable people psychiatrically unwell. The system is quite literally maddening. Our methods of incarceration take away not only freedom but also selfhood and soundness of mind. In a nation where 95 percent of all inmates are released from prison and return to our communities, this is a practice that punishes us all"--Introduction -- Our prisoners. Three hots and a cot ; How are you on the Fourth of July? ; Since eleven ; You got kids? ; Jail, not Yale ; Born on third base -- Our prisons. The architecture of control ; The lost people ; Minnows and killer whales ; Imagine your bathroom -- Our choice. Nutraloaf ; Better neighbors ; I am helping you ; Good news.Montross has spent her career treating the most severely ill psychiatric patients. Several years ago, she set out to investigate why so many of her patients got caught up in the legal system when discharged from her care-- and what happened to them therein. The result is a damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones. Montross found that while our system of correction routinely makes people with mental illness worse, just as routinely it renders mentally stable people psychiatrically unwell. This is a practice that punishes us all. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: Prison psychology; Imprisonment; Mentally ill;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Fish : a memoir of a boy in a man's prison / by Parsell, T. J.(CARDINAL)551609;
Camp Dearborn -- Last chance for romance -- The absence of drama -- Who's angrier than who? -- Chain reactions -- Safety in numbers -- Early induction to an inverted world -- The big blue wagon ride -- Prison transfer -- Convict orientation -- Quarantine -- Riverside correctional facility -- Lasting impressions -- Slide step's squeeze -- Lessons in streetball - Blemished masculinities -- What's in a name anyway? -- Careful what you ask for -- Taken by surprise -- Compromising choices -- What's my lie? -- What's under the covers? -- Help ain't gonna come runnin' no time soon -- You never know where it's coming from -- When all else fails -- Black Panther -- Greener grass -- Consider yourself part of the family -- The oracle -- Head games and power trips -- Go for the grab-- Wolf tickets -- Broken promises -- I will arise and go now.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Parsell, T. J.; Prisoners; Prison psychology; Prison violence; Male rape;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Chasing Homer : good luck, and nothing else : Odysseus's cave / by Krasznahorkai, László,author.(CARDINAL)353546; Bátki, John,translator.(CARDINAL)353547; Miklós, Szilveszter,1983-composer.; Neumann, Max,1949-illustrator.;
Velocity -- Faces -- Relating to sheltered places -- Relating to insanity -- Moving about in crowds -- Advisory -- Adapting to the terrain -- On the meaning of pursuit & murder -- Life -- Choosing an escape route -- Stations -- Value of earlier observations -- Faith -- Korčula -- Mljet -- Good, but not good enough -- Toward hope -- At Calypso's -- No."In this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted being escapes certain death at breakneck speed-careening through Europe, heading blindly South. Faster and faster, escaping the assassins, our protagonist flies forward, blending into crowds, adjusting to terrains, hopping on and off ferries, always desperately trying to stay a step ahead of certain death: the past did not exist, only what was current existed--a prisoner of the instant, rushing into this instant, an instant that had no continuation ... Krasznahorkai--celebrated for the exhilarating energy of his prose--outdoes himself in Chasing Homer. And this unique collaboration boasts beautiful full-color paintings by Max Neumann and--reaching out of the book proper--the wildly percussive music of Szilveszter Miklós scored for each chapter (to be accessed by the reader via QR codes)"--
Subjects: Novellas.; Novels.; Survival fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Alienation (Social psychology); Escaped prisoners;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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