Penology category: 518 books
by Craig Gilmore
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
One out of every hundred adults in the U.S. is in prison. This book provides a crash course in what drives mass incarceration, the human and community costs, and how to stop the numbers from going even higher. This volume collects the three comic books published by the Real Cost of Prisons Project....
Prison Writings
My Life Is My Sun Dance
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Edited by Harvey Arden, with an Introduction by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, and a Preface by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark.
In 1977, Leonard Peltier received a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents. He has affirmed his innocence ever since--his case was made fully and famously...
Newgate
London's Prototype of Hell
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2007
There have been more prisons in London than in any other European city. Of these, Newgate was the largest, most notorious, and worst. Built during the 12th century, it became a legendary place—the inspiration of more poems, plays, and novels than any other building in London. It was a place of cruelty...
by Carl Cattermole
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2019
The cult guide to UK prisons by Carl Cattermole – now fully updated and featuring contributions from female and LGBTQI prisoners, as well as from family on the outside.
Contains:
Blood – but not as much as you might imagine
Sweat – and the prisons no longer provide soap
Tears – because...
No More Tomorrows
The Compelling True Story of an Innocent Woman Sentenced to Twenty Years in a Hellhole Bali Prison
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
It was meant to be a two-week holiday to celebrate her sister's birthday, but for Schapelle Corby it ended up a waking nightmare. Arrested at Denpasar airport after marijuana was found in her luggage, she became the victim of every traveller's darkest fear. Over four kilograms of drugs had been planted...
by Danielle Allen
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
So tender yet courageous is this fierce family memoir that it makes mass incarceration nothing less than a new American tragedy.
In a shattering work that shifts between a woman’s private anguish over the loss of her beloved baby cousin and a scholar’s fierce critique of the American prison...
I'll Fly Away
Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
For several years, Wally Lamb, the author of two of the most beloved novels of our time, has run a writing workshop at the York Correctional Institution, Connecticut's only maximum-security prison for women. Writing, Lamb discovered, was a way for these women to face their fears and failures and begin...
The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection)
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection
The Instant New York Times Bestseller
A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.
“An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores...
by Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
***Understanding and Improving Prisoner Reentry Outcomes ** *
Prisoner Reentry is an engaging and comprehensive examination of prisoner reentry and how to improve public safety, well-being, and justice in the “era of mass incarceration.” Renowned authors Daniel P. Mears and Joshua C....
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence.
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“Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet,...
Orange Is the New Black
My Year in a Women's Prison
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen...
Newjack
Guarding Sing Sing
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing.
When Ted Conover’s request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a...
Writing My Wrongs
Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
**New York Times bestseller from a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100.
An unforgettable memoir of redemption and second chances amidst America's mass incarceration epidemic.**
Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle class neighborhood on Detroit’s east side during the height of the 1980s...
by Gerhard Friehs MD, Howard Smith MD JD, Vasilios A. Zerris MD MPH MSc
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
This study guide is amazing! It is extremely concise and helped me tremendously in preparing for the jurisprudence exam. I solely used this guide in preparing for the exam and passed on my first attempt. I would definitely recommend this to everyone preparing for the jurisprudence exam. Steven Huang...