Zek

Zek
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 0997029900
ISBN-13 : 9780997029901
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Zek by : Arthur Longworth

Zek is the story of Jonny: a man broken off and doing time in an eastern Washington state prison. Zek lays bare the brutality of a life spent behind bars. It is naked. It is ugly. And it is beautiful.

American Prison

American Prison
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780735223608
ISBN-13 : 0735223602
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis American Prison by : Shane Bauer

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.

Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton

Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton
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Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781616086886
ISBN-13 : 1616086882
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton by : T. M. Hoy

A collection of unspeakable degradation, fear, and agony through the eyesof an American locked up...

Journey Into the Land of the Zeks and Back

Journey Into the Land of the Zeks and Back
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 649
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ISBN-10 : 9780197502143
ISBN-13 : 0197502148
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Journey Into the Land of the Zeks and Back by : Julius Margolin

"Journey to the Land of the Zek and Back is a vivid, first-person account of life in the Soviet Gulag, a work that has never appeared in full before in English. It was one of the earliest published accounts of the Soviet camp system when it was published in France in 1949 and became an established classic in the Russian-speaking world, influencing the formation of the genre of Gulag memoirs"--

The Hot House

The Hot House
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Publisher : Bantam
Total Pages : 493
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ISBN-10 : 9780307808318
ISBN-13 : 0307808319
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hot House by : Pete Earley

A stunning account of life behind bars at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, where the nation’s hardest criminals do hard time. “A page-turner, as compelling and evocative as the finest novel. The best book on prison I’ve ever read.”—Jonathan Kellerman The most dreaded facility in the prison system because of its fierce population, Leavenworth is governed by ruthless clans competing for dominance. Among the “star” players in these pages: Carl Cletus Bowles, the sexual predator with a talent for murder; Dallas Scott, a gang member who has spent almost thirty of his forty-two years behind bars; indomitable Warden Robert Matthews, who put his shoulder against his prison’s grim reality; Thomas Silverstein, a sociopath confined in “no human contact” status since 1983; “tough cop” guard Eddie Geouge, the only officer in the penitentiary with the authority to sentence an inmate to “the Hole”; and William Post, a bank robber with a criminal record going back to when he was eight years old—and known as the “Catman” for his devoted care of the cats who live inside the prison walls. Pete Earley, celebrated reporter and author of Family of Spies, all but lived for nearly two years inside the primordial world of Leavenworth, where he conducted hundreds of interviews. Out of this unique, extraordinary access comes the riveting story of what life is actually like in the oldest maximum-security prison in the country. Praise for The Hot House “Reporting at its very finest.”—Los Angeles Times “The book is a large act of courage, its subject an important one, and . . . Earley does it justice.”—The Washington Post Book World “[A] riveting, fiercely unsentimental book . . . To [Earley’s] credit, he does not romanticize the keepers or the criminals. His cool and concise prose style serves him well. . . . This is a gutsy book.”—Chicago Tribune “Harrowing . . . an exceptional work of journalism.”—Detroit Free Press “If you’re going to read any book about prison, The Hot House is the one. . . . It is the most realistic, unbuffed account of prison anywhere in print.”—Kansas City Star “A superb piece of reporting.”—Tom Clancy

Stories from the Old Yard

Stories from the Old Yard
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Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9781647019280
ISBN-13 : 1647019281
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Stories from the Old Yard by : J.M. Fitzmaurice

In his book Stories from the Old Yard: Book One, the Murders, J. M. Fitzmaurice chronicles two decades of brutal murder inside the MAX-custody federal penitentiaries at Lompoc, California, and other Bureau of Prisons facilities. From Lompoc to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and Florence, Colorado, to Marion, Illinois, Fitzmaurice reveals the backstory behind the brutal killings carried out in medieval fashion by deadly prison gangs and ruthless predators on the federal penitentiary circuit. Interlaced with humanity, humor, and compassion, Stories from the Old Yard is much more than regurgitated investigative reports—it captures the courage and heroism of the young men and women who risk their lives daily to protect one another and Convict Nation alike! Some of these BOP staff gave their lives in this mission, and Fitzmaurice pays them the tribute they earned by making the ultimate sacrifice! The afterword includes a sneak peek from book two, More Stories from the Old Yard!

Warfare in the American Homeland

Warfare in the American Homeland
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 0822339234
ISBN-13 : 9780822339236
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Warfare in the American Homeland by : Joy James

DIVA collection of writings by prisoners and scholars that documents the extension of the violence and the repression of the prison establishment into the larger society. /div

The Distance

The Distance
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 429
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ISBN-10 : 9780385537001
ISBN-13 : 038553700X
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Distance by : Helen Giltrow

A dark, ultra-contemporary, and relentlessly paced debut thriller about a London society woman trying to put her secret criminal past behind her, and the hit man who comes to her with an impossible job she can't refuse. Charlotte Alton is an elegant socialite. But behind the locked doors of her sleek, high-security apartment in London's Docklands, she becomes Karla. Karla's business is information. Specifically, making it disappear. She's the unseen figure who, for a commanding price, will cover a criminal's tracks. A perfectionist, she's only made one slip in her career—several years ago she revealed her face to a man named Simon Johanssen, an ex-special forces sniper turned killer-for-hire. After a mob hit went horrifically wrong, Johanssen needed to disappear, and Karla helped him. He became a regular client, and then, one day, she stepped out of the shadows for reasons unclear to even herself. Now, after a long absence, Johanssen has resurfaced with a job, and he needs Karla's help again. The job is to take out an inmate—a woman—inside an experimental prison colony. But there's no record the target ever existed. That's not the only problem: the criminal boss from whom Johanssen has been hiding is incarcerated there. That doesn't stop him. It's Karla's job to get him out alive, and to do that she must uncover the truth. Who is this woman? Who wants her dead? Is the job a trap for Johanssen or for her? But every door she opens is a false one, and she's getting desperate to protect a man—a killer—to whom she's inexplicably drawn. Written in stylish, sophisticated prose, The Distance is a tense and satisfying debut in which every character, both criminal and law-abiding, wears two faces, and everyone is playing a double game.

After the Change

After the Change
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 362
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ISBN-10 : 1090925670
ISBN-13 : 9781090925671
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis After the Change by : Michael J. Moore

Diego Conner was at school when his world changed. As soon as his classmates started killing each other, he ran. Then, when he got home, his parents tried to eat him. They weren't zombies though. They were alive and could be killed like any other living thing. He chose to simply call them "the changed".The only people he knew who didn't turn were his friends, Sheena and Wes. With their families gone, the fifteen year olds are forced to look out for each another, constantly moving and hiding in the shadows. Eventually, though, they decided to search for survivors and colonize a local prison. Along the way, they quickly learn that the brainless, flesh-eating monsters that roam the streets are the least of their worries after the change.This series raises the bar for zombie fiction. Arthur Longworth -author of Zek, an American Prison Story.This post-apocalyptic tale transcends its genre, with realistic characters who share a complex relationship. Michael J. Moore is a literary force to be reckoned with. Tom Richey -author of Death Row Scott.Although not my usual genre of choice, I fell in love with Michael J. Moore's writing. Not only did it draw me in like a moth to a flame, but it kept me absolutely entranced and spellbound all the way up to its extremely climactic ending. There's very little doubt in my mind that Michael J. Moore is going to become a powerful figure in the literary world! Percy Levy -author of A Ghetto Love Story.I couldn't put this book down until I read every last word. I've since been strumming my guitar, patiently waiting for the next one in the series to come out. Where is it?! Westin Halvorson, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult.

Tears and Tiers

Tears and Tiers
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Publisher : gailandjoesullivan
Total Pages : 328
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0977265609
ISBN-13 : 9780977265602
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Tears and Tiers by : Gail W. Sullivan

Tears & Tiers is both a touching and disturbing fifty year mosaic depicting the Life & Times of Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan, Bank Robber, Escape Artisit (the only man to escape the infamous Attica prison) and notorious Hitman. While this never boring saga delves into his youthful years and forty-five years in prison to date, a hideous portrait of life within the walls. It also touches on his involvement with some past icons of our times such as Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Hoffa, and anothony "Fat Tony" Salerno, Boss of New York's Genovese crime family. Writen by Gail Sullivan his wife of over thirty years, while a great read Sullivan's life as such is not one you would wish upon anyone you hold dear.