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Author |
: Shane Bauer |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2019-06-11 |
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.
Author |
: Donna Selman |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 218 |
Release |
: 2010-01-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442201743 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442201746 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Punishment for Sale by : Donna Selman
Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad publicity. The book provides a balanced telling of the story of private prisons and the resistance they engendered within the context of criminology, and it is intended for supplemental use in undergraduate and graduate courses in criminology, social problems, and race & ethnicity.
Author |
: Julian Le Vay |
Publisher |
: Policy Press |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781447313229 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1447313224 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Competition for Prisons by : Julian Le Vay
A quarter of a century has passed since the Thatcher government launched one of its most controversial reforms: privately run prisons. This book offers an assessment of the successes and failures of that initiative, comparing public and private prisons, analyzing the possible and claimed benefits of competition, and looking closely at how well the government has managed the unusual quasi-market that the privatization push created. Drawing on first-person interviews with key players and his own experience working in prison finance, Julian Le Vay presents the most valuable look yet at the results of prison privatization for government, citizens, and prisoners.
Author |
: Tara Herivel |
Publisher |
: The New Press |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2011-05-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781595586650 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1595586652 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prison Profiteers by : Tara Herivel
“No country in history has ever handed over so many inmates to private corporations. This book looks at the consequences” (Eric Schlosser, bestselling author of Fast Food Nation). In Prison Profiteers, coeditors Tara Herivel and Paul Wright “follow the money to an astonishing constellation of prison administrators and politicians working in collusion with private parties to maximize profits” (Publishers Weekly). From investment banks, guard unions, and the makers of Taser stun guns to health care providers, telephone companies, and the US military (which relies heavily on prison labor), this network of perversely motivated interests has turned the imprisonment of 1 out of every 135 Americans into a lucrative business. Called “an essential read for anyone who wants to understand what’s gone wrong with criminal justice in the United States” by ACLU National Prison Project director Elizabeth Alexander, this incisive and deftly researched volume shows how billions of tax dollars designated for the public good end up lining the pockets of those private enterprises dedicated to keeping prisons packed. “An important analysis of a troubling social trend” that is sure to inform and outrage any concerned citizen, Prison Profiteers reframes the conversation by exposing those who stand to profit from the imprisonment of millions of Americans (Booklist). “Indispensable . . . An easy and accessible read—and a necessary one.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune “This is lucid, eye-opening reading for anyone interested in American justice.” —Publishers Weekly “Impressive . . . A thoughtful, comprehensive and accessible analysis of the money trail behind the prison-industrial-complex.” —The Black Commentator
Author |
: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: PSU:000063518771 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Private Prison Information Act of 2007, and Review of the Prison Litigation Reform Act by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Author |
: Diane Schoemperlen |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2016-04-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781443434225 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1443434221 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis This Is Not My Life by : Diane Schoemperlen
From the Governor General’s Award winning author of Forms of Devotion, Our Lady of the Lost and Found and By the Book “Never once in my life had I dreamed of being in bed with a convicted killer.” For almost six turbulent years, award-winning writer Diane Schoemperlen was involved with a prison inmate serving a life sentence for second-degree murder. The relationship surprised no one more than her. How do you fall in love with a man with a violent past? How do you date someone who is in prison? This Is Not My Life is the story of the romance between Diane and Shane—how they met and fell in love, how they navigated passes and parole and the obstacles facing a long-term prisoner attempting to return to society, and how, eventually, things fell apart. While no relationship takes place in a vacuum, this is never more true than when that relationship is with a federal inmate. In this candid, often wry, sometimes disturbing memoir, Schoemperlen takes us inside this complex and difficult relationship as she journeys through the prison system with Shane. Not only did this relationship enlarge her capacity for both empathy and compassion, but it also forced her to more deeply examine herself.
Author |
: United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 56 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112033953412 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Private Prisons by : United States. General Accounting Office
Author |
: Sean Crane |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 2021-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0578818558 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780578818559 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prison of Your Own by : Sean Crane
At the age of 23 I was sentenced to 7 years in prison for a crime I didn't commit. It was in my prison cell, for the first time in my life, I faced my demons and challenges head on. I was able to completely transform my entire life behind bars. My attitude, my mentality, and my daily routines were all adjusted and allowed me to create new outcomes and results within my life. My personal transformation and the steps I took while incarcerated is what I wish to share with anyone who feels lost or hopeless in their life right now. These life changing steps saved my life and freed me from addiction, negative thinking and living life carelessly. I want you to know that no matter what you go through deep within you is the capacity to persevere and create a life you love and cherish. For me it was life or death! I had to make drastic changes if I were able to live the life I truly wanted. However, it wasn't one big change that took place over night. I spent every day, over 2,000 days , in prison cultivating the person I wanted to be. I created a process that allowed me to go from a drug addict with nothing to a husband & father, life coach, author, motivational speaker and ironman in less than 3 years. If I did this from a prison cell,with nothing, I promise you can take control of your life too! You deserve it and you are far more capable than you realize!I am here to support you 100%
Author |
: K.C. Carceral |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 267 |
Release |
: 2005-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814790472 |
ISBN-13 |
: 081479047X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prison, Inc. by : K.C. Carceral
Prison, Inc. provides a first-hand account of life behind bars in a controversial new type of prison facility: the private prison. These for-profit prisons are becoming increasingly popular as state budgets get tighter. Yet as privatization is seen as a necessary and cost-saving measure, not much is known about how these facilities are run and whether or not they can effectively watch over this difficult and dangerous population. For the first time, Prison, Inc. provides a look inside one of these private prisons as told through the eyes of an actual inmate, K.C. Carceral who has been in the prison system for over twenty years.
Author |
: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 96 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: PURD:32754079460741 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Private Prison Information Act of 2007 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security