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OverviewSan Quentin State Prison, California’s oldest prison and the nation’s largest, is notorious for once holding America’s most dangerous prisoners. But in 2008, the Bastille-by-the-Bay became a beacon for rehabilitation through the prisoner-run newspaper the San Quentin News. Prison Truth tells the story of how prisoners, many serving life terms, transformed the prison climate from what Johnny Cash called a living hell to an environment that fostered positive change in inmates’ lives. Award-winning journalist William J. Drummond takes us behind bars, introducing us to Arnulfo García, the visionary prisoner who led the revival of the newspaper. Drummond describes how the San Quentin News, after a twenty-year shutdown, was recalled to life under an enlightened warden and the small group of local retired newspaper veterans serving as advisers, which Drummond joined in 2012. Sharing how officials cautiously and often unwittingly allowed the newspaper to tell the stories of the incarcerated, Prison Truth illustrates the power of prison media to humanize the experiences of people inside penitentiary walls and to forge alliances with social justice networks seeking reform. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William J. DrummondPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780520298361ISBN 10: 0520298365 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 07 January 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments PART I A primer on prison 1. Overview 2. Prison Voices Heard 3. Soledad Brothers 4. Kennedy to Cleaver 5. The Primary Election 6. The Johnny Cash Myth 7. A West Oakland Murder 8. The Lee Commission and the “Tough-on-Crime” Era 9. The San Quentin News 10. The Founding Fathers 11. Media Recognition 12. Sam Robinson 13. Race in the Prison Newsroom 14. The Key Players PART II The characters in the newsroom 15. Arnulfo García 16. Glenn Bailey 17. Juan Haines 18. Rahsaan Thomas 19. Richard (Bonaru) Richardson 20. Watani Stiner 21. Kevin Sawyer 22. Asians in the Newsroom 23. Aly Tamboura 24. Little Nick’s Story 25. He Came to Me in a Dream PART III How it all came together 26. The Press in Prison 27. Philanthropy 28. The Forums 29. A New Narrative PART IV Moving forward 30. Journalism and Rehabilitation 31. The Campus and the Prison 32. Is This Scalable? 33. The Hero with a Thousand Faces 34. Epilogue Notes 281 Bibliography IndexReviewsPrison Truth examines the advantages of having stories told by people directly affected by incarceration. The resulting news narratives are from the vantage point of embedded reporters. * San Quentin News * For anyone concerned with the prison reform movement, it is critical to engage with the media portrayals of inmates. And for that, Prison Truth is an essential book. Today, inmates write their own stories, and it is more important than ever. * Los Angeles Review of Books * Prison Truth chronicles Drummond's past, along with the remarkable efforts by San Quentin Prison inmates to document their circumstances - and in so doing, achieve rehabilitation through introspection and expression.... [The book] comes at a time when the debate around incarceration has been rapidly shifting, fueled as much by the exorbitant cost of confining inmates as by concerns about reconciliation and rehabilitation. * Los Angeles Times * Prison Truth examines the advantages of having stories told by people directly affected by incarceration. The resulting news narratives are from the vantage point of embedded reporters. * San Quentin News * Prison Truth chronicles Drummond's past, along with the remarkable efforts by San Quentin Prison inmates to document their circumstances - and in so doing, achieve rehabilitation through introspection and expression.... [The book] comes at a time when the debate around incarceration has been rapidly shifting, fueled as much by the exorbitant cost of confining inmates as by concerns about reconciliation and rehabilitation. * Los Angeles Times * Prison Truth chronicles Drummond's past, along with the remarkable efforts by San Quentin Prison inmates to document their circumstances - and in so doing, achieve rehabilitation through introspection and expression.... [The book] comes at a time when the debate around incarceration has been rapidly shifting, fueled as much by the exorbitant cost of confining inmates as by concerns about reconciliation and rehabilitation. * Los Angeles Times * Author InformationWilliam J. Drummond is Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. His award-winning career includes stints at the Louisville Courier-Journal, where he covered the civil rights movement, and the Los Angeles Times, where he was a local reporter, then bureau chief in New Delhi and Jerusalem, and later a Washington correspondent. He was appointed a White House Fellow by then president Gerald R. Ford and later became Jimmy Carter’s associate press secretary. He joined NPR in 1977 and became the founding editor of Morning Edition. At UC Berkeley, Drummond was awarded the 2016 Leon A. Henkin Award for his distinguished service and exceptional commitment to the educational development of students from groups who are underrepresented in the academy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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