Prisons books

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Aftermath: Winner of the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize

Aftermath: Winner of the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize

Author: Preti Taneja
ISBN: 9781913505462
Format: Paperback
$31.05

In this searching lament by the award-winning author of We That Are Young, Taneja interrogates the language of terror,...  Read More >>

Disorder Contained: Mental Breakdown and the Modern Prison in England and Ireland, 1840 – 1900

Disorder Contained: Mental Breakdown and the Modern...

Author: Catherine Cox (University College Dublin) ,  Hilary Marland (University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9781108834551
Format: Hardback
$194.06

A major study into mental disorder in English and Irish prisons between 1840 and 1900, Disorder Contained investigates...  Read More >>

In Two Minds: Shocking true stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist

In Two Minds: Shocking true stories of murder, justice...

Author: Dr Sohom Das
ISBN: 9780751583786
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A piercing account of life as a forensic psychiatrist  Read More >>

The Art of Crime: Diary of A Prison Art Tutor

The Art of Crime: Diary of A Prison Art Tutor

Author: Steven Tafka
ISBN: 9781913406943
Format: Paperback
$23.26

'The Art of Crime' charts the journey of a rookie prison art tutor from idealism to the depths of the prison underworld....  Read More >>

Rethinking the Gulag: Identities, Sources, Legacies

Rethinking the Gulag: Identities, Sources, Legacies...

Author: Alan Barenberg ,  Emily D. Johnson
ISBN: 9780253059611
Format: Paperback
$67.95

Moving away from grand metaphorical or theoretical models, Rethinking the Gulag instead unearths the complexities...  Read More >>

The Cage of Days: Time and Temporal Experience in Prison

The Cage of Days: Time and Temporal Experience in Prison...

Author: Michael G. Flaherty ,  K. C. Carceral
ISBN: 9780231203456
Format: Paperback
$57.95

This book combines the perspectives of K. C. Carceral, a formerly incarcerated convict criminologist, and Michael...  Read More >>

The Cage of Days: Time and Temporal Experience in Prison

The Cage of Days: Time and Temporal Experience in Prison...

Author: Michael G. Flaherty ,  K. C. Carceral
ISBN: 9780231203449
Format: Hardback
$232.95

This book combines the perspectives of K. C. Carceral, a formerly incarcerated convict criminologist, and Michael...  Read More >>

Minority Ethnic Prisoners and the COVID-19 Lockdown: Issues, Impacts and Implications

Minority Ethnic Prisoners and the COVID-19 Lockdown:...

Author: Avril Brandon (Maynooth University) ,  Gavin Dingwall (De Montfort University)
ISBN: 9781529219555
Format: Hardback
$99.99

This insightful book identifies the risks posed by prison lockdowns to minority ethnic prisoners, foreign national...  Read More >>

The Secret Prison Governor: The Brutal Truth of Life Behind Bars

The Secret Prison Governor: The Brutal Truth of Life...

Author: The Secret Prison Governor
ISBN: 9781787395633
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The Secret Prison Governor has spent decades surrounded by every type of prisoner known to man, from petty thieves...  Read More >>

Portable Prisons: Electronic Monitoring and the Creation of Carceral Territory

Portable Prisons: Electronic Monitoring and the Creation...

Author: James Gacek
ISBN: 9780228008286
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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Penal Servitude: Convicts and Long-Term Imprisonment, 1853–1948

Penal Servitude: Convicts and Long-Term Imprisonment,...

Author: Helen Johnston ,  Barry Godfrey
ISBN: 9780228009092
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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PEN America Handbook For Writers in Prison: Crafting A Writer's Life in Prison

PEN America Handbook For Writers in Prison: Crafting...

Author: Caits Meissner ,  America PEN
ISBN: 9781642596540
Format: Hardback
$79.99

The Sentences That Create Us provides a roadmap for incarcerated people and their allies to have a thriving writing...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook on American Prisons

Routledge Handbook on American Prisons

Author: Laurie A. Gould ,  John J. Brent
ISBN: 9780367552671
Format: Paperback
$94.99

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Portable Prisons: Electronic Monitoring and the Creation of Carceral Territory

Portable Prisons: Electronic Monitoring and the Creation...

Author: James Gacek
ISBN: 9780228008279
Format: Hardback
$222.53

Portable Prisons is an exploration of the electronic monitoring of offenders based on an ethnographic case study...  Read More >>

Penal Servitude: Convicts and Long-Term Imprisonment, 1853–1948

Penal Servitude: Convicts and Long-Term Imprisonment,...

Author: Helen Johnston ,  Barry Godfrey
ISBN: 9780228008422
Format: Hardback
$240.64

Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive study of the convict prison system that housed all those who were sentenced...  Read More >>

The End of Policing

The End of Policing

Author: Alex S. Vitale
ISBN: 9781839763786
Format: Paperback
$22.99

The bestselling bible of the movement to defund the police, in an updated edition  Read More >>

The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation

The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation...

Author: Roy D. King (Roy King is Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Cambridge Institute of Criminology .) ,  Lucy Willmott (Lucy Willmott works at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology.)
ISBN: 9780367773069
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players,...  Read More >>

The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation

The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation...

Author: Roy D. King (Roy King is Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Cambridge Institute of Criminology .) ,  Lucy Willmott (Lucy Willmott works at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology.)
ISBN: 9781032063263
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players,...  Read More >>

Farewell to Spandau

Farewell to Spandau

Author: Tony Tissier
ISBN: 9780750998475
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Putting the record straight about the last years of Rudolf Hess's life  Read More >>

Prisons of the World

Prisons of the World

Author: Andrew Coyle (Emeritus Professor, University of London)
ISBN: 9781447362470
Format: Paperback
$49.99

This book discusses the failings of the prison system in many countries and offers positive pointers for the future....  Read More >>

Prisons of the World

Prisons of the World

Author: Andrew Coyle (Emeritus Professor, University of London)
ISBN: 9781447362463
Format: Hardback
$185.00

This book discusses the failings of the prison system in many countries and offers positive pointers for the future....  Read More >>

Escape: The true story of the only Westerner ever to break out of Thailand's Bangkok Hilton

Escape: The true story of the only Westerner ever to...

Author: David McMillan
ISBN: 9781912049967
Format: Paperback
$23.99

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Brick by Brick: How We Build a World Without Prisons

Brick by Brick: How We Build a World Without Prisons...

Author: Cradle Community
ISBN: 9781914221033
Format: Paperback
$32.34

A vital community resource for those who dream of building a just, caring, prison-free society.  Read More >>

Wentworth - The Final Sentence On File: Behind the bars of the iconic FOXTEL Original series

Wentworth - The Final Sentence On File: Behind the bars...

Author: Erin McWhirter
ISBN: 9781460761458
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The official inside story from the cast and exclusive untold secrets from one of the most beloved Australian series...  Read More >>

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