By Robert Johnson

From the cover: “"Hard Time is clearly and passionately written... Here, as in the first edition, Johnson manages to write with care and sympathy for the prisoners, but without sentimentality. He never forgets that they are criminals who deserve punishment, and he does not hesitate to say so. Likewise, he manages to find in the very punitiveness of prisons the possibility of redemption. Indeed, given our society's apparent rage to lock people up in spite of our prisons' grim failure to transform any sizable number of convicts into good citizens, Johnson's approach may be our only hope." —Jeffrey Reiman.

NY. Wadsworth Publishing Company. 1996. 316p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

BY Philip Baridon

“El Patron turned to one of his lieutenants, "Get rid of the body." His voice sounded flat, emotionless. El Patron too close, as he casually flicked a piece of brain matter from his shoulder. "Cut off both hands, leave the wedding band on, return the truck to the factory with the right hand, and tell them to find drivers who won't short me a brick. The left hand is for the widow. Make the message clear: Cheat me, and you die."

Washington. Roundfire. 2013. 234p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

By Kate Millett

From Amazon: “From one of the most influential figures of the last twenty years―the author of Sexual Politics―comes this brilliant work in which Kate Millet sets out a new theory of politics for our time, a harrowing view of the modern state based on the practice of torture as a method of rule, as conscious policy. It is, in the words of the noted Iraqi dissident Kanan Makiya, "a passionate, heroic effort to fathom the nature of a phenomenon that all too often drains us emotionally and incapacitates us intellectually."

NY. W.W.Norton. 1994. 257p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Nicole Hahn Rafter

FROM THE PREFACE: “Prisons fascinate the societies that create them because--short of the death penalty--they are the ultimate form and symbol of the power of the state over the individual. In the imagery that mesmerizes us, prisoners arc anonymous masses controlled by walls, steel bars, and impersonal guards. Their fearsome punishment, suffered cqually by all, is loss of liberty. This book addresses the limitations of this powerful but simplistic image.”

New Brunswick . Transaction Publishers. 1992. 298p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By James Boudouris.

From the foreword: “We realize the importance of correctional and community pro- grams for children of incarcerated parents. We also recognize the im- portance of parenting programs in correctional settings--prisons, jails, boot camps, and other facilities. Based on our experience, we believe that if more individuals are taught how to be good parents, we can stem the rise o fjuvenile crime.”

American Correctional Association. 1996. 113p.

By Robert Johnson

From Page 1: Justice Follies: Stories, sometimes featuring music, dance and skits, about absurd, ruinous or patently unfair and inequitable features of our justice system.”

Infinity Publishing Company In partnership with WilloTrees Press. 2005. 69p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Thomas O. Murton

From the Preface: “One might reasonably ask, "Why study the prison?" Most penologists would respond with statistics indicating that 95 percent of prison inmates ultimately return to the street. The more astute observer would avow that all inmates except those who die in the prison system will return one day to the free society. Self- preservation would dictate that concern for oneself should inspire the citizen to take a personal interest in reforming the prison.

Furthermore, perhaps one should examine the quandary in which the penologists find themselves in attempting to implement the various mandates imposed on the prison administrator. The warden is charged with the responsibility of concurrently instituting the philosophies of punishment, deterrence, retribution, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. But there may be an even more basic reason to become informed about the prison: if one wishes to study a culture and to understand it, attention should be focused on the manner in which that society deals with its deviants. The prison is the American society in microcosm.”

USA. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1976. 296p. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

By Robert Johnson. Illustrations Eleanor Potter Jennifer Leigh Adger

High praise from the cover: “Prison life is dirty, deadly, treacherous and invisible to allbut its inhabitants. Abstractions from outsiders, even well-meaning outsiders, never reveal a prison'sshadow side. But Robert Johnson'spoetry is different. Chameleon-like, John- son assumes the spiritand voice of prison survivors to providean authentic and com-pelling expression ofthe daily reality of prison life.” — Victor Hassine, life sentence prisoner, author, Life without Parole: Living in Prison Today. “Drawing upon years ofstudy andresearch about crime,punishment, imprisonment and the deathpenalty, criminologist and social scientist Robert Johnson has produced a powerful, vivida n d beautiful collection of poems. Johnson's poetry is as provocative and subtle as his prose.” Rita J. Simon, University Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University.

Thomaston, Maine. Northwoods Press. 2004. 101p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Robert Johnson

“The man on the steel table was mine, my client. I work for the dead. I bring them justice. When someone in prison is murdered, I take the case. I'm a murder cop, detailed from the inner city of Baltimore to the cell blocks of the state penitentiary. That's my beat--the prison, the pen, the house, call it what you like. Just be glad you're not there….”

You might not live to tell about it.

Brown Paper Publishing. 2010. 140p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Jimmy Boyle

From the Introduction: “…In writing the book in a manner thatexpresses all the hatred and rage that I felt at the time of the experiences,especially the latterpart, I have been told that I lose the sympathy of the reader and that this isn't wise for someonewho is stillowned by the State anddependent on the authorities for a paroledate. The book is a genuine attempt to warn young people that there si nothing glamorous about getting in- volvedincrimeand violence. Ifeel that the only way any real progress can be made in this direction is through havinga better understanding ofit and the only way this will be achieved si by putting our cards on the table, and this I've tried hard to do. Idon'tfeel that sympathy or popularity contests have anything to do with it.”

London. Cannongate Publishing. 1977. 258p. Book contains mark-up

By Richard Smith

From the Introduction: In 1774 an Act was passed "for preserving the health of prisoners in gaol," and under that Act local justices were obliged "to appoint an experienced surgeon or apothecary". The surgeon or apothecary was required to be resident and have no practice outside the prison. Thus began the Prison Medical Service, started largely to prevent typhus spreading from the prisons to surrounding communities. Since then the Service has expanded and specialised. It now attempts to provide a comprehensive health service for all prisoners, a rapid medical reporting service to courts, and a good deal of psychiatric help, including a specialised pychiatric prison at Grendon. The Prison Medical Service has, however, been subject to much criticism and, indeed, abuse, especially in recent years.

London. British Medical Journal. 1984. 184p. Book contains mark-up.

By Joycelyn M. Pollock

From Chapter 1: “A cursory glance at correctional literature wil show that cor- rectional officers have only recently drawn the attention of re- searchers. Long ignored in studies of prisoners and prison subcultures, correctional officers are now recognized as integral participants in the prison world. In the past,correctional officers were viewed as one-dimensional cartoon characters, as brutal ignorant louts preying on prisoner victims. They have now been recognized as complex human actors with perceptions, values, and skills worthy of study. In this first chapter we will briefly explore some of the recent research on correctional officers, including research on female correctional officers and their en try into prisons for men.”

NY. Greenwood Press. 1986. 169p.

By David Fogel

From the foreword: “A rising tide of criticism challenges the prevailing policies and practices of criminal justice agencies throughout the United States. Public disillusionment and professional cynicism is wide-spread, fueled by the constantly rising crime rates which large, new appropriations of government funds seem unable to curb. These criticisms focus most sharply on the failure of the correctional agencies to reduce recidivism among convicted offenders. The climate of public opinion lends itself most readily to new demands for more repressive measures to increase the punitive and deterrent effect of correctional decisions. Advocates of more punitive sanctions are convinced that only more certain, more visible and more severe sentences of imprisonment for offenders will provide an adequate measure of deterrence and public protection.

Anderson Publishing. 1979. 346p.

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By Robert B. Levinson

From the Foreword: “In Unit Management in Prisons and Jails, Robert Levinson describes unit management's humble beginnings at the National Training School ni Washington, D.C., and recounts its rise to becoming a system that revolutionized prison management. Dr. Levinson introduces readers to the concept of unit management and carefully walks them through each step involved with implementing this method. The appendices include a sample manual and unit plan to assist individuals with the details of unit management. Aside from prisons, jails also have adopted this idea (unit management is called "direct supervision" in a jail setting). This book includes a chapteron these types of jails by Kenneth Kerle.”

American Correctional Association Lanham, Maryland. 1999. 274p.

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By Anthony J. Manocchio and Jimmy Dunn

From the Preface by Lamar Empey: T”he design and conduct of many, perhaps most, sociological studies depend upon some knowledge of the subjective views of the actors to be investigated. Without it, the investigation must proceed more by assumption than by evidence, more by conjecture than by an informed point of view. To be able to ask relevant questions and to explore key issues. the sociologist must have some prior grasp of the way those issues look to the persons who are to be studied, what they contend with, and why they believe as they do. There is nothing quite so difficult as attempting to gather data on the nature and subiective side of institu- tional patterns and processes without such information.”

Beverly Hills. Sage, 1970. 254p.

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By Warden G. Berge. November (2000) 19 pages.

Draft by unknown author. January 15 (1980) 17 pages.

NIJ. Bureau of Justice Statistics.. NCJ: 176330. October (1999) 88 pages.

The Correctional Association of New York, . Before the Haring of the Assembly’s Corrections and Mental Health Committees, Mental Health Services in NY Prisons — November 13 (2014) 10 pages.

By Chase Riveland. Richard H. Franklin, project manager. National Institute of Corrections. January (1999) 43 pages.