Edited By Robert Johnson Sonia Tabriz

FROM THE COVER: "[T]he authors (prisoners, academics, and students) use poetry, prose, andplays to take the reader into the reality of prison and the justice system - not through facts and figures, but through the tears and screams, blood and painof the people chewed up by .it. [T]his book isfiction; but ti isalso a book about prison that can offer a type of truth that numbers can't. Enjoy your reading- fi you can." Joycelyn M. Pollock,

Durham, North Carolina. Carolina Academic Press.. 2009. 335P. CONTAINS MARK-UP.

By Lucien X. Lombardo

From the Preface: This Second Edition of Guards Imprisoned updates the original study by following the careers and impressions of the officers whose experiences and insights in 1976 provided the raw material for the First Edition. Interviewing the same ofticers again after ten years provided an opportunity to assess patterns of change and stability in the attitudes and behaviors of these men. It allowed t h e m to describe what changes in their working environment they believe have had an impact on what they do and the ways they do it. It also provided an opportunity to learn how they have responded to changes in the Department of Corrections and at Auburn Correctional Facility. In the original interviews ti was apparent that the "past was better" for many officers, but one did not have any way of knowing about that past. In studying the 1986 interviews, the 1976 material in the first edition provides a clear baseline for understanding their views of their present situation and change, for now we know what the past was like.”

Cincinnati, OH.Anderson Publishing Co., 1989. 246p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Robert Johnson

From the Preface by Hans Toch: “The author's contribution in this work is in many ways unique, and some of the concepts under- lying this book may not be self-evident to all readers. I hope I'll be forgiven for explicatingwhat to others may seem very obvious. Corrections and penology traditionally have been the monopoly of sociologists, and sometimes of experts ni administration. Psychological or clinical concerns usually have been confined to the area of individual diagnosis--particularly to the ritualistic review of unrepresentative offenders. Though it is obvious that much sociological discussion ofprisons has taken the form of psychology in disguise, disciplinary boundaries have inhibited full development of such thinking. Prison researchers have generally not deployed clinical methodology in their inquiries. Where inmates have been interviewed, they have rarely been asked the sorts of questions that explored their feelings and perspectives in depth.

Lexington, Massachusetts. D.C. Heath and Company . Lexington Books. 1976. 182p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

By Edited by Ted Alleman And Rosemary .L Gido

From the cover: “Turnstile Justice: Issues ni American Corrections offers a unique, pragmatic approach to the "sociology of corrections." Drawing on the expertise of leading scholars and practitioners in the field of corrections and crime and criminology, this text offers the background necessary for a critical examination of the major issues facing corrections today. As a complement to an introductory text or a "stand alone" source for a variety of critical issues courses and seminars, the book presents current topics and policies or strategies that are generating debate in the correctional field.”

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Prentice Hall. 1998. 227p. CONTAINS MARK-UP

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 Carol Tavris.

FROM THE COVER: "[This] book is not only the best of its kind ever written, but really delightful as well as the most helpfully enlightening I have ever read."*-D.r Ashley Montagu, author of The Nature of Human Aggression.

“Tavris has deftly demolished the contemporary pop mythology of anger and shown how glib and facile apologias for childish rage and rotten manners have been dissolving the glue of marriage, friendship and society. She beautifully clarifies the difference between moral, useful anger and mere incivility or self-gratifying bad temper. She has written a book I would wish any enemies I have and my friends- would read forthwith." -Morton Hunt, author of The Universe Within

NY. Touchstone. 1992. 290P. 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 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 Carol Spencer. Department of Corrections,Youth and Adult Corrections Agency, State of California. Septrmber (1966) 98 pages

By Carol Spencer. Department of Corrections,Youth and Adult Corrections Agency, State of California. Septrmber (1966) 7 pages.

By Jamie A. Tarbell, Rosemary L. Gide, and Theass H. Slater. New York State Commission of Corections. September (1988) 72 pages.

Richard H. Girgenti. NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services. (1983) 195 pages.