The Habeas Citebook
Author : Branden Sample
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,40 MB
Release : 2016-02-01
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ISBN : 9780981938547
Author : Branden Sample
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,40 MB
Release : 2016-02-01
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ISBN : 9780981938547
Author : Tara Herivel
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 29,98 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1595584544
In Prison Profiteers, co-editors 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 U.S. military (which relies heavily on prison labor), this network of perversely motivated interests has turned the imprisonment of one 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" (Booklist) 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.
Author : Daniel E. Manville
Publisher :
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Prison discipline
ISBN : 9780981938523
Author : Paul Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 28,55 MB
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135342563
Prison Nation is a distant dispatch from a foreign and forbidden place--the world of America's prisons. Written by prisoners, social critics and luminaries of investigative reporting, Prison Nation testifies to the current state of America's prisoners' living conditions and political concerns. These concerns are not normally the concerns of most Americans, but they should be. From substandard medical care the inadequacy of resources for public defenders to the death penalty, the issues covered in this volume grow more urgent every day. Articles by outstanding writers such as Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noam Chomsky, Mark Dow, Judy Green, Tracy Huling and Christian Parenti chronicle the injustices of prison privatization, class and race in the justice system, our quixotic drug war, the rarely discussed prison AIDS crisis and a judicial system that rewards mostly those with significant resources or the desire to name names. Correctional facilities have become a profitable growth industry, for companies like Wackenhut that run them and companies like Boeing that use cheap prison labor. With fascinating narratives, shocking tales and small stories of hope, Prison Nation paints a picture of a world many Americans know little or nothing about.
Author : Human Rights Defense Center
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
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ISBN : 9780981938530
A Guide to Distance Learning Education Programs for Prisoners.
Author : Daniel Burton-Rose
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
A Prison legal news book.
Author : Mumia Abu-Jamal
Publisher : City Lights Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,87 MB
Release : 2020-09-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 0872868176
“Expert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice system . . . His writings are dangerous.”—The Village Voice In Jailhouse Lawyers, award-winning journalist and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal presents the stories and reflections of fellow prisoners-turned-advocates who have learned to use the court system to represent other prisoners—many uneducated or illiterate—and, in some cases, to win their freedom. In Abu-Jamal’s words, “This is the story of law learned, not in the ivory towers of multi-billion-dollar endowed universities [but] in the bowels of the slave-ship, in the dank dungeons of America.” Includes an introduction by Angela Y. Davis. Mumia Abu-Jamal’s books include Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms.
Author : William J. Drummond
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520298365
San 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.
Author : Heather MacKay
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 2019
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ISBN : 9780692955260
Author : Margo Schlanger
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
Page : 1071 pages
File Size : 23,2 MB
Release : 2020-05-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781683287964
In the age of American mass incarceration, a complex legal regime governs prison conditions and presents a host of controversial questions at the intersection of constitutional liberty, statutory interpretation, administrative regulation, and public policy. This is a completely overhauled, re-titled, and much-expanded version of the leading casebook about incarceration. It addresses both pretrial and post-conviction incarceration, presenting Supreme Court and leading lower court case law, statutes, litigation materials, professional standards, academic commentary, and prisoner writing. Topics include conditions of confinement, civil liberties, particular prisoner populations and relevant legal issues (race and national origin discrimination, the particular issues/law governing treatment of incarcerated women, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities). Litigated remedies (injunctive litigation, damages, the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and criminal prosecution of prison staff), are also covered in detail, as is non-litigation oversight. The casebook is supplemented by an open-access website that offers additional resources and sources for further reading.