A Life for a Life
Life Imprisonment: America's Other Death Penalty
ISBN13: 9780195330489ISBN10: 019533048X
Paperback, 240 pages
Oct 2003,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$19.95 (04)
240 pages;
6 x 9;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-533048-9ISBN10: 0-19-533048-X
A first-person account offering a detailed account of the daily realities of prison life in its mundane essentials, from the culture of the cellblock to the etiquette of the yard and the mess hall.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Life
1. As I Write This Book
2. Bof's Journal
3. Enter the Madness
Part II: Food
4. The Old Dining Hall
5. The New Dining Hall
6. The Commissary
Part III: Personal Hygiene
7. Showers
8. Laundry
9. Haircuts
Part IV: Medical Care
10. A Visit to Medical
11. A Painful Experience
Part V: Sex
12. Forced Sexual Deprivation
13. Sex in Prison
Part VI: Inmates and Staff
14. The Unlistened-to Story
15. The Game
16. The Times Are a Changin'
17. The Snitch
18. Asleep in the Deep
Part VII: Custody and Security
19. Shakedown
20. Misconduct
21. The Setup
22. The Restrictive Housing Unit (RHU)
23. Isn't It Ironic?
Part VIII: Violence
24. Firebombed!
Part IX: Lifers
25. This Is What We Do to Troublemakers
26. Rumble in the Jungle
27. The Lock in the Sock
28. A Bowl of Fruit
29. Joshua
30. The Old Man and the Mountain
Part X: Family
31. Thinking of You
32. A Sad Day for Mr. Strawberry
33. A Lifer's Dad, by James A. Paluch, Sr.
34. A Lifer's Mom, by Joyce Upchurch
35. A Wife Doing Life, by Dianna L. Hollis
Part XI: Conclusion
36. Forgive Them, Father...
37. A Life for a Life
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