Behind Bars: Surviving Prison
by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Stephen C. Richards
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Author: Jeffrey Ian Ross, Stephen C. RichardsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-05-01
ISBN: 0028643518
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Alpha
Book Reviews of Behind Bars: Surviving Prison
Book Review: good at one time; now? not so much
Summary: 3 Stars
At one time this book might have been insightful. Now, though, more information is available on internet sites. I have always been fascinated by prisons because they are such unnatural environments and force people to behave in inhumane ways. I am fascinated by the way prison changes people and how people adapt to their new horrific circumstances.
This book covers the details of prison life in a very sterile way. The two authors are familiar with life in prison--one having worked within the prison system, the other (now a college professor) spent a number of years in prison. They describe things like the procedure associated with privilege of shopping in the commissary, but actually discussing how prisoners earn money, how they spend money, how they cook, how they share this food, the problems with the food served within the food, how prisoners can have their food adultered as part of the power structure..... none of these topics are covered in any detail. I wanted to know these things, and so many more, and I found this book to fail in that regard.
But. It IS a comprehensive overview. So for someone having to face going to prison this book might be useful as a general preparation. For someone like me, who is curious about a life far from my own (at least for now---you never really do know), this was not a good book.
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