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Titolo |
Fourth city : essays from the prison in America / / edited by Doran Larson |
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East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-62895-019-6 |
1-60917-397-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (351 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prisons - United States |
Prisoners - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The American Prison Writer as Witness; Part One. Life on the Streets of Prison City; The Life; Ticket In; Coping with Life in Prison City; Ticket In; Seeking Peace in Prison City; Ticket In; Family Life In and From Prison City; Ticket In; Part Two. The Rules of Law, Policy, and Practice in Prison City; Inside Justice and Injustice; Kite Out; Civic Dysfunction and Its Critics; Kite Out; Mental and Physical Health Care; Kite Out; Community Activists; Kite Out; Prison and Reentry Programs; Epilogue; Editor's Afterword; Glossary; Further Reading |
Notes on ContributorsIndex |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At 2.26 million, incarcerated Americans not only outnumber the nation's fourth-largest city, they make up a national constituency bound by a shared condition. Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America presents more than seventy essays from twenty-seven states, written by incarcerated Americans chronicling their experience inside. In essays as moving as they are eloquent, the authors speak out against a national prison complex that fails so badly at the task of rehabilitation that 60% of the 650,000 Americans released each year return to prison. These essays document the aut |
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