The Prison Cell

Author : Jennifer Turner,Victoria Knight
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030399115

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The Prison Cell by Jennifer Turner,Victoria Knight Pdf

This book advances conceptualisations and empirical understanding of the prison cell. It discusses the complexities of this specific carceral space and addresses its significance in relation to the everyday experiences of incarceration. The collected chapters highlight the array of processes and practices that shape carceral life, adding the cell to a rich area of discussion in penal scholarship, criminology, anthropology, sociology and carceral geography. The chapters highlight key aspects such as penal philosophies, power relationships, sensory and emotional engagements with place to highlight the breadth and depth of interdisciplinary perspectives on the prison cell: a contested place of home, labour and leisure. The Prison Cell’s empirical attention is global in its consideration, bringing together both contemporary and historical work that focuses upon the cell in the Global North and South including examples from a variety of geographical locations and settings, including police custody, prisons and immigrant detention centres. This book is an important and timely intervention in the growing and topical field of carceral studies. It presents the only standalone collection of essays with a sole focus on the space of the cell.

Author : Franz Szawronski
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781728373454

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From Prison Cell to Millionaire by Franz Szawronski Pdf

Anyone who starts reading this book will think it is a biography, but this book is much more than that. It is the conjugation of a life of experiences and anecdotes with the sole objective of helping those who are in a difficult situations, in drugs, crime or jail. It is a compilation of real-life stories that serve as an example and motivation to continue struggling, to convince us that in life, despite difficulties and challenges there is always a positive solution to any situation, no matter what. It is a book for brave people willing to get out of their problems and achieve all their goals. God gave us many gifts and virtues and many of those virtues are tacitly within this book by way of examples, stories and anecdotes of the author's real life, to plan a better future, be successful and never give up!

Author : Joe Loya
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780060508937

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The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell by Joe Loya Pdf

Joe Loya's idyllic childhood came to an abrupt end when his mother was diagnosed with a terminal illness. In the two years before her death, Joe's extremely religious father became increasingly violent toward his two young sons-a contradiction that haunted Joe for years. Then, at age sixteen, Joe retaliated during a particularly severe beating and stabbed his father in the neck. For Joe, this was the starting point of a life of crime, and after holding up his twenty -- fourth bank, he was arrested and served seven years in prison. He continued his criminal behavior behind bars and was eventually placed in solitary confinement-the lowest of lows, even for convicts. Alone in his cell for two years, Joe was finally able to forgive his father, finding clarity, cultural insight, and redemption through writing.

Author : Tony D. Vick,Michael T. McRay
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781498294348

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Secrets from a Prison Cell by Tony D. Vick,Michael T. McRay Pdf

Tony Vick is serving two life sentences for murder. After nearly twenty years in prison, Tony has literally taken to the pen to document firsthand what life is like behind bars. This book--handwritten by Tony and later transcribed by outside friends--indirectly challenges the reader to engage prison reform as one of the most important social issues of this generation, wondering if society can shift its emphasis from retribution to rehabilitation. Tony's new book describes the violent, even horrific, incidents that occur in prison, incidents mostly hidden in the shadows, away from public awareness. It tells you the stories that those invested in incarceration would rather remain secret. As captivating as it is timely, Secrets from a Prison Cell shortens the distance between those outside and inside prison walls. Through personal stories, essays, and poetry, Tony Vick's book pulls back the curtain on a world invisible to most people, dramatically revealing the realities of life in prison and the power of love to fight dehumanization. For Tony, writing this book has never been about money but about the message. Any proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the No Exceptions Prison Collective, a non-profit organization that advocates for prison reform. (https://noexceptions.net) No Exception's mission is furthered by its very name, referencing the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolishes slavery, except for those incarcerated in our nation's prisons. Slavery still exists in America!

Author : Cullen Thomas
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101202098

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Brother One Cell by Cullen Thomas Pdf

Cullen Thomas was just like the thousands of other American kids who travel abroad after college. He was hungry for meaning and excitement beyond a nine-to-five routine, so he set off for Seoul, South Korea, to teach English and look for adventure. What he got was a three-and-a- half-year drug-crime sentence in South Korea's prisons, where the physical toll of life in a cell was coupled with the mental anguish of maintaining sanity in a world that couldn't have been more foreign. This is Thomas's unvarnished account of his eye-opening, ultimately life-affirming experience. Brother One Cell is part cautionary tale, part prison memoir, and part insightful travelogue that will appeal to a wide readership, from concerned parents to armchair adventurers.

Author : Gene Edwards
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414328157

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The Prisoner in the Third Cell by Gene Edwards Pdf

Imprisoned by Herod, John the Baptist struggles to understand a Lord who did not meet his expectations—a dramatic account offering insight into the ways of God.

Author : Tony Vick,Michael T. McRay
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781498294331

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Secrets from a Prison Cell by Tony Vick,Michael T. McRay Pdf

Tony Vick is serving two life sentences for murder. After nearly twenty years in prison, Tony has literally taken to the pen to document firsthand what life is like behind bars. This book—handwritten by Tony and later transcribed by outside friends—indirectly challenges the reader to engage prison reform as one of the most important social issues of this generation, wondering if society can shift its emphasis from retribution to rehabilitation. Tony’s new book describes the violent, even horrific, incidents that occur in prison, incidents mostly hidden in the shadows, away from public awareness. It tells you the stories that those invested in incarceration would rather remain secret. As captivating as it is timely, Secrets from a Prison Cell shortens the distance between those outside and inside prison walls. Through personal stories, essays, and poetry, Tony Vick’s book pulls back the curtain on a world invisible to most people, dramatically revealing the realities of life in prison and the power of love to fight dehumanization. For Tony, writing this book has never been about money but about the message. Any proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the No Exceptions Prison Collective, a non-profit organization that advocates for prison reform. (https://noexceptions.net) No Exception’s mission is furthered by its very name, referencing the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolishes slavery, except for those incarcerated in our nation’s prisons. Slavery still exists in America!

Author : L Flanders
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-29
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781473656024

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Cell Workout by L Flanders Pdf

*** THE NO-EQUIPMENT WORKOUT PERFECT FOR YOUR SMALL SPACE *** CELL WORKOUT is a bodyweight training guide devised from a prison cell but accessible to anyone who wants to get fit in a small space using no specialist equipment. Using your own body weight - the oldest exercise equipment out there - CELL WORKOUT guides you through understanding how to make bodyweight training work for you, helping you to achieve any personal training goal or maintain a healthy physical condition. With workouts for those of varying ability and fitness, the step-by-step exercise instructions and accompanying photographs for LJ's 10 Week Cell Workout are easy to follow and tailor to you, improving all aspects of your physical fitness. This is CELL WORKOUT; get the body you want - inside and out.

Author : John Pitkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Convicts
ISBN : OCLC:224999633

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The Prison Cell in Its Lights and Shadows by John Pitkin Pdf

Author : Mary Jordan,Kevin Sullivan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101098714

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The Prison Angel by Mary Jordan,Kevin Sullivan Pdf

The winners of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting tell the astonishing story of Mary Clarke. At the age of fifty, Clarke left her comfortable life in suburban Los Angeles to follow a spiritual calling to care for the prisoners in one of Mexico's most notorious jails. She actually moved into a cell to live among drug king pins and petty thieves. She has led many of them through profound spiritual transformations in which they turned away from their lives of crime, and has deeply touched the lives of all who have witnessed the depth of her compassion. Donning a nun's habit, she became Mother Antonia, renowned as "the prison angel," and has now organized a new community of sisters-the Servants of the Eleventh Hour—widows and divorced women seeking new meaning in their lives. "We had never heard a story like hers," Jordan and Sullivan write, "a story of such powerful goodness." Born in Beverly Hills, Clarke was raised around the glamour of Hollywood and looked like a star herself, a beautiful blonde reminiscent of Grace Kelly. The choreographer Busby Berkeley spotted her at a restaurant and offered her a job, but Mary's dream was to be a happy wife and mother. She raised seven children, but her two unfulfilling marriages ended in divorce. Then in the late 1960s, in midlife, she began devoting herself to charity work, realizing she had an extraordinary talent for drumming up donations for the sick and poor. On one charity mission across the Mexican border to the drug-trafficking capitol of Tijuana, she visited La Mesa prison and experienced an intense feeling that she had found her true life's work. As she recalls, "I felt like I had come home." Receiving the blessings of the Catholic Church for her mission, on March 19, 1977, at the age of fifty, she moved into a cell in La Mesa, sleeping on a bunk with female prisoners above and below her. Nearly twenty-eight years later she is still living in that cell, and the remarkable power of her spiritual counseling to the prisoners has become legendary. The story of both one woman's profound journey of discovery and growth and of the deep spiritual awakenings she has called forth in so many lost souls, The Prison Angel is an astonishing testament to the powers of personal transformation.

Author : V. Knight
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137443915

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Remote Control by V. Knight Pdf

In-cell television is now a permanent feature of prisons in England and Wales, and a key part of the experience of modern incarceration. This sociological exploration of prisoners' use of television offers an engaging and thought provoking insight into the domestic and everyday lives of people in prison - with television close at hand. Victoria Knight explores how television contributes to imprisonment by normalising the prison cell. In doing so it legitimates this space to hold prisoners for long periods of time, typically without structured activity. As a consequence, television's place in the modern prison has also come to represent an unanticipated resource in the package of care for prisoners. This book uncovers the complex and rich emotive responses to prison life. Dimensions of boredom, anger, frustration, pleasure and happiness appear through the rich narratives of both prisoners and staff, indicating the ways institutions and individuals deal with their emotions. It also offers an insight into the unfolding future of the digital world in prisons and begins to consider how the prisoner can benefit from engagement with digital technologies. It will be of great interest to practitioners and scholars of prisons and penology, as well as those interested in the impact of television on society.

Author : Bob Bates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1949639851

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A Hard Cell: My Incarceration And The Prison Conditions That Almost Ended My Life by Bob Bates Pdf

A TRUE LOOK INSIDE THE US CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM April 2, 2015 started like any other day for reserve deputy Bob Bates. He left his home in South Tulsa to report to the sheriff 's office. Their mission--apprehend a criminal by the name of Eric Harris. Unfortunately, Harris would not live through the night, and the course of events that transpired would change Bob's life forever. In A Hard Cell, Bob tells his side of the story--from the events of that night, to his admission to prison, to his eventual release. In particular, Bob shares the horrific story of his life behind bars to highlight the rampant problems in the United States prison system. Be warned, this book is not for the faint of heart. Inside, you'll read stories of violence, depravity, drugs, racism, and worse. The sad truth is this is the life for over two million inmates within the correctional system. With this book, Bob sheds light on this nationwide issue in the hope that no one else has to endure the horrors that he went through.

Author : Alison Sutherland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Juvenile delinquents
ISBN : 0473133865

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Classroom to Prison Cell by Alison Sutherland Pdf

CLASSROOM TO PRISON CELL launches a new consciousness by listening to the voices of our youth. The book is a collection of young offenders' stories about their compulsory school experience, collated by interviewer and author Dr Alison Sutherland. It is the first time these stories (expletives, poor grammar and all) have been published. Amidst the sadness, this book seeks to find understanding, hope and a future direction, encapsulated in the analysis and practical recommendations Dr Alison Sutherland provides. 'They are voices which are seldom heard. But they need to be heard by policy analysts, educational institutions, Principals, teachers and all those working with young people at'risk, including Police Youth Aid Officers, Child, Youth and Family youth justice workers, Youth Advocates and Youth Court Judges.' -- Andrew Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge

Author : Benigno S. Aquino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Legislators
ISBN : UOM:39015052296608

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Testament from a Prison Cell by Benigno S. Aquino Pdf

Author : Nelson Mandela
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0759521042

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Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Pdf

The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life--an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.