Bibliograph

Behind bars, surviving prison, Jeffrey Ian Ross, Stephen C. Richards

Type

Label

Behind bars, surviving prison, Jeffrey Ian Ross, Stephen C. Richards

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Behind bars

Oclc number

49838011

Responsibility statement

Jeffrey Ian Ross, Stephen C. Richards

Sub title

surviving prison

Summary

[This book] breaks down the bars on prison survival with a hard look at the realities of incarceration.-Back cover

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. You're under arrest. Busted! -- Four fatal legal mistakes (and how to avoid them) -- pt. 2. You've got jail. Big houses, dog pens, and gladiator schools : the U.S. prison system -- Hacks, cops, and cons : who's who in prison -- pt. 3. Doing time. Ju7gged : welcome to prison -- Don't drop the soap : sex in the slammer -- My baloney has a first name : food in prison -- License plates and GEDs : work and school in prison -- Blood in, Blood out : prison gangs and violence -- Brother can you spare some time : a day in the life of Joe Convict -- We ain't no debutantes : women behind bars -- pt. 4. Beyond the walls. Happy days are here again : getting out -- Revolving doors : fixing the incarceration machine -- Appendixes. Slammer slang : a glossary -- We understand, son : prison reform advocacy groups

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