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Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. In this unique book, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at the present of India through the lived experiences of political prisoners. Combining political and legal analysis with firsthand testimonies, the book explores the small gestures that constitute resistance inside and outside jail for the prisoners and their families, telling a story of destruction of institutions and erosion of rights.

The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history. New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote...

Detailing the development of the prison and its outlying stations, including its dreaded coal mines and providing an account of the changing views to convict rehabilitation, Convict-era Port Arthur focuses in on a number of individuals, telling the story through their eyes. Charles O'Hara Booth, a significant commandant of Port Arthur; Mark Jeffrey, a convict who became the grave digger on the Island of the Dead and William Thompson, who arrived just as the new probation system started and who was forced to work in the treacherous coal mines.

In the early 17th century, Britain took ruthless steps to deal with its unwanted citizens, forcibly removing men, women, and children from their homelands and sending them to far-flung corners of the empire to be sold off to colonial masters. This oppressive regime grew into a brutal system of human bondage which would continue into the 20th century. Drawing on firsthand accounts, letters, and official documents, Graham Seal uncovers the traumatic struggles of those shipped around the empire.

In this haunting memoir, a clinical psychologist sentenced to 51 months for healthcare fraud confronts the harsh realities of federal prison. Incarcerated amid the chaos of the COVID pandemic, he endured a relentless odyssey through eight different prison facilities, caught in a near-perpetual cycle of transfer. Through his expert lens, Cruel and Unusual Punishment: A Memoir of the Psychological Realities of Federal Prison unveils the stark truth of an uncivilized, harsh, and insane system that erodes the very essence of humanity.

Rockere, mordere og terrorister. Bag Statsfængslet i Vridsløselilles høje mur afsoner Danmarks farligste kriminelle. For første gang nogensinde åbnes dørene nu på klem til fængselslivet bag de massive tremmer. Den temperamentsfulde, men hyggelige forbryder Egon Olsen gjorde fængslet i Vridsløselille landskendt, men i virkelighedens verden er der intet hyggeligt og folkeligt over den rå fængselshverdag. Fængselsliv – Vridsløselille Statsfængsel er historien om det lukkede fængsel, helt fra starten i 1859 og frem til i dag.

When a cocksure father hatches a simple insurance fraud scheme, he has no idea its failure will lead his family into the maelstrom of America’s most violent prison riot. High Desert Blood takes you inside the walls of the Penitentiary of New Mexico, offering a gripping true crime journey through the heart of a system that failed its inmates, its staff, and the society it was meant to protect.

Acts of Darkness exposes the many faces of crime, and the many faces of injustice. Some acts of darkness are brutal and unmistakable: murder, drug wars, and violence behind prison walls. Others are more calculated: fraud, betrayal, corruption, and abuse of power. And some unfold quietly, in courtrooms, in boardrooms, or deep inside the justice system, where wrongful convictions, systemic neglect, and indifference can be just as devastating.

Die 13 härtesten Gefängnisse der WeltHinter hohen Mauern und verschlossenen Türen existieren Orte, über die nur selten gesprochen wird – Orte, an denen Menschlichkeit oft an ihre Grenzen stößt. Dieses Buch nimmt den Leser mit auf eine erschütternde, packende und zugleich tiefgründige Reise durch die dreizehn härtesten Gefängnisse der Welt. Es zeigt, was wirklich geschieht, wenn Freiheit genommen, Kontrolle zur Allmacht wird und das System sich selbst genügt.

Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety. As she vividly depicts here, incarceration takes away the very things that might enable people to build better lives.

From building a corporate empire in male-dominated industries, to facing the stark reality of a Women's Federal Prison Camp, V. Cheryl Womack's story is one of resilience, redemption, and the power of second chances. In this candid and empowering book, Cheryl shares hard-earned lessons and practical advice, offering a roadmap for survival and strength in the face of adversity. As founder of the Women of Worth charity, she advocates for the overlooked women in the prison system, using her experience to raise awareness and inspire change.

A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it. “A searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary book that pulls back...

This is the second book by Pastor Omar Fisher as he details the far-reaching consequences of prison on our society. This writing investigates the lives of those recently released from prison and the corresponding experiences of Pastor Omar as he visited and interacted with those who were incarcerated and their families and their communities.

In the first edition of A Country Called Prison, Mary Looman and John Carl presented persuasive data calling for downsizing of America's prisons. Their novel approach continues in their second edition, shifting the beliefs many people have about prisons and their role in the American society. Since the original edition was published, the landscape of incarceration has been changing.

In his long search to process his grief over the rape and murder of his teenage friend by a fellow classmate, Jim Reese becomes entangled in prisons—both physically and psychologically. Coming to a Neighborhood Near You is the result: his investigative memoir of crime and punishment in the...

Die Rechtsanwältin Astrid Wagner, bekannt durch zahlreiche Sensationsprozesse, gewährt Einblick in ihre spektakulärsten Fälle: Tödliche Beziehungsdramen, aufwühlende Schicksale, aber auch stille Tragödien, manchmal mit skurrilen Wendungen.

Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School’s J. Anthony Lukas Award A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book| Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times A leading authority on sheriffs investigates the impunity with which they police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in...

Based on ethnographic observations and interviews with prisoners, correctional officers, and civilian staff conducted in solitary confinement units, Way Down in the Hole explores the myriad ways in which daily intimate interactions between those locked up twenty-four hours a day and the correctional officers charged with their care, custody, and control produce and reproduce hegemonic racial ideologies.

'Pentridge was a place of murder and mayhem. A bluestone hell. The worst prison Australia has ever seen.' Andrew Kirby, former inmate Welcome to Pentridge, Australia's most infamous prison. In the long-awaited return to his bestselling true crime series on life behind bars, James Phelps has...

A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived. Blaine Harden's latest book, King of Spies, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017. North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent...