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Australia's Most Brutal Prison Step inside the walls of Boggo Road, Australia's most brutal jail, as inmates and guards reveal the chilling truth of life behind bars. In this gripping new book in James Phelps's bestselling prison series, he uncovers the untold history of Brisbane's infamous jail...

"There is no them, there is only us." “Margulies tells the stories of people who have done monstrous things but are not monsters, are not forever defined by their worst acts. He writes beautifully of pain and loss, but also of redemption and transformation….A wonderfully hopeful book about...

The criminal justice system is diverse and complex and raises questions about the use of imprisonment, the effects of capital punishment, the purposes of sentencing, and the role of the victim. In this Very Short Introduction, Julian V. Roberts discusses all stages of the criminal justice system...

The injustice and cruelty of the US carceral system find their barbaric apogee in the practice of solitary confinement. Once deemed a form of torture by the US Supreme Court, "the hole" is still wrongly used as a solution to prison overcrowding and violence. But locking someone in a cell the...

Trace the gripping legal history of state executions and discover how criminal justice evolved alongside human morality. Perfect for your thoughtful daily commute, this measured exploration dives into the ultimate punishment without relying on sensationalism. You'll journey from ancient blood...

Trace the dark evolution of criminal justice from medieval public executions to the modern mass incarceration crisis. Perfect for your daily commute, this gripping historical deep dive reveals how human societies have brutally responded to wrongdoing throughout the centuries. Step into the...

Explore the brutal history of criminal justice and social control in this unflinching, immersive historical deep dive. Perfect for an engaging daily commute, this vivid chronological journey moves from ancient blood spectacles to the quiet isolation of the modern supermax cell. Witness how every...

A well-intentioned push for humane reform sparked a chilling era of state violence and mechanized death. Perfect for your morning commute, this dark, gripping historical narrative exposes the technological overreach that transformed public executions into a standardized bureaucracy of terror...

Uncover the dark history of the executioner, society's ultimate outcast tasked with delivering lethal state justice. Perfect for a focused commute, this thought-provoking historical deep dive explores the psychological toll and social paradox of a brutal role we publicly revile yet secretly...

Explore the gripping true crime history of capital punishment and the intense moral conflicts defining American justice. Perfect for your daily commute, this thought-provoking narrative transforms complex legal battles into deeply human stories. Whether you seek focused learning or a captivating...

At just nineteen years old, David R. Carrillo was facing a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Thrown into some of Colorado’s most violent prisons, he survived gang politics, solitary confinement, and the crushing weight of a sentence that promised he would die behind bars. But inside the darkest places, he discovered an unexpected path: education, accountability, and transformation. Over the course of three decades, Carrillo earned multiple college degrees—including an MBA—while teaching others inside the walls.

I 2013 holdt Martin Fryd Petersen op med at eksistere. Efter at have vidnet mod rockergruppen Hells Angels blev han gemt væk af politiet og placeret i PETs vidnebeskyttelsesprogram. I denne bog genopstår han, for at fortælle om sin forvandling fra eks-rocker og politividne til at blive en...

A true story of survival, faith, and the radical act of rising again. Behind closed doors, Caddie Phoenix endured the quiet, devastating violence of coercive control. Behind prison walls, she found her voice. Journey to the Rainbow is her powerful memoir — a raw, hope-filled account of escaping domestic abuse, surviving incarceration, and discovering purpose on the other side of pain.

This innovative history explores the rich tradition of music behind bars and shows how policing and prisons have shaped our musical culture from blues to hip-hop. In American popular music, we often glorify rebellious artists and “outlaws.” But in The Midnight Special, Colin Asher tells a...

A powerful and moving memoir about how the youth detention system is letting down our most desperate and damaged kids, and how one rookie teacher fought the system on their behalf. Explosive, heart-breaking, inspiring. What happens when your first teaching job isn't in a classroom - but in...

Bullock is not just a book about conditions in a horrifying Alabama prison—it is a collective testimony, a record of survival and resistance, and a call to confront the prison system as an instrument of state violence. Through in-depth interviews with prisoners at Bullock Correctional Facility, journalist Matthew Vernon Whalan brings forward the voices of people most often silenced: those who have lived, suffered, and endured in the world's largest prison system.

Based on her remarkable true story, All Rise: A Lawyer’s Evolution from Prison to Purpose traces Rashmi’s journey from a high-achieving lawyer, mother, and daughter to a series of choices that led to a federal prison sentence. Stripped of her titles, freedom, and sense of identity, she was forced to confront a painful truth: the prisons we build within ourselves can be harder to escape than any with walls.

Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp—a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea, little information is available about their organization and conduct, for prisoners rarely escape both incarceration and the country alive. Long Road Home shares the remarkable story of one such survivor, a former military official who spent six years in a gulag and experienced firsthand the brutality of an unconscionable regime.

In popular perception concentration camps are synonymous with genocide and Nazi racial extermination. Yet concentration camps were and are a global phenomenon, not restricted to Nazi Germany, used at times even by democracies, with an astonishing range of functions. Alan Kramer provides here a...

Recalling her 25 years in Britain's probation service, Elizabeth Baxter offers a fresh perspective on care within the criminal justice system. Warm and humane, A Murderer's Guide to Cleaning pays tribute to the work of probation officers everywhere, who not only protect the public, but often act as the final safety net for society's most vulnerable, from teenage asylum seekers to survivors of domestic abuse. Elizabeth Baxter has heard it all. Thieves, rapists, drug dealers, burglars, murderers, abusers and arsonists – they've all confided in her.