|
|
|
Imprisoned By Addiction (My Story of Drug Addiction and Surviving the County Jail)
This 199-page memoir is chock-full of answers to common questions the average citizen has about the experience of jail and the disease of addiction.Imprisoned By Addiction was written by Dennis Brew, a survivor of a 20 year battle with addiction. In this book, he shares his real life experiences with overcoming a daily heroin and cocaine habit and the life of deciet and crime that is often the result of chronic drug use. Dennis provides a realistic yet humerous perspective on the many serious consequences of drug addiction. Each chapter focuses on what it's like to be arrested and enter the county jail system. Topics such commiting the crime, getting caught red-handed, experiencing the horrors of heroin withdrawl, finding out what it's like to be a minority, gambling, the legal system, public defenders and much more are covered in this book. "The disease of addiction is a worldwide epidemic, everyone knows somebody affected by addiction" explained Brew, "Imprisoned By Addiction is the perfect book if you or someone you know is caught in the grips of this devastating disease.".
Price: $19.95
[ Notify me when price goes down.]
|
|
Imprisoned in the Golden City: Adoniram and Ann Judson (Trailblazer Books #8)
|
|
Exiled Voices, Portals of Discovery: Stories, poems, and drama by imprisoned writers
More than two million persons are imprisoned in the United States, which has the highest rate of incarceration, per capita, in the world. A certain number of them are talented writers, as Susan Nagelsen discovered in the years she taught writing courses in a penitentiary. She became interested in the motivation of incarcerated men and women to express themselves in literary forms, and she recognized the level of accomplishment that many achieved. This remarkable book grew from her dedication. From contributions Nagelsen solicited from some one hundred imprisoned writers across the breadth of the United States, the work of ten men and four women-- writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama--is represented in Exiled Voices, Portals of Discovery. Here is no collective protest of wrongful conviction and imprisonment but thoughtful, sometimes startling, creations by fourteen gifted writers about remembered youth, the world of nature, missed opportunities, enforced tedium, and the violence that lurks within prison walls. They touch deep wellsprings and illuminate a world of loss. Robert Johnson, an authority on criminal justice, prisons, and imprisonment provides an introduction to the book with "Hard Time,"a probing and disturbing overview of the conditions and effectiveness of incarceration in the United States today. From her interviews with the inmate/writers, Susan Nagelsen has written insightful introductions to each of them, and she offers a series of reflections--interspersed among the selections from their works--about such issues as education, medical care, and security affecting inmates and their loved ones. Award-winning photographer Lou Jones, author of Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row, returned inside intimidating prison walls to photograph the fourteen imprisoned writers whose work is published in Exiled Voices, Portals of Discovery. The revealing literary work of the prisoners, the thought-provoking essay by Robert Johnson, the sensitive observations by Susan Nagelsen, and the striking portraits of Lou Jones comprise a groundbreaking vision of a world obscured behind high walls..
Price: $17.50
[ Notify me when price goes down.]
|
|
Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Prison Regime
More than two million people are currently imprisoned in the United States, and the nation’s incarceration rate is now the highest in the world. The dramatic rise and consolidation of America’s prison system has devastated lives and communities. But it has also transformed prisons into primary sites of radical political discourse and resistance as they have become home to a growing number of writers, activists, poets, educators, and other intellectuals who offer radical critiques of American society both within and beyond the prison walls. In Forced Passages, Dylan Rodríguez argues that the cultural production of such imprisoned intellectuals as Mumia Abu-Jamal, Angela Davis, Leonard Peltier, George Jackson, José Solis Jordan, Ramsey Muniz, Viet Mike Ngo, and Marilyn Buck should be understood as a social and intellectual movement in and of itself, unique in context and substance. Rodríguez engages with a wide range of texts, including correspondence, memoirs, essays, poetry, communiqués, visual art, and legal writing, drawing on published works by widely recognized figures and by individuals outside the public’s field of political vision or concern. Throughout, Rodríguez focuses on the conditions under which imprisoned intellectuals live and work, and he explores how incarceration shapes the ways in which insurgent knowledge is created, disseminated, and received. More than a series of close readings of prison literature, Forced Passages identifies and traces the discrete lineage of radical prison thought since the 1970s, one formed by the logic of state violence and by the endemic racism of the criminal justice system. Dylan Rodríguez is assistant professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside. .
Price: $19.95
[ Notify me when price goes down.]
|
|
Imprisoned in Iran: Love's Victory over Fear (International Adventures) (International Adventures)
|
|
Lori : My Daughter, Wrongfully Imprisoned in Peru
Five years ago, 26-year-old Lori Berenson, an anthropology major, was in Peru researching articles on poverty and women's rights. She was arrested and spuriously charged with acting as a leader in a Peruvian terrorist group, the MRTA (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru). Tried without evidence by military officials, she was convicted and sent to a Draconian mountaintop prison with no heat, electricity, or running water. Lori's health has deteriorated as her parents work tirelessly to free her. This is their harrowing story, one that continues, day to day, as the Berensons, working with American officials, attempt to persuade the Peruvian government to reconsider her fate. .
Price: $2.00
[ Notify me when price goes down.]
|
|
All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese
Before December 1941 drew to a close, five navy nurses on Guam became the first American military women of WWII to be taken prisoner by the Japanese More than seventy army nurses survived five months of combat conditions in the jungles of Bataan and Corregidor before being captured, only to endure more than three years in prison camps. In all, nearly one hundred nurses became POWs. Many of these army nurses were considered too vital to the war effort to be evacuated from the Philippines. Though receiving only half the salary of male officers of the same rank, they helped establish outdoor hospitals and treated thousands of casualties despite rapidly decreasing supplies and rations. After their capture, they continued to care for the sick and wounded throughout their internment in the prison camps. When freedom came, the U.S. military ordered the nurses to sign agreements with the government not to discuss their horrific experiences. Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee have conducted interviews with survivors and scoured archives for letters, diaries, and journals to uncover the heroism and sacrifices of these brave women. Their dedication to accuracy, combined with their personal expertise in medical care and military culture and discipline, has resulted in a honest, fair history of the dedicated military nurses who were captured in the Pacific theater during WWII..
Price: $12.31
[Notify me when price goes down.]
|
|
|
|
|