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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The new Jim Crow The new Jim Crow Karen Chilton,Michelle Alexander This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race… OL13826369W
Taboo 2 Taboo 2 Yoshe Corrections officer Sierra Howell finds herself in a dangerous love triangle with her fiancé and a former Riker's Island inmate. OL15935486W
Life in prison Life in prison Stanley Williams,Barbara Cottman The author, imprisoned on Death Row since 1981, describes life in prison, warning young readers not to make the mistakes he made. This book details the author's life in San Quentin Prison in CA wher… OL19700606W
Letters to an incarcerated brother Letters to an incarcerated brother Hill Harper "A compelling, important addition to Hill Harper's bestselling series, inspired by the numerous young inmates who write to him seeking guidance After the publication of the bestselling Letters to a Y… OL19970884W
All things censored All things censored Mumia Abu-Jamal "Writes on a host of topics, including the ironies that abound within the U.S. prison system, the consequences of those ironies for us all, and his own case." -- Jacket. OL3353714W
Leaving Disneyland Leaving Disneyland Alexander Parsons "Doc Kane is sixteen years into a twenty-year murder sentence. Days away from a parole hearing, he means to get out and start a new life as a Square John - a law-abiding citizen. But within the preda… OL6213311W
A Disjointed Search for the Will to Live A Disjointed Search for the Will to Live Shaka N'Zinga "A Disjointed Search For The Will To Live is a plunge into the depths of the unconscious, a meditation on freedom, a New Afrikan Manifesto for liberation, a commentary on terrorism and the criminal j… OL8905269W
Slavery by another name Slavery by another name Douglas A. Blackmon In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history--an "Age of Neoslavery" that thrived from the aftermath of the Civi… OL9334405W