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RESOURCE DIRECTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY An in-process listing of books and reports on the prison-industrial complex. Updated 1 November 2000 Please help PARC continue this vital work for human rights and social justice. Make a tax-deductible contribution using our secure donation form. Categories: WOMEN Political Women Prisoners in the U.S. Revolting Lesbians 1987 Presentation of conditions of women prisoners in the US. Emphasis on women political prisoners, including leaders of MOVE, the Ohio Seven, Puerto Rican POW's Have you seen La Nueva Mujer Revolucionaria Puertorriquena? New Movement in Solidarity with the Puerto Rican and Mexican Revolutionaries. The poetry and lives of revolutionary Puerto Rican women. Howe, Adrian Punish and Critique: Towards a Feminist Analysis of Penalty Routledge - 1994 Arbour, Louise The Prison For Women in Kingston Public Works and Government Services Canada - 1996 Investigation and report on the conditions and management of the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario. Bandele, Asha The Prisoner’s Wife Pocket Books - 2000 Bloom Barbara, Meda Chesney Lind, and Barbara Owen Women in CA Prisons: Hidden Victims of the War on Drugs Bloom, Barbara, Meda Chesney Lind, and Barbara Owen Center of Juvenile and Criminal Justice - 1994 Brenzel, Barbara Daughters of the State MIT Press - 1983 Statistical and analytical study of the failure of the prison reform movement, focusing on a history of the first reform school for girls in the U.S. Browne, Angela When Battered Women Kill The Free Press 1987 Domestic violence and the legal system. Burkhart, Kathryn Watterson Women in Prison Doubleday 1973 Dubbed a "cold hard view of life of women in American prisons." Buck, M., Evans, L., Rosenberg, S., and Whitehorn, L. Conspiracy of Voices Emergency Committee to Defend the Human and legal Rights of Political Prisoners 1990 Poetry, writings and art by the women of resistance conspiracy case, with listings of groups which have information on political prisoners. Chigwada-Bailey, Ruth Black Women’s Experiences of Criminal Justice: a Discourse on Disadvantage Waterside Press - 1997 Datesman, Susan K. and Scarpitti, Frank Women, Crime, and Justice Oxford Press 1980 Fourteen articles analyzing female crime and criminal behavior, and women's treatment within the criminal justice system. Davis, Angela Angela Davis, an Autobiography Bantam - 1975 Davis, Angela Women, Culture and Politics Random House 1989 Davis, Angela Women, Race and Class Vintage 1981 Faith, Karlene Aboriginal Women’s Healing Lodge: Challenge to Penal Correctionalism? Faith, Karlene Unruly Women: The Politics of Confinement and Resistance Press Gang Publishers 1993 From historical and internationalist perspective critically examines such topics as: crimes and punishment of women from the witch hunts to the present; institutionalized violence against incarcerated women; women loving women in prison; Native women's acts of resistance; Hollywood's formulaic women-in-prison films; and the revolutionary Santa Cruz Women's Project (1972-76), which Faith Co-founded. Furumto, Kim Benita Criminal Detention or Social Control? Women of Color and the Criminal Justice System People of the Color News Collective 1994 Gillespie, Cynthia K. Justifiable Homicide: Battered Women, Self-Defense and the Law Ohio State Univ. Press 1989 Political/legal analysis by the late director of the Northwest Women's Law Center in Seattle, WA Greenfield, Lawrence A. and Minor-Harper, Stephanie Women in Prison U.S. Dept. of Justice 1991 Statistical and analytical report on women in state and federal prisons in the U.S. Human Rights Watch Women's Rights Project All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons Human Rights Watch 1996 Based on studies covering 5 states and the District of Columbia James, Joy ed. Angela Davis Reader, The Blackwell Publishers 1998 Madden, Alison M. “Clemency for Battered Women Who Kill their Abusers: Finding a Just Forum” Hastings Women's Law Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 1993 Hastings College of Law 1993 Messerschmidt, James Capitalism, Patriarchy and Crime: Toward a Socialist Feminist Criminology Rowman and Littlefield - 1986 NCDBW-National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women 1992 Statistics Packet National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women 1992 Information on battered women who kill in self defense, domestic violence and sexual abuse, when battered women seek help, recidivism of abusers and of women who kill. Also on imprisoned women and their children, and on sentencing disparity based on gender. O'Shea, Kathleen A. Women and the Death Penalty in the United States 1990-98 Praeger Publishers 1998 Padilla, Felix and Stiago, Lourdes Outside the Wall: a Puerto Rican Women’s Struggle Rutgers Univ. Press 1993 Rafter, Nicole Hahn Partial Justice: Women, Prisons, and Social Control Transaction Publishers 1990 Traces the development of women's prisons in the US from the 18th century to the present. Describes two models of development prisons that grew out of men's penitentiaries, and those that grew of out of reformatories that were established by nineteenth century middle class reform movements. Richie, Beth E. Compelled to Crime: The Gender Entrapment of Battered Black Women Routledge Press 1996 Stories of battered African-American women incarcerated in New York City. Shakur, Assata Assata Zed Books 1987 Autobiography of Assata Shakur, Black Panther leader politically persecuted in United States, and living in exile in Cuba. Simon, Rita James Women and Crime D.C. Heath and Company - 1975 Analysis of women as criminals and as subjects of the criminal justice system. Singer, Mark I., Ph.D. Women Serving Time Center for Practice Innovations, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University 1993 Report on conditions of women in prison, with specific chapters on mental health, substance abuse, social support, physical and sexual victimization, and other subject areas. Smart, Carol Women, Crime and Criminology: A Feminist Critique Routledge and Kegan Paul 1976 Study of female criminality. Walker, Lenore E. Terrifying Love: Why Battered Women Kill and How Society Responds Harper Perennial 1989 Stories and analysis of women who kill in self-defense and their legal struggles by Lenore E. Walker, Executive Director of the Domestic Violence Institute, professor of psychology at University of Denver. Women Political Prisoners and POW's Sisterhood is Powerful National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and POW's 1994 Compilation of poetry and prose by women prisoners Out of Control, ed. Sparks Fly: Women Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the U.S. Regent 1998 DEATH PENALTY Millions Misspent: What Politicians Don’t Say About the High Costs of the Death Penalty Death Penalty Information Center 1992 Ainsworth, Steven King Writings from Death Row Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty 1994 Fiction and poetry by a death row inmate. Death Penalty Information Center Chattahoochee Judicial District: The Buckle of the Death Belt Death Penalty Information Center - 1992 Death Penalty Information Center Justice on the Cheap: The Philadelphia Story Death Penalty Information Center 1992 Earley, Pete Circumstantial Evidence Bantam Books 1995 The investigation and overturn of a murder conviction and death penalty sentence in Monroeville, Alabama. Godfrey, Michael J. and Schiraldi, Vincent How Have Homicide Rates been Affected by California’s Death Penalty? Center of Juvenile and Criminal Justice, April 1995 Discusses the death penalty having no deterrent effect and that the "brutalizing effect " of highly publicized executions may lead to increases in homicide rates. Maters, Jarvis Jay Finding Freedom Padma Publishing - 1997 Graham, Gary Don’t Execute and Innocent Man Gary Graham Defense Committee 1993 A collection of essays and other writings by a Texas Death Row prisoner, Gary "T" Graham, and a call to action by the Gary Graham Justice Coalition Marquart, James W. Ekland Olson, Sheldon, and Sorenson, Jonathan R. Rope, the Chair, and the Needle, The: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990 University of Texas Austin Press - 1994 Miller, Kent and Miller, Betty Davis To Kill and Be Killed: Case Studies from Florida’s Death Row Hope Publishing House 1989 Miller, Kent S and Radelet, Michael Executing the Mentally Ill Sage Publications - 1993 Perske, Robert Deadly Innocence? Abingdon Press 1995 Life of Joe Arridy- (1915-1939) placed in a "state home for mental defectives" as a child, led to confess to rape and murder in Pueblo (CO), convicted under strange circumstances, executed in Canon City. Prejean, Helen C.S.J. Dead Man Walking Random House 1993 Eyewitness account of the death penalty in the United States. Trombley, Stephen The Execution Protocol: Inside America’s Capital Punishment Industry Anchor Books 1992 Based on interviews with the leading inventor of execution technology, with prison personnel and condemned criminals. Illuminates the procedures and problems faced by those involved in administering the death penalty and the thoughts of those that are condemned to die. Weinglass, Leonard Race for Justice: Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Fight Against the Death Penalty Common Courage Press 1995 Zehr, Howard Death as a Penalty MCC U.S. Office of Criminal Justice A moral, practical (economic) and theological discussion of the death penalty by the director of the Mennonite Central Committee. Zimmerman, Julie, ed. Trapped Under Ice Biddle Publishing Company 1995 An anthology of poetry by death row inmates compiled in 1994. HEALTH CARE / MEDICAL NEGLECT / HIV/AIDS Voices from Inside: Prisoners Respond to the AIDS Crisis ACT/UP San Francisco 1993 Collection of articles and essays by prisoners with HIV/AIDS Handerson, Warren Warren’s Three Lessons of Inquisitiveness P.A.C. Publications 1994 A political tract arguing that AIDS and drugs are part of the oppressors' war on the oppressed. Jurgens, Ralf HIV/AIDS in prisons’ a discussion paper Canadians AIDS Society and Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network 1995 Reviews new developments in the area of HIV/AIDS in prisons internationally. Examines whether there is a legal and/or ethical obligation to provide prisoners with the means to protect themselves against contacting HIV. Addresses the potential liability for not providing condoms, bleach and sterile needles and the resulting transmission of HIV in prisons. Kojimoto, Carrie AIDS Information for Prisoners Legal Services for Prisoners with Children 1992 Sourcebook for prisoners with or concerned about AIDS/HIV, presented in question-and-answer format, discussion medical and legal issues re; testing rights, segregation and discrimination, access to medical care, and early release. Kojimoto, Carrie Informing Ourselves About AIDS in Prisons and Jails Standing Committee on Legal Services for Prisoners, State Bar of CA and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children 1993 Kondo, Sharon Be Good to Yourself AIDS project of Los Angeles 1993 Perske, Robert Unequal Justice? Abingdon Press 1991 What can happen when persons with retardation or other developmental disabilities encounter the criminal justice system. PRISON LIFE AND WRITINGS BY PRISONERS Abdullah The Black People's Prison Survival Guide Raze the Walls! Prisoner Support Group 1998 "How to survive mentally, physically, and spiritually while incarcerated.” Arguelles, Marilla, Ed. Extracts from Pelican Bay Pantograph Press 1985 Anthology of prisoner poetry, drawing and essays Social Control and the Politics of Prisons Break the Chains! Compilation of works focusing on control units, including: poetry, prisoner statements, news clippings, diagrams, etc. Davis, Ioan Writers in Prison Basil Blackwell, Inc. 1990 Earley, Pete The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison Bantam Books 1992 Profiles of men in Leavenworth Franklin, H. Bruce Prison Literature in America: The victim as criminal and artist Oxford University Press 1989 Gardner, J.L. California Prison Visitor's Handbook Gardners Press 1994 Prison visits, getting married in prison, phone calls, mailing rules, transfers, family emergencies Gramsci, Antonio Selections from the Prison Notebooks International Publishers 1971 Franklin, H. Bruce, ed. Prison Writing in 20th Century America Penguin Books 1998 "This unique collection dramatizes the history of the modern American prison and offers a harrowing view of prison life in America today". Harlow, Caroline Wolf Comparing Federal and State Prison Inmates, 1991 BJS Statistician 1994 Hogshire, Jim You Are Going To Prison Loompanics Unlimited 1994 Author's guide for those entering prison and his view of the correctional system, including dangers, scams, and information for families and loved ones. Long, Harold S. Surviving in Prison Loompanics Unlimited 1990 Lozoff, Bo We're All Doing Time: A Guide For Getting Free Human Kindness Foundation 1985 Martin, Dannie and Peter Y. Sussman Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of Red Hog W.W. Norton and Company 1993 Essays on prison conditions Platt, Tony and Takagi, Paul Punishment and Penal Discipline: Essays on the Prison and the Prisoner's Movement Crime and Social Justice Associates 1980 Prisoners Living in Control Units Survivor's Manual American Friends Service Committee 1997 People who are captives in these cells write about what goes on and how you can survive. Rideau, Wilbert and Wikberg, Ron Life Sentences: Rage and Survival Behind Bars Times Books 1992 Writings by prisoners at Angola State Prison Rios, Mrs. Me…Teach Criminals Vantage Press 1996 The true adventures of a prison teacher in Texas. Legacy, Sean Point Zero Bliss: A Prisoner's Quest for Freedom The Greathouse Company 1997 "This extraordinary journal details the incredible highs and lows of daily life in prison as few other books have done. In the end, it is more a record of spiritual discovery than a journal of prison life". Zimmerman, Julie, ed. Trapped Under Ice Biddle Publishing Company 1995 An anthology of poetry by death row inmates compiled in 1994 Weymouth, Tom D. Ed. and Telesco, Maria R.N., B.A. Outsiders Looking In OLINC Publishing 1998 "An aid to those who love someone in jail or prison, and a caution to those who thought it could never happen to them". Sheldon, D.A. Voices From Within the Prison Walls News and Letters - 1998 Discusses the conditions inside the nation's prisons, who goes to prison and why crimes are committed in the first place. How to overcome the myths and mental shackles used by the state apparatus to maintain control over the prison populace, and provides perspectives for prisoners to organize themselves as a revolutionary challenge the brutal conditions of imprisonment as well as how the public can assist them. POLITICAL PRISONERS/POWs Can’t Jail the Spirit Editorial El Coqui 1992 and 1997 Biographies of political prisoners in the U.S. New Studies on the Left: The Prison Issue, Volume 14, Nos. 1-2 Saxifrage Publications Group Spring 1989 Dozens of articles by social prisoners, political prisoners, and prison activists and writers. International Symposium on Human Rights Violations of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the U.S. International Tribunal on Political/POW Prisoners in the U.S. 1990 Treatment of political prisoners, harsh sentencing policies for political prisoners, control units, the need for international pressure. Abu-Jamal, Mumia Death Blossoms Plough Publishing 1997 Abu-Jamal, Mumia Live from Death Row Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1995 Aptheker, Bettina, Davis, Angela, eds. If They Come in the Morning Signet 1971 Anthology of essays on prisoners and political prisoners from the late 1960s. Blunk, Tim and Luc Levasseur, Raymond Hauling Up the Morning: Izando La Manana The Red Sea Press 1990 Writings and art by political prisoners and prisoners of war in the U.S. Chinosole, ed. Schooling the Generations in the Politics of Prison New Earth Publications 1995 Compilation; contributors include Mumia Abu-Jamal, Assata Shakur, Sundiata Acoli, Ramona Africa, Erskine Johnson, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Sanyika Shakur. Churchill, Ward and Vanderwall, J.J., eds. Cages of Steel: The Politics of Imprisonment in the Unites States Maisonneuve Press 1992 "Cages of Steel selects the work of some 50 political prisoner and prisoner's rights activists to document a systematic program to isolate political prisoners and subject them to psychological experiments designed to destroy their revolutionary beliefs and break down their ability to organize political action with others". Cochran, Johnnie L. and Bernstein, David L. Free-Waiting for History-The Case of Geronimo Pratt 1996 Discussion of the case of Geronimo Pratt, a member of the Black Panther Party who was framed by the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program and convicted of murder. Laqueur, Walter and Alexander, Yonah Terrorism Reader, The: The essential source book on political violence both past and present Meridian 1987 Starr, M. And Zeller, B., eds. Diss'ing the "Discovery" 1992 Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in the U.S. prisons de-celebrate the Columbus Quincentennary and affirm 500 years of resistance. Glick, Brian War at Home: Covert Action Against U.S. Activists and What We Can Do About It South End Press - 1989 CLASSIC LITERATURE Abbot, Jack Henry In the Belly of the Beast Vintage Books - 1981 Letters from prison describing the realities of life in a maximum security prison. Fanon, Frantz The Wretched of the Earth Grove Press - 1963 "Fanon's classic work of modern revolutionary theory concerns the psychology of the colonize and their path to the liberation". Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Harper and Row 1946 Prescient novel. Orwell, George 1984 New American Library 1961 Prescient novel. Orwell, George Animal Farm Harcourt Brace 1942, 1990 FBI/COINTELPRO, etc. Churchill, Ward and Vander Wall, Jim Agents of Repression: The FBI's secret wars against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement South End Press 1988 Details the FBI's secret wars against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement. Argues that Counterintelligence Program type activities continued after 1971 (contrary to official announcements). Churchill, Ward and Vander Wall, Jim COINTELPRO Papers, The South End Press 1990 Documents from the FBI's COINTELPRO program. MOVEMENTS IN PRISON Attica Brothers Legal Defense Fighting Back! Attica Memorial to the People Attica Now 1974 The writings of prisoners who were involved in the 1971 uprising in the Attica prison Cummins, Eric Rise and Fall of California's Radical Prison Movement, The Stanford University Press 1994 NOBO Journal of African American Dialogue Black Prison Movements Africa World Press Inc. 1995 Scraton, Phil Simm, Joe and Skidmore, Paula Prisons Under Protest Open University Press 1991 Prison Law / Legal Publications Robbins, Ira P., ed. Prisoners and the Law West Group Publishing - 1985 Anderson, S.E. et al In Defense of Mumia Writers and Readers 1996 Backett, Katherine Making Crime Pay: Law and Order in Contemporary American Politics Oxford University Press 1997 Casper, Jonathon American Criminal Justice: The Defendant's Perspective Prentice-Hall 1972 Dated yet interesting source DiMascio, William M. Seeking Justice: Crime and Punishment in America The Edna McConnel Clark Found. 1995 & 1997 "To assist in understanding the complexities of the criminal justice issue, this booklet takes a detailed look at the who, what, when, where, why and how of crime and punishment in America. It aims to provide clear and factual information and resources that can assist policy makers, stakeholders, members of the media, and others interested in a safe, fair and affordable criminal justice system". Good sources and graphical information. Ortega, Nancy E., J.D. and Joel R. Wells, J.D. Prisoners' Legal Manual for Selected Problems Southern Poverty Law Center 1993 Step-by-step how-to guide on initiating and seeing through legal challenges to prison mistreatment. Donziger, Steven R., Ed. Real War on Crime, The: The Report of the National Criminal Justice Commission Harper Collins (&NCIA) 1996 A new effort of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. A critical look at all stages of the criminal prosecution system, with emphasis on statistics, public perceptions, and progressive responses to the deeper problems of crime and imprisonment. National Lawyers Guild, The] Law For The People: Disorientation Handbook, An Alternative for Law Students National Lawyers Guild 1994 A guide to alternative legal education. Prison Law Project of the National Lawyers Guild Crime & Prisons: A Supplement to Guild Notes National Lawyers Guild 1994 A compilation of NLG articles on various topics related to criminal justice and imprisonment. Radelet, Michael L., Bedau, Hugo Adam and Putname, Constance E. In Spite of Innocence: Erroneous Convictions in Capital Cases Northeastern University Pres 1992 Accounts of over 400 wrongful conviction/executions in America Rudovsky, David and Bronstein, Alvin J. Koren, Edward I., and Cade, Julia Rights of Prisoners, The: A Comprehensive Guide to the Legal Rights of Prisoners Under Current Law; Fourth edition Southern Illinois University Press 1988 Thurston, Linda M. A Call to Action Third World Press 1993 An analysis and overview of the United States criminal justice system, with recommendations. From the National Commission on Crime and Justice. Currie, Elliot Confronting Crime Pantheon Books 1985 Author's view of the causes of and responses to crime in America Currie, Elliot Crime and Punishment in America Henry Holt and Company - 1998 Friedman, Lawrence M. Crime and Punishment in American History Basic Books 1993 A history of the criminal justice system in America from colonial times through the present. Mauer, Marc et al. Young Black Americans and the Criminal Justice System: Five Years Later The Sentencing Project Oct. 1995 Updated Statistics GENERAL PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Reiman, Jeffrey …And the Poor Get Prison: Economic Bias in the American Criminal Justice Allyn & Bacon 1996 Exposing the true nature of the criminal justice system and suggestions for rehabilitation. (Previously published as The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice) Concrete and Crowds: 100,000 Prisoners of the State Center of Juvenile and Criminal Justice 1991 Report of California prisons after their population exceeded 100,000 prisoners. Austin, James, Ph.D. America's Growing Correctional-Industrial Complex National Council on Crime and Delinquency 1990 Statistical article on the far-reaching and increasing correctional system in the U.S. Breggin, Peter, MD et al War Against Children, The St. Martin's Press 1994 How the drugs, programs, and theories of the psychiatric establishment are threatening America's children with a medical "cure" for violence. Burton-Rose, Daniel, Pens, Dan and Wright, Paul The Celling of the America: An Inside Look at the U.S. Prison Industry Common Courage Books 1998 Anthology of Prison Legal News articles, commentary and analysis. Contributors include Mumia Abu-Jamal, Jill Brotman, Noelle Hanrahan, Ray Luc Levasseur, Adrian Lomax, Ken Silverstein, Laura Whitehorn, and Willie Wisely. Nils, Christie Crime Control as Industry: Towards Gulags Western Style Routledge, London 1993 Davis, Mike Beyond Blade Runner: Urban Control the ecology of fear Open Media 1992 Cogent socio-political analysis of modern urban control techniques. How comprehensive surveillance is used to crate a space in which white-collar office workers and middle class tourists can feel safe in downtown LA Evans, Linda and Goldberg, Eve The Prison Industrial Complex and the Global Economy AGIT Press 1998 Lengthy pamphlet that discusses the prison industrial complex, prison labor, the flight of capital, the war on drugs, and racism in the criminal justice system. Also included is a thorough bibliography and resource list. Flateau, John The Prison Industrial Complex: Race, Crime & Justice in New York Medgar Evars College Press 1996 Foote, Caleb The Prison Population Explosion: California's Rogue Elephant Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 1993 Expose of contradictions and flaws behind rationalizations for expanding California's prisons. Foucault, Michel Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Vintage Books 1977 Account of how penal institutions and the power to punish became part of our lives. Argues that the very concern with rehabilitation encourages and refines criminal activity. Greenberg, David "Cost-Benefit Analysis of Imprisonment" in Social Justice, Volume 17, No. 4 1990 Irwin, John et al It's About Time: America's imprisonment binge Wadsworth Publishing Company 1994 Critical analysis of American prison system and a case against the reliance on prisons as the main answer to the nation's crime problem. Institute for the Study of Labor and Economic Crisis Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove The Crime and Social Justice Associates 1992 Analysis of U.S. police describes the development of the police from slave patrols into a modern army. The authors take a critical look at modern police technology, the development of SWAT, the private police industry, the increasing role of the federal government in modernizing he police through he LEAA and community attempts to control the police. Kappeler, Victor, et al Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice The Waveland 1993 Koetting, Mark and Shiraldi, Vincent Singapore West: The Incarceration of 200,000 Californians Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 1994 Report on California prisons, studying administrative and legal components of the prison boom; with statistics Lichtenstein, A.C. and Kroll, M.A. (Ed, Kamel, R.) The Fortress Economy American Friends Service Committee 1990 The economic role of the U.S. prison system. Who goes to prison? Who profits? Problems faced by ex-offenders. Alternatives to prisons. Private prisons. Lyon, David Electronic Eye, The University of Minnesota Press 1994 Surveillance in society-how electronic surveillance influences the social order of our day. Mauer, Marc Americans Behind Bars: The International Use of Incarceration, 1992-1993 The Sentencing Project 1994 Analysis of the statistics and demographics of America's prison population in comparison to that of other nations. McIntyre, Jennifer and Riker, Alissa From Beyond Shelter to Behind Bars Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 1993 Succinct and detailed analysis of the criminalization of homelessness. Meierhoefer, Barbara S. General Effect of Mandatory Minimum Prison Terms, The Federal Judicial Center 1992 Report by federal organization on federal courts; sentences during 1984-1990, highlighting proliferation of statutory mandatory minimum sentences with regard especially to drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms. Michael, Tony Malign Neglect: Race, Crime and Punishment in America Oxford University Press 1995 Mitford, Jessica Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business New York: Knopf 1973 Rosenblatt, Elihu, ed. Criminal Injustice: Confronting the Prison Crisis South End Press 1996 Snell, Tracy L. Correctional Populations in the United States, 1992 BJS Statician 1995 Rosoff, Stephen M. Pontell, Henry N., and Tillman, Robert Profit Without Honor: White Collar Crime and the Looting of America Prentice-Hall 1998 Vincent, Barbara S. and Hofer, Paul J. The Consequences of Mandatory Minimum Prison Terms: A Summary of Recent Findings Federal Judicial Center 1994 Report by federal organization reviewing and criticizing the effects of federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes. Stern, Vivien A Sin Against the Future: Imprisonment in the World Penguin Books 1998 Wright, Eric Olin Politics of Punishment, The Harper & Row 1973 Sociological analysis of U.S. prisons, focusing on San Quentin. Doyle, James R. "A Radical Critique of Criminal Punishment" Social Justice, Volume 22, No. 2 1995 Lusane, Clarence Pipe Dream Blues: Racism & the War on Drugs South End Press 1991 An account of racism and government complicity with drug traffickers. Prete, E. (ed.) The Lessons of Marion American Friends Service Committee 1993 A history and analysis of the Marion Federal Penitentiary, arguing that increasing the levels of repression in prison does not provide safety. HUMAN RIGHTS Prison Conditions in the United States: A Human Rights Watch Report Human Rights Watch 1991 Aiyetoro, Adjoa A. "The Abuses of US Prisons: Warehousing is Too Nice a Word" Resist Newsletter May 1998 Baltimore Anarchist Black Cross Total Control in the Free State: Control Units in Maryland Baltimore ABC 1995 A draft report prepared for the meeting of the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons, Chicago, IL 21-22 October, 1995. How control units have pernicious personal and social effects related to class, race, and gender; and for the abolition of control units, as a step in the dismantling of the prison system. Chevigny, P. Police Brutality in the United States Human Rights Watch 1991 A policy statement on the need for federal oversight of the police: a survey of what is being done and what ought to be done by the federal government to control police misconduct. Davies, Nick White Lies: Rape, Murder and Justice Texas Style Pantheon 1991 Dowker, Fay and Good, Glenn From Alcatraz to Marion Florence: Control Unit Prisons in the United States Examines the facts about control units and suggests reasons for the dramatic increase in their numbers. Falcon, Luis Nieves Special International Tribunal on the Violation of Human Rights of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War in United States Prisons and Jails Special International Tribunal 1990 Application of principles of international law to several cases of political persecution and coercion in the United States. Journal of Human Justice, The Vol. 6, No. 2 Human Justice Collective Spring 1995 Human Rights Watch Cold Storage Human Rights Watch 1997 Herman, Judith Lewis, MD Trauma and Recovery Basic Books 1992 Analysis of Trauma bridging the worlds of war veterans, prisoners of war, battered women and incest victims. Jacobson-Hardy, Michael Behind the Razor Wire: Portrait of a Contemporary American Prison System New York University Press - 1999 Photographs and text by Jacobson-Hardy, foreword by Angela Davis, essays by Edgar Wideman, Marc Mauer and James Gilligan, MD Kropotkin, Peter Prisons and Their Moral Influence on Prisoners Revolutionary Pamphlets Winter 1992 Menninger, Karl, MD Crime of Punishment, The The Viking Press 1968 Analysis of America's penal system. Prison Discipline Study Shattering the Myth of Human Imprisonment in the United States Prison Discipline Study Severe physical and psychological abuse are the norm in maximum security prisons and that the most frequently disciplines groups of prisoners are jailhouse lawyers, Black prisoners and prisoners with mental handicaps. Wooden, Wayne S. and Parker, Jay Men Behind Bars: Sexual Exploitation in Prison Da Capo Press 1982 Based on interviews with prisoners and guards. Reveals how both straight and gay men are forced to engage in sex with other men in return for protection, and how this is condoned by guards. BLACK/NEW AFRIKAN REVOLUTIONARIES Acoli, Sundiata A Brief Discussion on the New Afrikan Prison Struggle Sundiata Acoli Freedom Campaign 1992 History of Black liberation movement, Black political prisoners and activism in prisons. Cetewayo, Tabor, M. Capitalism Plus Dope Equals Genocide Black Panther Party U.S.A. 1967 Argues that drug addiction in the inner cities is a plague which cannot be stopped because of the complicity of the police and because the programs designed to alleviate it focus on helping white middle class addicts while ignoring the links between drug addiction, racial oppression and capitalist exploitation. Foner, Philip S., ed. Black Panthers Speak Da Capo Press 1995 Collection of representative writings of the Black Panther Party Forman, James Making of Black Revolutionaries, The Open Hand Publishing, Inc. 1985 Autobiography. Herman Liveright The Liveright Interview Sundiata Acoli Freedom Campaign 1990 Transcript of Herman Liveright's interview with political prisoner Sundiata Acoli of the Black Panther Party, at Leavenworth, KS on August 28th, 1990. Jackson, George Blood in My Eye Black Classic Press 1990 Collection of letters and essays in which George Jackson presents his analysis of armed struggle, class war, fascism, communism, etc. Jackson, George Soledad Brother: Prison Letters of George Jackson, The Bantam Books 1970 Collection of letters written between 1964 and 1970 by prison activist leader, and Black Panther George Jackson. Introduction by Jean Genet. MOVE 25 Years on the MOVE MOVE Organization 1991 A history of the MOVE organization of Philadelphia. Newton, Huey P. To Die For the People Writers and Readers Publishing Inc. 1995 Wahad, Dhoruba Bin, Shakur, Assata and Abu-Jamal, Mumia Still Black, Still Strong: Survivors of the War Against Black Revolutionaries Semiotext(e) 1993 Balagoon, K. Trial Statement of the New Afrikan Revolutionary Kuwasi Balagoon P.A.C. Publications 1994 Demands prisoners of war status for members of the Black Liberation Movement, on the grounds that the descendents of slaves in America constitute a New Afrikan Nation, which is at war with the imperialist U.S. Barfoot, Mary The Coming of Black Genocide and Other Essays Vagabond Press 1993 Argues that many social-economic crises of the black community are really parts of an actual conspiracy to carry out black genocide and that white women who see themselves as feminists have shown a startling indifference to this. HISTORY Babyak, Jolene Eyewitness on Alcatraz Ariel Vamp Press 1988 Fresia, Jerry Toward an American Revolution: Exposing the Constitution & Other Illusions South End Press 1988 In simple and direct language, reveals the true intent of the "Founding Fathers" who drafted the Constitution to protect their property and ensure that the poorer majority would have no real voice in political affairs. Reveals how the Constitution was opposed by the majority of citizens and how its ratification was gained through deception and physical coercion. Fortunate Eagle, Adam Alcatraz! Alcatraz! Golden Gate National Park Association 1992 Lapon, Lenny Mass Murderers in White Coats: Psychiatric Genocide in Nazi Germany and the U.S. Psychiatric Genocide Research Institute 1986 Documents the mass murder of "mental patients" by psychiatry in Nazi Germany and the U.S., and shows the common ideological roots of such killings, gives an ex-inmates; perspective, presents lengthy excerpts from conversations with psychiatrists, details a history of the organized resistance to psychiatric oppression by its victims. Oshinsky, David M. Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice Free Press 1996 RACE/POWER STUDIES Lessons From the Damned: Class Struggle in the Black Community Times Change Press 1990 Essays written by African Americans. Diaz-Cotto, Juanita Gender, Ethnicity and the State: Latina and Latino Prison Politics SUNY 1996 Novick, Michael White Lies, White Power: The Fight Against White Supremacy and Reactionary Violence Common Courage Press 1995 Ross, Luana Inventing the Savage: The Social Construction of Native American Criminality University of Texas 1998 Reed, Little Rock, ed. The American Indian in the White Man's Prisons: A Story of Genocide UnCompromising Books 1993 A collective statement by Native American prisoners, former prisoners and spiritual leaders of North America. Roberts, Dorothy Killing the Black Body: Race Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty Pantheon Book 1997 Includes section on "making reproduction a crime". Russell, Katheryn The Color of Crime New York University Press 1998 ANARCHIST/REVOLUTIONARY Berkman, Alexander Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist Shocken Books 1970 Churchill, Ward Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America Arbeiter Ring Publishing 1998 Davis, Mike LA Was Just the Beginning Open Magazine Pamphlet Series Open Media 1992 Urban revolt in the U.S. the L.A. riots and their significance. Goldman, Emma Living My Life, Volumes 1 & 2 Dover Publications Inc. 1970 Autobiography in two volumes. Lee, Michael Alternatives: an anarchist view of prisons, crime and violence Raze the Walls 1994 History of prisons and of increase in prison population, prison labor and the "lie of rehabilitation", alternatives to incarceration. Vague, Tom Televisionaries: the Red Army Faction Story, 1963-1993 AK Press 1994 Mostly chronological account of the Red Army Fraction. Illustrated. Ervin, Lorenzo Kom'boa Anarchism and the Black Revolution Monkeywrench Press 1994 A draft proposal for an anarchist Black cross network; a proposal for an anarchist-initiated coalition against racism and police brutality. Reevaluates the black liberation movement o the 1960s and argues that within its organization there was too little internal democracy, too much dependence on national leaders and too much male supremacy. MacLachlan, Colin M. Anarchism and the Mexican Revolution: The Political Trials of Ricardo Flores Magon in the United States University of California Press 1991 ALTERNATIVES/ABOLITION Baun, N. and Brooke, B. Trading Books for Bars Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice 1994 On the funding battle between prisons and universities: projected increases in spending on prisons and how they will affect higher education. Criminal Justice Consortium The Criminal Justice Process/Over-Reliance on Prisons/Alternatives to Incarceration Criminal Justice Consortium 1996 Di Iulio, John J, Jr. No Escape: The Future of American Corrections Basic Books 1991 Author's view on how to make prisons and jails safer, more civilized and cost-effective. Deals with community-based alternatives to incarceration. Discusses the privatization of prisons. Denborough, David Beyond the Prison System: Gathering Dreams of Freedom Dulwich Centre Publications 1996 Australian book with analyses of the politics of imprisonment, prisons, and male violence. It also goes beyond analysis by examining alternatives to prisons. Griffith, Lee Fall of the Prison, The: Biblical Perspectives on Prison Abolition Eerdmans 1993 Justice Policy Institute Class Dismissed: Higher Education vs. Corrections During the Wilson Years Justice Policy Institute 1998 Morris, Mark, ed. Instead of Prisons Prison Research Education Action Project 1976 Handbook for abolitionists; spells out a variety of alternatives to incarceration. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Justice and Only Justice…The Church and The Criminal Justice System: Church and Society, March/April - 1997