CAGED - EIGHT PRISONERS AND THEIR KEEPERS

• NCJ Number: 35384
• Author(s): B H BAGDIKIAN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 465 pages
• Sale Source: Harper and Row
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO AND TOOK PLACE DURING THE INMATE STRIKE THAT OCCURRED AT THE LEWISBURG (PA) FEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN 1972.

Abstract

DETAILED CASE STUDIES OF THE LIVES OF THE EIGHT PRISONERS WHO WERE ELECTED BY THE OTHER INMATES TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE STRIKE ARE PRESENTED. THE STRIKE ITSELF IS GIVEN EXTENSIVE TREATMENT. A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF PRISON CONDITIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRIKE IS CENTRAL TO THE BOOK. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM INTERVIEWS WITH THE EIGHT INMATES.