Gender, Ethnicity, and the State: Latina and Latino Prison Politics

• NCJ Number: 180474
• Author(s): Juanita Diaz-Cotto
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 497 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: State University of New York Research Foundation
• Sale Source: State University of New York Press
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: SUNY series in New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies

Annotation

This book studies the interaction of gender and ethnicity in prisoner organizing and prison management.

Abstract

The book uses two case studies to compare the organizing strategies for reform pursued by Latina and Latino prisoners in New York State between 1970 and 1987. It also discusses the support received from non-Latina(o) prisoners and third parties and the response of corrections personnel. The book also contains information on Latino prisoner participation and community response to both the 1971 Attica Rebellion and the 1970 New York City jail rebellions. Primary data sources included in-depth interviews and oral histories from Latina(o) and African-American ex-prisoners, prisoners’ rights attorneys, community activists and penal staff. Other primary sources included prisoner and mainstream English and Spanish language newspapers, prisoners’ rights newsletters, court cases, and government and private organization reports. Notes, tables, appendixes, index