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GOOD AND USEFUL LIFE - IMPRISONMENT IN BRITAIN TODAY

NCJ Number
19761
Author(s)
R Caird
Date Published
1974
Length
210 pages
Annotation
PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF A PRISONER'S STAY IN A BRITISH PRISON.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS SENTENCED TO A BRITISH PRISON FOR 18 MONTHS FOR HIS PART IN A POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION. HE REACTED TO PRISON BY OBSERVING HIS OWN REACTIONS, THE BEHAVIOR OF PRISON OFFICERS AND OF OTHER PRISONERS, COMPARING HIS OWN EXPERIENCE WITH PRISON LITERATURE.

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