IMPRISONED IN AMERICA - PRISON COMMUNICATIONS, 1776 TO ATTICA

• NCJ Number: 12689
• Author(s): C O PHILIP
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 213 pages
• Sale Source: Harper and Row
• Publication Type: Biography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ANTHOLOGY OF PRISON LETTERS, DIARY EXCERPTS, SONGS, POEMS AND ARTWORK DEPICTING THE CONDITION OF AMERICAN PRISONERS FROM 1776 TO THE ATTICA PRISON RIOT IN 1971.

Abstract

WHILE FOCUSING ON THE PLIGHT OF THE COMMON CRIMINAL, THE COLLECTION ALSO REFLECTS THE PRISON EXPERIENCES OF LESS TRADITIONAL INMATES SUCH AS WAR DEMONSTRATORS, AMERICAN INDIANS, SUFFRAGISTS, AND JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNEES DURING WORLD WAR TWO.