Life without parole
Subtitle: living in prison today
By: Victor Hassine ; edited by Robert Johnson, Ania Dobrzanska ; foreword by John Irwin.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780195341133
Subjects: Hassine, Victor, -- 1955-; Graterford State Correctional Institution; Prisoners -- Pennsylvania -- Case studies; Life imprisonment -- Pennsylvania -- Case studies; Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "In 1981, law-school graduate Victor Hassine was convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to prison for life without parole. Based on his pivotal experiences as an inmate, Life Without Parole offers an insightful and extraordinary firsthand look at the conditions of confinement and prison life in America today. In powerful and poignant prose, Hassine takes the reader on a "guided tour" of the prison experience, discussing the changes in prison life that have come about as a result of the war on drugs, prison overcrowding, and demographic changes in inmate populations. Topics covered include rape, prison gangs, prison violence, AIDS, homosexuality, and prison politics." "This gripping text graphically documents the violence and fear that are part of everyday life in a men's maximum-security prison. Each chapter features an introduction written by coeditors Robert Johnson and Ania Dobrzanska, and the book is divided into three sections: Prison Life, which introduces readers to the day-to-day aspects of Hassine's life in prison; interviews, which presents a series of candid interviews with Hassine's fellow inmates and with a judge; and Op-Ed, in which Hassine addresses some of the most significant problems within the current prison system."--Jacket.
Notes: Previously published: Los Angeles: Roxbury Pub. Co., c2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289).