Zek

Zek
Title Zek PDF eBook
Author Arthur Longworth
Publisher
Pages 186
Release 2016-06-09
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780997029901

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Zek is the story of Jonny: a man broken off and doing time in an eastern Washington state prison. Zek lays bare the brutality of a life spent behind bars. It is naked. It is ugly. And it is beautiful.




American Prison

American Prison
Title American Prison PDF eBook
Author Shane Bauer
Publisher Penguin
Pages 401
Release 2019-06-11
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0735223602

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An enraging, necessary look at the private prison system, and a convincing clarion call for prison reform.” —NPR.org New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018 * One of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2018 * Winner of the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize * Winner of the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism * Winner of the 2019 RFK Book and Journalism Award * A New York Times Notable Book A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history. In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background check. Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end. But he had seen enough, and in short order he wrote an exposé about his experiences that won a National Magazine Award and became the most-read feature in the history of the magazine Mother Jones. Still, there was much more that he needed to say. In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America from their origins in the decades before the Civil War. For, as he soon realized, we can't understand the cruelty of our current system and its place in the larger story of mass incarceration without understanding where it came from. Private prisons became entrenched in the South as part of a systemic effort to keep the African-American labor force in place in the aftermath of slavery, and the echoes of these shameful origins are with us still. The private prison system is deliberately unaccountable to public scrutiny. Private prisons are not incentivized to tend to the health of their inmates, or to feed them well, or to attract and retain a highly-trained prison staff. Though Bauer befriends some of his colleagues and sympathizes with their plight, the chronic dysfunction of their lives only adds to the prison's sense of chaos. To his horror, Bauer finds himself becoming crueler and more aggressive the longer he works in the prison, and he is far from alone. A blistering indictment of the private prison system, and the powerful forces that drive it, American Prison is a necessary human document about the true face of justice in America.




Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton

Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton
Title Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton PDF eBook
Author T. M. Hoy
Publisher Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Pages 217
Release 2012-05
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1616086882

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A collection of unspeakable degradation, fear, and agony through the eyesof an American locked up...




Journey Into the Land of the Zeks and Back

Journey Into the Land of the Zeks and Back
Title Journey Into the Land of the Zeks and Back PDF eBook
Author Julius Margolin
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 649
Release 2020-10
Genre Convict labor
ISBN 0197502148

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"Journey to the Land of the Zek and Back is a vivid, first-person account of life in the Soviet Gulag, a work that has never appeared in full before in English. It was one of the earliest published accounts of the Soviet camp system when it was published in France in 1949 and became an established classic in the Russian-speaking world, influencing the formation of the genre of Gulag memoirs"--




Stories from the Old Yard

Stories from the Old Yard
Title Stories from the Old Yard PDF eBook
Author J.M. Fitzmaurice
Publisher Page Publishing Inc
Pages 272
Release 2020-11-15
Genre True Crime
ISBN 1647019281

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In his book Stories from the Old Yard: Book One, the Murders, J. M. Fitzmaurice chronicles two decades of brutal murder inside the MAX-custody federal penitentiaries at Lompoc, California, and other Bureau of Prisons facilities. From Lompoc to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and Florence, Colorado, to Marion, Illinois, Fitzmaurice reveals the backstory behind the brutal killings carried out in medieval fashion by deadly prison gangs and ruthless predators on the federal penitentiary circuit. Interlaced with humanity, humor, and compassion, Stories from the Old Yard is much more than regurgitated investigative reports—it captures the courage and heroism of the young men and women who risk their lives daily to protect one another and Convict Nation alike! Some of these BOP staff gave their lives in this mission, and Fitzmaurice pays them the tribute they earned by making the ultimate sacrifice! The afterword includes a sneak peek from book two, More Stories from the Old Yard!




After the Change

After the Change
Title After the Change PDF eBook
Author Michael J. Moore
Publisher
Pages 362
Release 2019-02-22
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9781090925671

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Diego Conner was at school when his world changed. As soon as his classmates started killing each other, he ran. Then, when he got home, his parents tried to eat him. They weren't zombies though. They were alive and could be killed like any other living thing. He chose to simply call them "the changed".The only people he knew who didn't turn were his friends, Sheena and Wes. With their families gone, the fifteen year olds are forced to look out for each another, constantly moving and hiding in the shadows. Eventually, though, they decided to search for survivors and colonize a local prison. Along the way, they quickly learn that the brainless, flesh-eating monsters that roam the streets are the least of their worries after the change.This series raises the bar for zombie fiction. Arthur Longworth -author of Zek, an American Prison Story.This post-apocalyptic tale transcends its genre, with realistic characters who share a complex relationship. Michael J. Moore is a literary force to be reckoned with. Tom Richey -author of Death Row Scott.Although not my usual genre of choice, I fell in love with Michael J. Moore's writing. Not only did it draw me in like a moth to a flame, but it kept me absolutely entranced and spellbound all the way up to its extremely climactic ending. There's very little doubt in my mind that Michael J. Moore is going to become a powerful figure in the literary world! Percy Levy -author of A Ghetto Love Story.I couldn't put this book down until I read every last word. I've since been strumming my guitar, patiently waiting for the next one in the series to come out. Where is it?! Westin Halvorson, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult.




Memoir of a Gulag Actress

Memoir of a Gulag Actress
Title Memoir of a Gulag Actress PDF eBook
Author Tamara Petkevich
Publisher Northern Illinois University Press
Pages 497
Release 2010-10-15
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1501757253

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