Profiles from Prison: Adjusting to Life Behind Bars

by Louis W. Liebovich and Michael G. Santos

Book Overview

Written by an inmate serving 45 years for a drug conviction when he was 23, this is an in-depth view living behind bars from the perspective of prisoners themselves. Sections of the book are based on length of imprisonment. Prisoners in Fort Dix, N.J., detail their unique experiences, thoughts, and feelings about life on the inside. Some describe the actions that lead to their confinement, or detail the complexities of living in all-male communities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275978893
• ISBN13: 9780275978891
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating Glimps of Prison Life

This book is hard to put down. Each chapter is a short story about a particular prisoner and how he got involved in crime and what his prison experience was like. For someone who has never been involved with the prison system it was a facinating glimps into another world.