Articles and Publications

• Society: Issues: Crime and Justice: Articles  (7)

Atlantic Monthly on the Prison-Industrial Complex - An analysis of the public and private prison systems. In-depth piece on the economics of the prison system, with photos.

The Bourne Trust - An outline of the services the trust offers to prisoners and their families.

Cell Door Magazine - An E-ZINE written by prisoners for the free world. Open the cell door and meet the men and women behind bars. Topics include but are not limited to prison issues.

Donny, Life of a Lifer - A book written by Donald Johnson who is serving a life sentence at Pelican Bay in SHU. Donny was also featured in Arts and Entertainment Television's Investigative Reports, "solitary confinement".

Incarceration Rates by Race - Dr. David A. Camp examines racial imbalances in incarcertaion rates in Oklahoma.

Prisons in Crisis - Detailed artilcle on Watchtower (a religious publication's site) addressing the question, "Can prisons rehabilitate criminals?"

Rape used as control in U.S. prisons - By Neve Gordon, from the National Catholic Reporter.

Sick On The Inside - Harper's Magazine article by Wil S. Hylton---The Plague of The Prison Correctional HMO

When The Bough Breaks - Companion web site to the documentary which explores the lives of children in three families whose mothers are locked up for nonviolent crimes.

Prison Rates Among Blacks Reach a Peak, Report Finds - New York Times article about trends in US incarceration rates, highlighting differences between states and the high rate of imprisonment for black males ages 20 to 34. [Requires free registration.] (April 7, 2003)

Humanizing the Prisons - Atlantic Unbound: An article from The Atlantic Monthly Magazine. An article about the State of Vermont's novel plan to trust inmates like other human beings. (August, 1911)