Undoing Time (Paperback)

The over two million men and women incarcerated in penitentiaries and jails have become America's forgotten population. This extraordinary anthology of autobiographical prison writings brings the reader inside their silent and hidden world.
Culled from more than four hundred submissions nationwide, the thirty-six pieces here represent works by a broad spectrum of prisoners: young and old, unknown and infamous, minimum security check forgers and death row inmates. The authors include notorious "Preppie Murderer" Robert Chambers; an elderly truck driver who strangled the woman he professed to love; and a gang member recalling his violent street life. All talk in their own uncensored words about themselves and their families, about their motives and personal demons, about committing crime and doing time.
Just as this collection gives prisoners the rare chance to communicate who they are and what went wrong, it also gives the reader a unique opportunity to see convicts not as hardened criminals but as human beings.

General

Imprint:	Northeastern University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2000
First published:	October 2000
Contributors:	Craig W. Haney
Editors:	Jeff Evans
Contributors:	Jimmy Santiago Baca
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-55553-458-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-55553-458-9
Barcode:	9781555534585

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