Challenging the ideology of treatment in the prison world
"The Professional Convict's Tale: The Survival of John O'Neill In
and Out of Prison "offers a unique, inside view of life behind bars
in the 1960s. Elmer H. Johnson, a criminologist who has specialized
in prison life for half a century, gave Menard Penitentiary parolee
John O'Neill a tape recorder and a set of questions designed to
draw out his opinions and observations about the prison world.
This study frames O'Neill's responses with Johnson's analysis.
O'Neill's narrative guides readers through the world beyond the
prison gate as he shares his strategies for survival and proposes
alternatives to rebellion or submission. He discusses the
fractionalization between the keepers and the kept and the effects
that subterranean communication, threats of inmate predators, and
prison riots can have on the psyche of both inmates and staff.
O'Neill's frustrations and the inadequate responses from the
community to which he was paroled illustrate the social costs and
impact of parole for the community and for the parolee. Although
O'Neill recorded his comments more than forty years ago, they are
still relevant today when thousands of convicts are being released
from prison each year.
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