Follows forty juvenile male offenders, from their first-time
admissions to the Ohio system through their incarceration and
reentry into the community. The author conducted three lengthy
interviews with each of these youth over a period of two and a half
years. These interviews bring alive their attitudes and day-to-day
prison experiences, as well as the intricate connections between
life on the inside and life on the outside. Status is key to
everyday life in prison, and it is often played out in
demonstrations of masculinity, misogyny, and violence. Some gangs
and some ""area codes"" (as the old neighborhoods are called) are
seen as tougher than others and are given more respect. Even
letters from family members and girlfriends are important signs of
whether a prisoner matters: one young man says, ""I'd write letters
every day to people to beg 'em to write me back."" Another reports,
""There would be people in there writing girls, saying, hey, write
me this nasty letter of things we're going to do and things we did.
And they'd write back with these letters. And now he'll get to walk
around with his letter bragging, like, hey, check this out. These
are the kind of girls I got."" Incarcerated youth also work hard at
impression management. Coping with prison requires a young man to
present one face to fellow prisoners and another to the authorities
who will decide his release date. The author pays substantial
attention to the programs youth are offered, including those
focusing on education, anger management, job training, and
parenting skills. Another section looks at contact between
incarcerated youth and the outside world, including a discussion of
the impact of incarceration on families. Based on her extensive
knowledge of policies in other states, the author also provides a
broad overview of the juvenile justice system nationally,
describing how the system is organized, administered, and funded.
Readers are taken through the juvenile justice process from
conviction through parole with special attention paid to new state
initiatives and sentencing structures.|Locked Up, Locked Out
follows forty juvenile male offenders, from their first-time
admissions to the Ohio system through their incarceration and
re-entry into the community. The author conducted three lengthy
interviews with each of these youth over a period of two and a half
years. These interviews bring alive their attitudes and day-to-day
prison experiences, as well as the intricate connections between
life on the inside and life on the outside. Status is key to
everyday life in prison, and it is often played out in
demonstrations of masculinity, misogyny, and violence. Some gangs
and some ""area codes"" (as the old neighborhoods are called) are
seen as tougher than others and are given more respect. Even
letters from family members and girlfriends are important signs of
whether a prisoner matters: one young man says, ""I'd write letters
every day to people to beg 'em to write me back."" Another reports,
""There would be people in there writing girls, saying, hey, write
me this nasty letter of things we're going to do and things we did.
And they'd write back with these letters. And now he'll get to walk
around with his letter bragging, like, hey, check this out. These
are the kind of girls I got."" Incarcerated youth also work hard at
impression management. Coping with prison requires a young man to
present one face to fellow prisoners and another to the authorities
who will decide his release date. The author pays substantial
attention to the programs youth are offered, including those
focusing on education, anger management, job training, and
parenting skills. Another section looks at contact between
incarcerated youth and the outside world, including a discussion of
the impact of incarceration on families. Based on her extensive
knowledge of policies in other states, the author also provides a
broad overview of the juvenile justice system nationally,
describing how the system is organized, administered, and funded.
Readers are taken through the juvenile justice process from
conviction through parole with special attention paid to new state
initiatives and sentencing structures.
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