Originally published in 1989, Jail Journeys was a contemporary
history of the English prison system in the words of those who had
endured it as prisoners or who had worked within it. More than 1000
extracts from more than 150 first-hand accounts of life
‘inside’ chronicle the empty routines of the prison day and
tell of the loneliness, the despair, the squalor, the fights, the
friendships, the sex, the humour. There are also eye-witness
accounts of the Dartmoor Mutiny, of hangings and floggings, of
escapes, and personal statements by the well-known – James
Phelan, Wilfred Macartney, Albert Pierrepoint, Charles Kray, John
McVicar, Jimmy Boyle, Alfie Hinds, Lord Alfred Douglas – and by
many others less well known. These testimonies, by turn dramatic,
literate and naïve, add up to an implicit sociology of the
twentieth-century English prison, depicting a divided social
structure with ‘screws’ on one side and ‘cons’ on the
other. The book is aimed at anyone with an interest in social
issues and twentieth-century history as well as students of law,
history, sociology, criminology, and social administration, and at
professionals working in all these fields.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Library Editions: Prison and Prisoners |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
First published: |
1989 |
Authors: |
Philip Priestley
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
204 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-256317-6 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-256317-6 |
Barcode: |
9781032563176 |
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