Hard Time: Understanding and Reforming the Prison

by Robert Johnson

A seminal work, this is a unique text in that it provides personal accounts from prisoners telling what it is really like to live in prison as well as historical and contextual information. It is the personal stories, which provide a realistic and poignant look at what life is like as a prisoner, that are the strength of this book.

344 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 1995

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