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Honor Comes Hard: Writings from California Prison System's Honor Yard
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Paperback. Prison writing has a long and illustrious history in the United States - home of the modern correctional system. From poems, to stories, to novel excerpts, to reportage, to personal essays - and a few drawings - this title depicts what can happen to people who are given, 'a chance to live'. Editor(s): Thomas, Lucinda; Rodriguez, Luis J. Num Pages: 120 pages, 10 b/w images. BIC Classification: DQ; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
Prison writing has a long and illustrious history in the United States - home of the modern correctional system. In the first decade of the 21st century, this country also garnered the distinction of having more prisoners per capita than any other nation in the world. We need to hear from the incarcerated writings of incarcerated men and women. The largest state prison system is in California with some 175,000 people behind bars in close to 35 facilities. Yet the only approved Honor Yard in the Department of Corrections is at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County, in Lancaster, ... Read more
Prison writing has a long and illustrious history in the United States - home of the modern correctional system. In the first decade of the 21st century, this country also garnered the distinction of having more prisoners per capita than any other nation in the world. We need to hear from the incarcerated writings of incarcerated men and women. The largest state prison system is in California with some 175,000 people behind bars in close to 35 facilities. Yet the only approved Honor Yard in the Department of Corrections is at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County, in Lancaster, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Tia Chucha
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781882688388
SKU
V9781882688388
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About
Lucinda Thomas is the Arts Education Director at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County. She is a long-time visual artist and writer. Luis J. Rodriguez is an acclaimed essayist, poet, memoirist, children's book writer, novelist, and short story writer. He's founder/editor of Tia Chucha Press.
Reviews for Honor Comes Hard: Writings from California Prison System's Honor Yard
"It's easy to see how to do away with what we call crime.... It can be done by giving the people a chance to live." - Clarence Darrow"