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WRITINGS FROM PRISON
Bobby Sands
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Description for WRITINGS FROM PRISON
Paperback. With dry humour, this book charts, in prose and poetry, one man's attempt to preserve his identity while in prison and on hunger strike. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JPVR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
In this book the author chronicles the abuse by the British state of emergency laws: harassment and intimidation of civilians; injuries and deaths caused by rubber and plastic bullets; collusion between British security forces, British intelligence and loyalist paramilitaries; unjust killings and murders by the security forces; excessive punishments and degrading strip-searches in prisons – abuses ignored by all but a handful of individuals and civil rights organisations.
In this book the author chronicles the abuse by the British state of emergency laws: harassment and intimidation of civilians; injuries and deaths caused by rubber and plastic bullets; collusion between British security forces, British intelligence and loyalist paramilitaries; unjust killings and murders by the security forces; excessive punishments and degrading strip-searches in prisons – abuses ignored by all but a handful of individuals and civil rights organisations.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856352208
SKU
9781856352208
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About Bobby Sands
Bobby Sands was an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and member of the United Kingdom Parliament who died on hunger strike while in HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected as a member ... Read more
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