In 1981 law-school graduate Victor Hassine was sentenced to prison for life without parole for a capital offense. His Third Edition of LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE is an insightful look at conditions of confinement and prison life in America today, taking the reader on a "guided tour" of the prison experience. In powerful and poignant prose, Hassine conveys the changes in prison life that have come about as a result of the war on drugs, prison overcrowding, and demographic changes in inmate populations. Topics covered include rape, prison gangs, prison violence, AIDS, homosexuality, and prison politics. About the Third Edition The Third Edition features five new chapters. It continues to graphically document the violence and fear that are a part of everyday life in a men's maximum-security prison. Every chapter also features a new introduction rewritten by eminent criminologist Robert Johnson. New Chapters
Chapter 8: "Anatomy of a False Confession" recounts the story of Frank Stoppage, an innocent man who was released before DNA testing began to reveal the innumerable travesties of justice that permeate our justice system.
Chapter 17: "Scenes from a Prison" introduces us to several fascinating inmates whose lives reveal the human diversity of the prison world.
Chapter 18: "Interview With Judge Richard J. Nygaard" provides a forum for Judge Nygaard to speak with authority about our growing penal system and the ease with which society has come to live with prisons that operate as destructive human warehouses.
Chapter 23: "In Search of the Convict Code" debunks the long-held notion that there exists a convict code, unique to confinement, which is a powerful force in prison affairs. Real codes of prison conduct, we learn, are imported from the outside world and adapted to the demands of life in confinement.
Chapter 24: "A Hitchhiker's Guide to Prisons" examines how offenders cope with fear, and offers strategies on how correctional officials could convert the prison from a danger zone into an environment where new lives can be forged without fear.

Life without parole : living in prison today

Criminological Theory: Past to Present

In Their Own Words: Criminals on Crime

Robert Agnew Francis T. Cullen

Hassine, Victor, 1955-

Kent L Sandstrom

Victor Hassine

Los Angeles: Roxbury Pub. Co.

Roxbury Park

United States, United States of America

3rd ed, Los Angeles, CA, 2002

3rd edition, September 2003

Los Angeles, Calif, ©2003

3rd, PS, 2004

2003-09-01

2002-07-01

2002-09-01

"In 1981, law-school graduate Victor Hassine was convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to prison for life without parole. Based on his pivotal experiences as an inmate, Life Without Parole offers an insightful and extraordinary firsthand look at the conditions of confinement and prison life in America today. In powerful and poignant prose, Hassine takes the reader on a "guided tour" of the prison experience, discussing the changes in prison life that have come about as a result of the war on drugs, prison overcrowding, and demographic changes in inmate populations. Topics covered include rape, prison gangs, prison violence, AIDS, homosexuality, and prison politics." "This gripping text graphically documents the violence and fear that are part of everyday life in a men's maximum-security prison. Each chapter features an introduction written by coeditors Robert Johnson and Ania Dobrzanska, and the book is divided into three sections: Prison Life, which introduces readers to the day-to-day aspects of Hassine's life in prison; interviews, which presents a series of candid interviews with Hassine's fellow inmates and with a judge; and Op-Ed, in which Hassine addresses some of the most significant problems within the current prison system."--Jacket.

xix, 267 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface: The story behind this book / by Thomas J. Bernard -- Prison life -- How I became a convict -- Things missed -- Playing the opposites -- Prison violence -- The underground economy -- Prison politics -- Race relations in prison -- Anatomy of a false confession -- Saying goodbye -- Interviews -- David: a sexual victim -- Chaser: a medication addict -- Toney: an AIDS tragedy -- Albert Brown: a permanent resident -- Jacko: surviving the hole -- Coach: a changeling -- The dancing man -- Scenes from a prison -- Interview with Judge Richard J. Nygaard -- Op ed -- Prison overcrowding -- Prison rape -- Relationships between inmates and guards -- A theory of prison evolution -- In search of the convict code -- A hitchhiker's guide to prisons -- Conclusion: the runaway train -- Afterword / Richard A. Wright and Robert Johnson -- Appendices -- Appendix A: A state tries to rein in a prison awash in drugs, reprinted from the New York Times -- Appendix B: Struggle to survive: view from behind bars, reprinted from the Philadelphia Inquirer

2023-06-28