NCJ Number
35384
Date Published
1976
Length
465 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO AND TOOK PLACE DURING THE INMATE STRIKE THAT OCCURRED AT THE LEWISBURG (PA) FEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN 1972.
Abstract
DETAILED CASE STUDIES OF THE LIVES OF THE EIGHT PRISONERS WHO WERE ELECTED BY THE OTHER INMATES TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE STRIKE ARE PRESENTED. THE STRIKE ITSELF IS GIVEN EXTENSIVE TREATMENT. A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF PRISON CONDITIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRIKE IS CENTRAL TO THE BOOK. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM INTERVIEWS WITH THE EIGHT INMATES.