Sentenced to science : one black man's story of imprisonment in America / Allen M. Hornblum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hornblum, Allen M.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human experimentation in medicine--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Human experimentation in medicine.

Anthony, Edward, 1943-.

Anthony, Edward.

Prisoners--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Anecdotes.

Prisoners.

Holmesburg Prison.

Human Experimentation.

Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Black or African American.

Prisons.

Medical Subjects:

Human Experimentation.

Philadelphia.

Black or African American.

Prisoners.

Prisons.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xiv, 207 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

Sentenced to Science retells the story of the Holmesburg experiments more dramatically through the eyes of one black man, Edward Butch Anthony, who suffered greatly from the experiments for which he volunteered during multiple terms at the prison. This is not only one black mans highly personal account of what it was like to be an imprisoned test subject, but also a sobering reminder that there were many African Americans caught in the viselike grip of a scientific research community willing to bend any code of ethics in order to accomplish its goals and a criminal justice system that sold prisoners to the highest bidder.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Foreword

1. "My back is on fire"

2. "The jungle"

3. "Bubble-eyed Butch"

4. "Don't serve time ; let time serve you"

5. "He's got a body like Marilyn Monroe"

6. "They called me outer limits"

7. "Fruit up"

8. "He still has the cork in his ass!"

9. "Those doctors ain't interested in you"

10. "I tried my best"

11. "I was in some deep shit now"

12. "My spiritual awakening"

13. "It was a jihad"

14. "Feeling death blow past my face"

15. "A righteous life"

16. "Trying to get a little justice"

Epilogue

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-204) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

0271033363

9780271033365

OCLC:

123955084

Publisher Number:

99948593025