Unguarded moments : stories of working inside the Missouri State Penitentiary / Larry Neal & Anita Neal Harrison ; Teresa Wheeler, cover design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neal, Larry Edmund, 1951- author.

Harrison, Anita Neal, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Wheeler, Teresa, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neal, Larry Edmund, 1951-.

Neal, Larry Edmund.

Missouri State Penitentiary.

Prisoners--Missouri.

Prisoners.

Prisons--Missouri--Officials and employees--Biography.

Prisons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Kirksville, Missouri : Truman State University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this first memoir about life in the Missouri State Penitentiary by a worker who was neither a prisoner nor a guard, Larry E Neal reveals a portrait of prison life very different from common conceptions. As a maintenance worker, Neal led prisoner work crews, and his stories show that life inside the prison walls could be surprisingly light-hearted, with prisoners and staff playing pranks on each other and crawling through dark tunnels together. In addition to a rare insider's view into prison humour, this book also gives readers a window into the rhythms of daily life inside and the shared humanity of everyone behind the walls.

Contents:

""Book Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue: The Way It Really Was""; ""Ch1: Learning from the Master""; ""Ch2: Into the Lions' Den""; ""Ch3: A Word about Sewers""; ""Ch4: Life in the Pen""; ""Ch5: You Call This an Emergency?""; ""Ch6: Walls Ain't All That's Dense...""; ""Ch7: The Old-Timer's Triumph""; ""Ch8: Push-Ups and Snakes""; ""Ch9: Plungers Are Weapons Too""; ""Ch10: Bloodshed inside the Walls""; ""Ch11: Turning Up the Heat""; ""Ch12: Vats Disgusting""; ""Ch13: Digging in the Pen""

""Ch14: Leaving an Impression""""Ch15: Is There a Doctor...""; ""Ch16: To the Max""; ""Ch17: Ingenious Inmates""; ""Ch18: The Great Flood in A-Hall""; ""Ch19: The MSP Burrito Bandits""; ""Ch20: Troublesome Twins""; ""Ch21: Memories of Housing Unit 3""; ""Ch22: An Unlikely Friendship""; ""Ch23: The MSP Gas Chamber""; ""Ch24: Executing an Extreme Makeover""; ""Ch25: Doing Time in the Towers""; ""Ch26: The Last Day""; ""About the Authors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61248-111-6