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Decades behind bars : a 20-year conversation with men in America's prisons / Gaye D. Holman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holman, Gaye D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--United States.
- Prisons.
- Imprisonment--United States.
- Imprisonment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Beginning in 1994, the author began recording stories of 50 incarcerated felons--17 of them were still in prison 20 years later. The men discuss what it means to commit a serious crime and be confined. The author identifies circumstances that ruin some prisoners and save others and presents insights for possible improvements in the criminal justice system"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 26, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2848-3
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