Liberty's Prison : The Inmate's Son Who Radically Reformed an American Prison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liberty, Randall,, author.

Graf, Christine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corrections.

Criminal justice personnel--United States.

Criminal justice personnel.

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.

Criminals.

Public administration--Biography.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

When Randy Liberty was seven years old, he traveled to the Maine State Prison to visit his incarcerated father. Forty years later, he returned to the maximum-security prison as its Warden, seeking to revolutionize corrections' operating philosophy to one of rehabilitation, redemption, and humanization.

Contents:

Introduction Chapter 1: Sent Up the River Chapter 2: Trena Chapter 3: Ronnie Chapter 4: Ronnie Behaving Badly Chapter 5 Another Man Saves the Day Chapter 6: Trailer Park Boys Chapter 7: Deadbeat Dad Chapter 8: Forgiving to a Fault Chapter 9: Ticket Out of Clinton Chapter 10: Back Where He Belonged Chapter 11: Going Beyond the Call of Duty Chapter 12: Called to Serve Chapter 13: Onward to Fallujah Chapter 14: Battle on the Homefront Chapter 15: No Man Left Behind Chapter 16: A Different Approach Chapter 17: Back to Prison Chapter 18: Get with the Program Chapter 19: Harvesting Hope Chapter 20: A Ray of Sunshine Chapter 21: Dropping Keys Chapter 22: Beauty Behind Bars Chapter 23: Maniac Maker Chapter 24: Navigating Reentry Chapter 25: On to Augusta Chapter 26: Opening the Door Chapter 27: Decarcerating Minds Chapter 28: Mythical Super Pod Index About the Authors

ISBN:

979-82-16-19735-5

979-82-16-19733-1

979-82-16-19734-8

OCLC:

1546962024