NCJ Number
10769
Date Published
1973
Length
145 pages
Annotation
A NARRATIVE WRITTEN FOR YOUNGSTERS IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE BY A CONVICT WRITER DESCRIBING HIS VERSION OF LIFE IN CHILLICOTHE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE IN OHIO.
Abstract
THIS BOOK DESCRIBES TO CHILDREN THE MEANING OF IMPRISONMENT TO A CONVICT, THE KINDS OF PERSONALITIES AND UPBRINGINGS WHICH MAKE PEOPLE BREAK LAWS, AND THE CONDITIONS THAT BREED DISCONTENT AMONG PRISONERS.