corrections

Journalist John Hubner reveals the aggressive methods used by the Giddings State School in Texas to rehabilitate criminal youths.

"The accumulation, in this urgently important book, of case histories, anecdotes, statistics, damning quotes from prison authorities - all researched and documented with Milford's exhaustive dedication - assaults the reader, haunts one repeatedly with questions like 'Can this really be happening here?'".

Examines the reasons why the prison system in the United States is expanding while crime rates are falling, and presents evidence to support the author's contention that a political and economic chain reaction is largely responsible for the majority of the growth in the prison and jail population since the 1970's.

A look at what takes place inside the walls of America's prisons.

Shares the experiences of teenagers incarcerated in an adult prison in New York, as well as those of the men and women hired to teach and watch over them.

"Describes the crimes juveniles commit, the attitudes and changes in the juvenile court system, and the ways that police and other social services deal with juvenile offenders" --Provided by publisher.

A former science teacher and inmate in the Arizona State Prison presents a study of the natural world as seen from within the prison walls.