PBP Reading Challenge - hosted by be_a

A book of history about prison or jails
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The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan

The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Hugh Ryan

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics sociology challenging informative sad medium-paced
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment

Shane Bauer

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced
City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965 by Kelly Lytle Hernández

City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965

Kelly Lytle Hernández

312 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Virginia State Penitentiary: A Notorious History by Dale M. Brumfield

Virginia State Penitentiary: A Notorious History

Dale M. Brumfield

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice by David M. Oshinsky

Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice

David M. Oshinsky

320 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective fast-paced
When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: A True Story in the Movement for Prison Abolition by Jamie Bissonette, Ralph Hamm, Edward Rodman, Robert Dellelo

When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: A True Story in the Movement for Prison Abolition

Jamie Bissonette, Ralph Hamm, Edward Rodman, Robert Dellelo

280 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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