Description: Discover the world's most notorious prisons in "Maximum Security" by Karen Farrington. This gripping true crime book features insider stories that shed light on the dark secrets of the criminal justice system. From Alcatraz to Russia's Black Dolphin prison, experience the gritty reality of life behind bars. Written in English and published by Capella, this paperback book is a must-read for fans of sociology, biographies, and true crime. Delve into the fascinating world of prison culture and the people who inhabit it. From the back cover: Maximum Security tells the stories of the world's harshest prisons, and the people on either side of the locked door. From Alcatraz and Devil's Island to La Sante, France and Boscobel, USA 'supermax', this book is about the eternal cat and mouse game played out between convicts and the warders who try to keep them behind the four tall walls of 'the Big House'. These pages are packed with accounts of repressive prison regimes and the people who fight against them, the vicious hierarchies that operate within the prison population, what it's like to be on Death Row, riots and hostage-taking, violent abuse by both guards and inmates, plus daring, escapes against the odds. From institutional corruption and sadistic punishments to drug smuggling and prisoner murder, Maximum Security lets you peer between the cell bars into a hidden world of crime and punishment.
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Publication Year: 2007
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: Maximum Security
Author: Karen Farrington
Publisher: Capella
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Sociology
Topic: True Crime
