Life for a Life Life Imprisonment: America's Other Death Penalty

Name: Life for a Life Life Imprisonment: America's Other Death Penalty
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ISBN: 9780195330489

ISBN-10: 019533048X

ISBN-13: 9780195330489

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Authors: James A. Paluch, Thomas J. Bernard, Robert Johnson

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James A. Paluch, Jr., is serving a life sentence without possibility of parole. In this remarkably perceptive book, he offers the reader a detailed account of the daily realities of prison life in its mundane essentials, from the culture of the cellblock to the etiquette of the yard and the mess hall. The book also highlights concepts of prisonization, institutionalization, and the community, as well as the nature of modern punishment. Here, Paluch walks us through a complicated, sometimes treacherous culture behind bars, a place where manipulation and deception often rule. He introduces us to the world of the lifer, a community of men who know they will live and die behind bars. By the…

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List price: $24.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

James Anthony Paluch, Jr. was born May 24, 1971, in Allentown, PA. Educated in both public and private schools, he and his girlfriend dropped out of high school six months before graduation. He was arrested in Philadelphia in June, 1990, for first-degree murder and aggravated assault. In October, 1991, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. He is a past president of the Pennsylvania Lifers' Association at SCI-Rockview.



Introduction



Life



As I Write This Book



Bof's Journal



Enter the Madness



Food



The Old Dining Hall



The New Dining Hall



The Commissary



Personal Hygiene



Showers



Laundry



Haircuts



Medical Care



A Visit to Medical



A Painful Experience



Sex



Forced Sexual Deprivation



Sex in Prison



Inmates and Staff



The Unlistened-to Story



The Game



The Times Are a Changin'



The Snitch



Asleep in the Deep



Custody and Security



Shakedown



Misconduct



The Setup



The Restrictive Housing Unit (RHU)



Isn't It Ironic?



Violence



Firebombed!



Lifers



This Is What We Do to Troublemakers



Rumble in the Jungle



The Lock in the Sock



A Bowl of Fruit



Joshua



The Old Man and the Mountain



Family



Thinking of You



A Sad Day for




A Lifer's Dad




A Lifer's Mom




A Wife Doing Life




Conclusion



Forgive Them, Father...



A Life for a Life


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