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Tag Archives: Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars
A Constantly Evolving Lifespan: A Review of “This Life” by Quntos KunQuest
A life sentence in prison is life, that is, there is living to do in prison, even under a life sentence. Quntos KunQuest, in his novel, This Life, demonstrates that life goes on inside of prison. Since 1996, KunQuest has … Continue reading →
Posted in Education & Teaching, Justice Chronicles, Literature & Cultural Criticism
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Tagged Alexandre Dumas, American Studies Association, Angola State Penitentiary, Bell Gale Chevigny, Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing, Edmond Dantes, Growing Up, In the Belly of the Beast, Jack Henry Abbott, Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars, life sentences, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Norman Mailer, PEN America, PEN International, PEN Prison Writing Program, Quntos KunQuest, raising black boys, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Executioner's Song, This Life
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REVIEW OF βJAILHOUSE JOURNALISM: THE FOURTH ESTATE BEHIND BARSβ
Not much has been written about the history of the prison press. Indeed, until now, according to James McGrath Morris, the author of Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars, the only book was The Penal Press by Russell Baird. … Continue reading →
Posted in Criminal Justice & Punishment, Justice Chronicles, Literature & Cultural Criticism
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Tagged Alfred Andersch, Billy Sinclair, Board of Pardons, Charles Chapin, concentration camps, Der Ruf, Erle Stanley Gardner, Forlorn Hope, Fort Kearney, Frank Moore, free press, Great Red Scare, Gruppe 47, Hans Werner Richter, Idea Factory, Industrial Workers of the World, Iowa State Penitentiary, Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars, James McGrath Morris, Japanese-Americans, Jesse James Gang, Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Karl Arndt, Leaves from a Lifer's Notebook, life sentences, Mumia Abu-Jamal, New York's Evening World, Ole Lindquist, Pell v. Procunier, postwar Germany, POWs, Presidio, Prisoner of War Special Projects Division, Procunier v. Martinez, reeducate, Relocation Camps, Russell Baird, Saturday Review, Sing Sing Prison, The Angolite, The Farm, The Penal Press, Thornburg v. Abbott, Tom Runyon, Turner v. Safley, Wilbert Rideau, William Keteltas, Wobblies, World War II, Younger Brothers
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