Written by a corrections officer with fifteen years on the job, this crusading look at the sordid world inside stone walls rings authenticity rarely found in books about prison life. Sparks fly when Dickenson speaks of racism, incompetent officers and administrators, extortion, sexual misconduct and physical and mental abuse.

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Dickenson has spent 15 years as a corrections officer in the Connecticut penal system, and the 26 vignettes in this volume were taken from his experiences. It is interesting to compare his observations with those of inmate authors (e.g., Wilbert Rideau, Life Sentences, LJ 6/15/92; Jerome Washington, Iron Horse, LJ 9/15/94; Dannie Martin, Committing Journalism, LJ 11/1/93). Although Dickenson has some horror stories, his overall picture of prison is a place of petty annoyances, not a snake pit. His main concerns were getting along with fellow officers and obeying the administration's rules. One thing he does make clear, however, is that prison is a world unto itself, with its own code of conduct and even its own language, which he documents in a lengthy glossary. The book is probably too personal to appeal to the general reader, but it has enough information to make it useful for a large crime and criminal justice collection.?Frances O. Sandiford, Green Haven Correctional Facility Lib., Stormville, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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