Temple University Press, 2001 Paper: 978-1-56639-816-9 | Cloth: 978-1-56639-815-2 Library of Congress Classification HV6089.P74 2001 Dewey Decimal Classification 365.60973
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book explores the frightening ways in which our prisons mirror the worst aspects of society-wide gender relations. It is part of the growing research on men and masculinities. The collection is unusual in that it contributions from activists, academics, and prisoners.
The opening section, which features an essay by Angela Davis, focuses on the historical roots of the prison system, cultural practices surrounding gender and punishment, and the current expansion of corrections into the "prison-industrial complex."
The next section examines the dominant or subservient roles that men play in prison and the connections between this hierarchy and male violence. Another section looks at the spectrum of intimate relations behind bars, from rape to friendship, and another at physical and mental health.
The last section is about efforts to reform prisons and prison masculinities, including support groups for men. It features an essay about prospects for post-release success in the community written by a man who, after doing time in Soledad and San Quentin, went on to get a doctorate in counseling.
The contributions from prisoners include an essay on enforced celibacy by Mumia Abu-Jamal, as well as fiction and poetry on prison health policy, violence, and intimacy. The creative contributions were selected from the more than 200 submissions received from prisoners.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Don Sabo, Professor in Social Sciences at D'Youville College in Buffalo, is author or editor of five books, most recently, with David Gordon, Men's Health and Illness: Gender, Power, and the Body and, with Michael Messner, Sex, Violence, and Power in Sports: Rethinking Masculinity. Sabo has appeared on The Today Show, Oprah, and Donahue.
Terry A. Kupers, M.D., a psychiatrist, teaches at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. He is the author of four books, editor of a fifth. His latest books are Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It and Revisioning Men's Lives: Gender, Intimacy, and Power. Kupers has served as an expert witness in more than a dozen cases on conditions of confinement and mental health services.
Willie London, a published poet, is General Editor of the prison publication Elite Expressions. He is currently an inmate at Eastern Corrections. For nine years he was a prisoner at Attica.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction Gender and the Politics of Pubishment Don Sabo, Terry A. Kupers, and Willie London
Part II: Historical Roots and Contemporary Trends
Penitence for the Priviledged: Manhood, Race, and Penitentiaries in Early America Mark E. Kann
Race, Gender, and Prison History: From the Convict Lease System to the Supermax Prison Angela Y. Davis
Crime, Politics, and Community Since the 1990s Marc Mauer
The Elements of Crime Anthony Thomas
A World Without Softness Willie London
Slave Ship Steve Fraley
Part III: The Social Construction of Prison Masculinities
Doing Time, Doing Masculinity: Sports and Prison Don Sabo
Masculinities, Crime, and Prison James W. Messerschmidt
Grappling With Issues of Privilege: A Male Prison Worker's Perspective David Denborough
The Culture of Transgression: Initiations Into the Homosociality of a Midwestern State Prison Carl Bryan Homberg
Male Prisoners: Privacy, Suffering, and the Legal Construction of Masculinity Nancy Levit
Boyz II Men Horace Bell
Devil's Den Horace Bell
My Mother Death Willie London
Prison Friendships Derrick Corley
Part IV: Sexualities, Sexual Violence, and Intimacy in Prison
Rape and the Prison Code Terry A. Kupers
A Million Jockers, Punks, and Queens Stephan "Donny" Donaldson
The Story of a Black Punk Anonymous
The Wall of Silence: Prison Rape and Feminist Politics Susanne V. Paczensky
A Moment O'Neil Stough
Caged and Celibate Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Phone Michael Keck
Be Not So Quick to Judge Alice
Reflections Carlos Hornsby
Skin Blind Dan Pens
Once More I Dream Stephan Wayne Anderson
Part V: Men's Health in Prison
Preventative Health Strategies for Men in Prison Will H. Courtenay and Don Sabo
Sentence -- Death By Lethal Infection: IV-Drug Use and Infectious Disease Transmission in North
American Prisons Carol Polych and Don Sabo
Deliberate Indifference O'Neil Stough
Mental Health in Men's Prisons Terry A. Kupers
Night Crier Rudy Chato Paul Sr.
Part VII: Prison Reform, Reforming Prison Masculinities
Scars Jarvis Masters
Boys are Not Men: Notes on Working With Adolescent Males in Juvenile Detention Jackson Katz
Support Groups for Men in Prison: The Fellowship of the King of Hearts Harris Breiman and
T. Pete Bonner
The Anti-Exploits of Men Against Sexism, 1977-78 Daniel Burton-Rose
Men Helping Men: Facilitating Therapy Groups For Sex Offenders Charles J. Sabatino
Litigation, Advocacy, and Self-Respect Donald Specter and Terry A. Kupers
Rehabilitating Prison Labor: The Uses of Imprisoned Masculinity Christian Parenti
Reentry: Prospects for Postrelease Success Lige Dailey Jr.
Temple University Press, 2001 Paper: 978-1-56639-816-9 Cloth: 978-1-56639-815-2
This book explores the frightening ways in which our prisons mirror the worst aspects of society-wide gender relations. It is part of the growing research on men and masculinities. The collection is unusual in that it contributions from activists, academics, and prisoners.
The opening section, which features an essay by Angela Davis, focuses on the historical roots of the prison system, cultural practices surrounding gender and punishment, and the current expansion of corrections into the "prison-industrial complex."
The next section examines the dominant or subservient roles that men play in prison and the connections between this hierarchy and male violence. Another section looks at the spectrum of intimate relations behind bars, from rape to friendship, and another at physical and mental health.
The last section is about efforts to reform prisons and prison masculinities, including support groups for men. It features an essay about prospects for post-release success in the community written by a man who, after doing time in Soledad and San Quentin, went on to get a doctorate in counseling.
The contributions from prisoners include an essay on enforced celibacy by Mumia Abu-Jamal, as well as fiction and poetry on prison health policy, violence, and intimacy. The creative contributions were selected from the more than 200 submissions received from prisoners.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Don Sabo, Professor in Social Sciences at D'Youville College in Buffalo, is author or editor of five books, most recently, with David Gordon, Men's Health and Illness: Gender, Power, and the Body and, with Michael Messner, Sex, Violence, and Power in Sports: Rethinking Masculinity. Sabo has appeared on The Today Show, Oprah, and Donahue.
Terry A. Kupers, M.D., a psychiatrist, teaches at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. He is the author of four books, editor of a fifth. His latest books are Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It and Revisioning Men's Lives: Gender, Intimacy, and Power. Kupers has served as an expert witness in more than a dozen cases on conditions of confinement and mental health services.
Willie London, a published poet, is General Editor of the prison publication Elite Expressions. He is currently an inmate at Eastern Corrections. For nine years he was a prisoner at Attica.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction Gender and the Politics of Pubishment Don Sabo, Terry A. Kupers, and Willie London
Part II: Historical Roots and Contemporary Trends
Penitence for the Priviledged: Manhood, Race, and Penitentiaries in Early America Mark E. Kann
Race, Gender, and Prison History: From the Convict Lease System to the Supermax Prison Angela Y. Davis
Crime, Politics, and Community Since the 1990s Marc Mauer
The Elements of Crime Anthony Thomas
A World Without Softness Willie London
Slave Ship Steve Fraley
Part III: The Social Construction of Prison Masculinities
Doing Time, Doing Masculinity: Sports and Prison Don Sabo
Masculinities, Crime, and Prison James W. Messerschmidt
Grappling With Issues of Privilege: A Male Prison Worker's Perspective David Denborough
The Culture of Transgression: Initiations Into the Homosociality of a Midwestern State Prison Carl Bryan Homberg
Male Prisoners: Privacy, Suffering, and the Legal Construction of Masculinity Nancy Levit
Boyz II Men Horace Bell
Devil's Den Horace Bell
My Mother Death Willie London
Prison Friendships Derrick Corley
Part IV: Sexualities, Sexual Violence, and Intimacy in Prison
Rape and the Prison Code Terry A. Kupers
A Million Jockers, Punks, and Queens Stephan "Donny" Donaldson
The Story of a Black Punk Anonymous
The Wall of Silence: Prison Rape and Feminist Politics Susanne V. Paczensky
A Moment O'Neil Stough
Caged and Celibate Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Phone Michael Keck
Be Not So Quick to Judge Alice
Reflections Carlos Hornsby
Skin Blind Dan Pens
Once More I Dream Stephan Wayne Anderson
Part V: Men's Health in Prison
Preventative Health Strategies for Men in Prison Will H. Courtenay and Don Sabo
Sentence -- Death By Lethal Infection: IV-Drug Use and Infectious Disease Transmission in North
American Prisons Carol Polych and Don Sabo
Deliberate Indifference O'Neil Stough
Mental Health in Men's Prisons Terry A. Kupers
Night Crier Rudy Chato Paul Sr.
Part VII: Prison Reform, Reforming Prison Masculinities
Scars Jarvis Masters
Boys are Not Men: Notes on Working With Adolescent Males in Juvenile Detention Jackson Katz
Support Groups for Men in Prison: The Fellowship of the King of Hearts Harris Breiman and
T. Pete Bonner
The Anti-Exploits of Men Against Sexism, 1977-78 Daniel Burton-Rose
Men Helping Men: Facilitating Therapy Groups For Sex Offenders Charles J. Sabatino
Litigation, Advocacy, and Self-Respect Donald Specter and Terry A. Kupers
Rehabilitating Prison Labor: The Uses of Imprisoned Masculinity Christian Parenti
Reentry: Prospects for Postrelease Success Lige Dailey Jr.