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An account of life in Leavenworth Prison, based on interviews with inmates and others, describes the lives of a sexual predator, a gang member in for forty-two years, a sociopath in ""no human contact"" status, and others.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is a brilliant and absorbing account by a writer who was given unprecedented access to life in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. Each chapter is devoted to one inmate that Earley gets to know while on the inside, and their stories give the reader a chilling persepective on the criminal mentality and the social relationships of men in prison. The book is shockingly realistic in its portrayal of men who have committed horrible crimes both before and during their incarceration. I was unable to put this fascinating book down and I highly recommend it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This book is very well written and accurately captures the atmosphere of life in a maximum security prison. It does slightly overdramatize daily life and fails to capture the routine and boredom that affects the inmates, and to a much greater extent the guards. It also gives the reader a glimps of an organization in which fear is the dominating controlling mechanism. The fear experienced by the inmates is obvious, the fear experienced by the staff is only faintly recognized. A good example of staff who are afraid, not of the inmates but of the administration, is seen in the episode where the inmate walks out of the institution unchallenged while posing as the Regional Safety Manager conducting an inspection. He was unchallenged because all of the guards involved knew what the consequences would be for offending an employee who wears the hallowed title of "Administrator". The inmate merely took advantage of the situation. One would hope that the Bureau of Prisons would learn something from this incident but I have seen no evidence of that. On a personal level it shows the danger of allowing fear to rule your actions. Mr. Early also does an excellent job of capturing the way that individuals who are true criminal personalities think. An example is his quote of an inmate who thinks of honest citizens as rabitts and states that God placed rabitts on earth for one reason; food for predators.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The USP prison at Lavenworth in Kansas is one of the Federial Bureau of Prisons Maximum Security prisons. Other jails in the Lavenworth area are Lasing and the USDB at Forth Lavenworth which holds sentenced military persons NCO and officer rank from all 5 stands of the US military who are serving 7 or more years. The USP at Lavenworth holds many maximum security prioners sent to prison by the Feds. Lavenworth is known as the second worse prison in the US after USP Marion ILL. This book tells the story of those who are serving time (alot of time in most cases) in Lavenworth. It tells the stories of some of those who live within its walls. This book is not a defender or an oppressor of the population of Lavenworth just a look at life as most of us (thank God) will never see it. It exposes the cruelties of prison and the belief that who you know inside might be better than what you know. It is sad too sad that so many peoples lives have been ruined. The victims, the prisoners and in some cases the guards. No person in there right mind would want to spend any time in Lavenworth but reading this book may make you think about those who sit on its wings and its death row. Not just in Lavenworth but in Terre Haute, Marion and all the rest. It should also give you an insight into a huge fedral prison. Good work Pete
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Law of the Jungle
A sober and serious account of life in one of America's toughest prisons.
Social conditions notwithstanding, it's a mystery to me why anyone would choose to commit... Read more
Social conditions notwithstanding, it's a mystery to me why anyone would choose to commit... Read more
Published 16 months ago by E. Granter
PRETTY GOOD
THE BOOK IS A BIT TOO LONG AND DRAGS IN PLACES BUT OVERALL INTELLIGENT AND INSIGHTFUL.
IF YOU LIKE READING PRISON BOOKS IT IS PRETTY GOOD - A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES
IF YOU LIKE READING PRISON BOOKS IT IS PRETTY GOOD - A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES
Published on 12 Aug 2007 by A. Girvan
A searing account of hard time in the hot house
A brilliant piece of journalistic writing, this is one of the best books written on life inside the US penal system, coming second only to Jimmy Lerner's 'You Got Nothing Coming'. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2004 by Mr. Warren M. Fisher
Experience Life Inside
Pete Earley steers the reader on a rollercoaster ride of experience and drama inside the second toughest penitentiary in the American prison system. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2001 by R. Fraser
Interesting reading
This is one good read about life inside Leavenworth prison. The (petty) politics of prison life, and the strange charachters who live and work behind bars are fully documented. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 1999
EXCELLENT LOOK AT LIFE INSIDE A PRISON
This is the first book I actually finished in months - maybe even years! It was great, and you will not be able to put it down.
Published on 29 July 1999
A prison documentary worth reading!
Pete Early has done an excellent job of giving you insight into life behind the bars of a maximum security prison. Read more
Published on 6 July 1999
I book was excellent
I read the book for my Correction class in college. I have never read such a great book. It really told what the inmates were thinking
Published on 11 Mar 1999
An excellent account of prison life.
This is an excellent book. I read it because it was recommended by my instructors at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center as I prepared to enter the Federal Bureau of... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 1999
Hard Knock Life
I think that Peter Early really objectifies the harshness of prison life in a maximum security prison. Basically this book is the best one that I have read by Peter. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 1998
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