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The Hot House: Life inside Leavenworth Prison (Mass Market Paperback)

by Pete Earley (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam USA; Reprint edition (31 Aug 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553560239
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553560237
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 181,244 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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. Reprint.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Harrowing & scary true account of life in a Federal prison, 16 May 1999
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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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Do'in Time In Lavenworth , 30 Jun 2006
By Laura Daly (Dublin) - See all my reviews
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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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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A searing account of hard time in the hot house, 13 Dec 2004
By Mr. Warren M. Fisher (East Grinstead, West Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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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'. Stark, bleak and compelling as befits the subject, Earley's masterstroke is to maintain a objective morally ambivalent attitude whether relating the tales of the dangerous convicts or hardened guards.

A searing account of hard men doing hard time in the hot house.

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4.0 out of 5 stars PRETTY GOOD

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