Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars
During the past two centuries a vibrant prison press has chronicled life behind bars in American prisons, championed inmate causes, and challenged those in authority who sought to silence it. At its apex, several hundred periodicals were published by and for inmates. Unlike their peers who passed their sentences stamping out license plates, these convicts spent their days like reporters in any community-looking for the story. Yet their own story, the lengthy history of their unique brand of...
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This is a paperbound reprint of a 1998 book (McFarland), with a new introduction by the author. Morris—a historian, author, and high school teacher—presents a history of newspapers printed behind bars in America from 1800 to the present. He examines the stories and the people behind penal newspapers at Sing Sing, San Quentin, and other famous prisons; and he discusses some larger issues, such as the chronicling of wrongful imprisonment, censorship, and the decline of the prison press in recent years. Appended are a list of American Penal Press contest winners from 1965 to 1990 and a list of prison publications by state including dates of publication. Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews Morris provides a history of newspapers printed behind bars in America from 1800 to the present. In what he believes to be only the second book ever published on the subject, the author examines the stories and the people behind a number of penal newspapers, such as those at Sing Sing, San Quentin, and other famous prisons. He also discusses some larger issues, such as the chronicling of wrongful imprisonment, censorship, and the decline of the prison press in recent years. Appends a listing of American Penal Press contest winners from 1965 to 1990 and a list of prison publications by state including dates of publication. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Introduction to the Transaction EditionPreface1Introduction: Putting Down Doing Time51Forlorn Hope192When Luceppa Bared Her Bosom313The Summary374The Reformists' Newspapers475The Prison Mirror556The Mentor657The Subterranean Brotherhood738Federal Scribes819Can Opener, New Era, and the Wobblies9110The Rose Man of Sing Sing9911Harelike Growth11112Chronicling Wrongful Imprisonment11913Der Ruf12714Leaves from a Lifer's Notebook13315Yoke of Censorship14716Bayou Style15717Fighting Back16918The First Amendment and the Prison Press17919Prison Journalism Writes "-30-"187Epilogue195App. IAmerican Penal Press Contest Winners 1965-1990197App. IIPrison Publications by State209Notes223Bibliography239Index245
\ From the Publisher"The most current and comprehensive book available on correctional journalism ... a great study of freedom, confinement, communication and several nearly forgotten aspects of penal history." —Corrections Today "An impressively researched history of a vital, neglected aspect of prison culture." —Punishment & Society "Morris piece[s] together the rich and turbulent history of penal journalism...reaches beyond the publications to the fascinating lives of inmate journalists... belongs in the permanent collection of anyone interested in prisons or journalism." —The Angolite\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsMorris provides a history of newspapers printed behind bars in America from 1800 to the present. In what he believes to be only the second book ever published on the subject, the author examines the stories and the people behind a number of penal newspapers, such as those at Sing Sing, San Quentin, and other famous prisons. He also discusses some larger issues, such as the chronicling of wrongful imprisonment, censorship, and the decline of the prison press in recent years. Appends a listing of American Penal Press contest winners from 1965 to 1990 and a list of prison publications by state including dates of publication. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
