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The Keepers and the Caged: Heroes and Necromancers in the Prison System Today (Book Review)

Loaded on April 15, 1996 by Michael Spencer published in Prison Legal News April, 1996, page 4
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews. Location: Washington.
by Jean Marie Christenson; Kendall/Hunt Publishing 241 pages. $14.95

The Keepers and the Caged is a compilation of 21 personal interviews conducted by the author with Washington State prisoners, prison administrators, and guards. Without "politically correct" editing, each person interviewed tells their truth about life behind the walls. Invaluable insights, observations, and truth emerge as it becomes intensely clear to the reader the courage it took for those interviewed to speak. Must reading for anyone looking for factual and honest material about life behind bars.

Available for $14.95, shipping incl., from:

Kendall Hunt Publishing
P.O. Box 1840
Dubuque, IA 52004-1840
tel: 1-800-228-0810

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  2. The Keepers and the Caged: Heroes and Necromancers in the Prison System Today (Book Review), by Michael Spencer
  3. Racist Guards at Florida Prison, by Dan Pens
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  6. Not All Prisoner Lawsuits Are Frivolous, by Jon O Newman
  7. Iowa Supreme Court: Hearing Required Before Prisoner Funds Seized
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  10. Washington DOC Enjoined from Taking Blood
  11. Grievance Discipline Struck Down
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  13. Oklahoma Pre-Parole Status Creates Liberty Interest
  14. Exploitation of Ohio Prison Labor, by William Ridenour
  15. Grievance Retaliation Unlawful
  16. Jury Not Waived in "Doubtful Situation"
  17. Peruvian POWs Rescued
  18. Genital Groping States Claim
  19. Michigan ACLU Protests Religious Prison College
  20. Seventh Circuit Decides "Mail Box" Rule
  21. Damn Lies and Statistics
  22. Georgia Prisons Enter Dark Ages
  23. Michigan Consent Decree Not Changed
  24. Arizona's New Tin Horn Dictator, by O'Neil Stough
  25. RFRA Applies to Retaliation Claims
  26. Pelican Bay Psychiatrists Resign in Protest
  27. Jailhouse Lawyers Retain Right to Assist Prisoners
  28. Texas Guard Killed by Riot Shield
  29. No Jurisdiction for Some Qualified Immunity Appeals
  30. Permanent Injunction Issued in Madrid
  31. $460,800 Verdict in Ohio Beating Affirmed
  32. Discrimination Dismissal Reversed
  33. Administrative Reversal of Disciplinary Sanction Doesn't Bar Suit
  34. Fourth Circuit Rules on IFP Statute, Again
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  36. $150,000 Jury Award in Beating Case Affirmed
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