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  • Torture and Political Imprisonment
    Vol. 19 No. 2 (2010)

    VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2 (2010) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Christine Gervais and Maritza Felices-Luna. The collection features contributions on torture and political imprisonment. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • PEN American Center's Prison Writing Program
    Vol. 19 No. 1 (2010)

    VOLUME 19, NUMBER 1 (2010) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Bell Gale Chevigny. The collection features selected papers from PEN American Center's Prison Writing Program contributors examining the human consequences of and resistance to mass incarceration in the United States. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • General Issue
    Vol. 18 No. 1-2 (2009)

    VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1&2 (2009) is a general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Mike Larsen and Justin Piché. The collection features contributions on various issues, including the role of language in prison, death by incarceration, solitary confinement, the collateral consequences of imprisonment of prisoners' loved ones, and immigration detention. The issue also features a dialogue on the status of prisoner ethnography and carceral tours in academic work. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Abolition and the Universal Carceral
    Vol. 17 No. 2 (2008)

    VOLUME 17, NUMBER 2 (2008) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Mike Larsen dedicated to longtime journal contributor and award-winning writer Victor Hassine. The collection features contributions by current and former prisoners presented at the Twelth International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA 12) held in London, England in July 2008. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Education in Prisons
    Vol. 17 No. 1 (2008)

    VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1 (2008) is a special l issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Justin Piché. The collection features contributions on the role and benefits of educational pursuits in prisons, along with the challenges and constraints faced by prisoners seeking to expand their knowledge from behind bars. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • General Issue
    Vol. 16 No. 2 (2007)

    VOLUME 16, NUMBER 2 (2007) is a general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Bob Gaucher. The collection features contributions on various issues, including the pains of imprisonment, as well as associated medical and mental health issues. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Special Anniversary Issue Black Panther Party 1966-2006
    Vol. 15 No. 2 (2007)

    VOLUME 15, NUMBER 2 | VOLUME 16, NUMBER 1 (2007) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Black Panther Party edited by Ashanti Omowali Alston and Viviane Saleh-Hanna. The collection features contributions on Black liberation, criminalization and political imprisonment in the United States. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Political Prisoners and Detainees
    Vol. 15 No. 1 (2006)

    VOLUME 15, NUMBER 1 (2006) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Howard Davidson and Rashad Shabazz. The collection features contributions on political imprisonment in the context of the 'war on terror'. Click here order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Aging in Prisons
    Vol. 14 No. 2 (2006)

    VOLUME 14, NUMBER 2 (2006) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Susan Nagelsen and Charles Huckelbury. The collection features contributions on aging in prison and its implications for health care, human rights, and dignity. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • The Criminal Justice System - Post-Colonial Nigeria
    Vol. 14 No. 1 (2005)

    VOLUME 14, NUMBER 1 (2005) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Viviane Saleh-Hanna. The collection features contributions on various issues related to criminalization and incarceration in post-colonial Nigeria that were presented during the tenth International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA X) held in Lagos in 2002. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Education in Prisons
    Vol. 13 (2004)

    VOLUME 13 (2004) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Howard Davidson and Jon Marc Taylor. The collection features contributions by current and former prisoners on education in prison. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • General Issue
    Vol. 12 (2003)

    VOLUME 12 (2003) is a general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons dedicated to International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA) founder Ruth Morris, which is edited by Liz Elliott and Jay Jones. The collection features contributions on various issues, including the roll back of human and civil rights in the wake of neo-conservative policies, the relationship between politics and prison, and the expansion of carceral power and the prison industrial complex. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • General Issue
    Vol. 11 (2001)

    VOLUME 11 (2001) is a general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Liz Elliott and Jay Jones. The collection features contributions on various issues, including capital punishment, self-esteem both inside and outside prison walls, and the realities of imprisonment in America. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press. 

  • Prison Writing and Prison Writers, 10th Anniversary Edition
    Vol. 10 No. 1-2 (1999)

    VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1&2 (1999) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons commemorating the 10th anniversary of the publication edited by Bob Gaucher, which is dedicated to past journal contributors Robert Brydon and Jo-Ann Mayhew. The collection features articles that address the contributions of prison writing as a literary genre and the barriers facing prison writers. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press. 

  • General Issue
    Vol. 9 No. 2 (1998)

    VOLUME 9, NUMBER 2 (1998) is a general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Bob Gaucher. The collection features contributions on various issues, including the rise of the punitive victims' rights movement and mass incarceration in the United States. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • General Issue
    Vol. 9 No. 1 (1998)

    VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1 (1998) is a general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Liz Elliott, Stephen Reid and Peter Murphy. The collection features contributions on vairous issue, including life after prison, reflections on the cancellation of university programs in Canadian prisons, as well as pieces that explore prison reforms and conditions in the United States and Japan. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press. 

  • Resistance and Intimidation
    Vol. 8 No. 1-2 (1997)

    VOLUME 8, NUMBER 1&2 (1997) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Bob Gaucher and Curtis Taylor. The contributions examine resistance prisoners engage in, along with the intimidation and reprisals they face for asserting their humanity and rights behind bars. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Loyalist Prisoners of War
    Vol. 7 No. 2 (1997)

    VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2 (1996-1997) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Brian MacLean. The articles are written by Loyalist Prisoners of War in Northern Ireland who reflect on imprisonment in the context of armed conflict. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Republican Prisoners of War
    Vol. 7 No. 1 (1997)

    VOLUME 7, NUMBER 1 (1996-1997) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Micheal Mac Giolla Ghunna. The articles are written by Irish Republican Prisoners of War in Northern Ireland who reflect on various aspects of the cultural struggle that leaves them imprisoned. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Accountability, Duplicity and Industrial Conspiracy
    Vol. 6 No. 2 (1995)

    VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2 (1995) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Bob Gaucher. The collection features articles related to accountability, duplicity and industrial conspirary associated with the rise of mass incarceration in the United States. There is also a contribution on the aftermath of the 1994 incident at the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Women's Prisoners
    Vol. 5 No. 2 (1994)

    VOLUME 5, NUMBER 2 (1994) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Liz Elliott and Gayle Horii. The collection featuring articles written by criminalized women from Canada and other parts of the world that explore imprisonment as a form of patriarchal violence that is gendered and harms them. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • General Issue
    Vol. 5 No. 1 (1993)

    VOLUME 5, NUMBER 1 (1993) is a general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Bob Gaucher. The collection features contributions on various issues, including the death penalty, accountability and parole. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Marionization: Control and Isolation Units
    Vol. 4 No. 2 (1993)

    VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2 (1993) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Lisa Morgan and Little Rock Reed. The collection features contributions on the emergence of control and isolation units, also known as the Marionization of prisons named after USP Marion supermax prison in Illinois. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Education in Prisons
    Vol. 4 No. 1 (1992)

    VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1 (1992) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Howard Davidson. The collection features articles examining post-secondary and other forms of education within prison walls, along with its benefits and the barriers facing imprisoned learners. Printed copies of the full issue are currently unavailable for purchase through the University of Ottawa Press.

  • Capital Punishment and Prison Justice Day
    Vol. 3 No. 1-2 (1991)

    VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1 AND 2 (1991) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Howard Davidson. The collection features articles on capital punishment and living on death row, as well as prison justice day. Click here to order a printed copy of the full issue through the University of Ottawa Press.

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