The Case for Penal Abolition Edited by W. Gordon West and Ruth Morris, Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press (2000), 362 pp.

Charles Huckelbury is a regular contributor to the JPP and a newly appointed member of the editorial board. He was recently awarded a 2002 PEN Prison Writing Award for first prize in fiction. He can be contacted at New Hampshire State Penitentiary, P.O. Box 14, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, U.S.A.