The Ceiling of America: An Inside Look at the U.S. Prison Industry. (book reviews)

Nation, The, April, 1998 by Parenti, Chrisian

Prison is like a foreign country: It's far away, self-contained, operates by its I own rules and is largely ignored by the mainstream U.S. news media. True, occasionally someone writes an excellent investigative expose, but even activists are hampered by a dearth of reliable information about what really goes on in "the big house." Among the crime-spooked general population, misconception and indifference are the norm.

Most of what we know about prison comes from the flat and flimsy press releases of mendacious prison officials, via lazy and ill-informed journalists. But ...