| Concrete Mama: Prison Profiles from Walla Walla Contributor(s): Hoffman, Ethan (Photographer), McCoy, John A. (Author), Berger, Dan (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0295743980 ISBN-13: 9780295743981 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries |
| Dewey: 365.609 |
| LCCN: 2018010425 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.9" W x 7.9" (1.85 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Washington |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Journalists John McCoy and Ethan Hoffman spent four months inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1978, just as Washington, once a leader in prison reform, abandoned its focus on reform and rehabilitation and returned to cell time and punishment. It was a brutal transition. McCoy and Hoffman roamed the maximum-security compound almost at will, observing and befriending prisoners and guards. The result is a striking depiction of a community in which there was little to do, much to fear, and a culture that both mimicked and scorned the outside world. McCoy's unadorned prose and Hoffman's stunning black-and-white photographs offer as authentic a portrayal of life in the Big House as "outsiders" are ever likely to experience. Originally published in 1981, Concrete Mama revealed a previously unseen stark and complex world of life on the inside, for which it won the Washington State Book Award. Long unavailable yet still relevant, it is revitalized in a second edition with an introduction by scholar Dan Berger that provides historical context for the book's ongoing resonance, along with several previously unpublished photographs. |