PRISON DAYS AND NIGHTS

by Victor Nelson ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 3, 1933

The success of 20,000 YEARS IN SING SING seems to have inspired at least two publishers to issue books telling of prison life on the other side of the bars. There is this book, and -- later in the Spring -- a Macmillan publication (BEHIND THESE WALLS), which will be reported on later. This is not a sensational or emotional account, but a thoughtful analysis of the daily routine and the problems it creates, problems of sex, of drugs, of discipline. Amazingly objective, considering the fact that the author has been a prisoner for twelve years of his life, and is now out on parole. He makes no plea for sympathy and has no illusions about the type of prisoners any more than he has about the type of officials, the politics played in and about the prisons, the attitude of the prisoner towards justice, reform, prison life and his own future. Extremely well-written and provocative. For the customer who read Warden Lawes' book, as well as for anyone interested in sociology, prison reform and so forth.

Pub Date: March 3, 1933

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1933

Categories: NONFICTION