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02413aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 56E543B2524811EB9908E9352EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210109010009 008 210104s2020 xx a e 000 0aeng d 035 $a (OCoLC)1228736006 040 $a LJW $b eng $c LJW $d SILO 100 1 $a Hutchins, Sue $e author. 245 10 $a Bleak walls bright minds : $b in their own words / $c Sue Hutchins. 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b Independently published, $c 2020. 300 $a 90 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a This book is a collection of writings by people serving a sentence of Life With Out Parole in Iowa's prisons. Each contribution provides insight to the reader of how these 27 people have changed the way they think and what they have accomplished since their conviction. Much attention is being given today to the cost of incarceration, Mass Incarceration, mental health issues in prison, the length of sentences, over-crowing in the prison system and issues of Re-entry when people are released back into society. But rarely, if ever, are you given the opportunity to hear or read the words of men or women who are currently serving a life sentence in Iowa. Rarely, if ever, do you have the opportunity to learn how they think and what they think or feel as they go about their lives inside the walls.This book is not like the movies. It does not glamorize the criminal life style nor does it dramatize the lives of prisoners. It is simply 27 lifers, serving Life With Out the possibility of Parole (LWOP) telling you what they are like and what they have done since being convicted, IN THEIR OWN WORDS. 650 0 $a Criminals $x Rehabilitation $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Self-realization. 650 0 $a Conduct of life. 650 7 $a Conduct of life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00874563 650 7 $a Criminals $x Rehabilitation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00883537 650 7 $a Self-realization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01111892 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117030022.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210113010050.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20210109010451.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=56E543B2524811EB9908E9352EECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search