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The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison

by Pete Earley · 1992 · 475 pages

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An account of life in Leavenworth Prison, based on interviews with inmates and others, describes the lives of a sexual predator, a gang member in for forty-two years, a sociopath in ""no human contact"" status, and others.

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Subject
true crimesociologybiographypoliticssocial science
Genre
crime
Themes
survival
Setting
kansasprisonUSA
Audience
adult
Length
long · 475 pages

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