Life Sentences Celeste Brookstone has the perfect life. When her daughter, Pilar, takes a job with the Department of Corrections in the Michigan Prison System, she worries for her safety. But she?s glad she?s away from the hell on earth Marcus Brookstone has created within his own home. Pilar Brookstone is an idealist. She thinks she can change things, Make inmates? lives a little better. And never, ever make the mistake her mother made. Chad Wilbanks is a serial killer serving life for taking the lives of eight young women. Is he about to take his ninth? Inevitable Sentences Big Bay Point Lighthouse on Michigan?s Lake Superior is a domestic violence shelter for women and children. Celeste Brookstone, as new owner and director of the safe house, has found a satisfying life mission and a wonderful new man, retired prison warden Max Whitefeather. However, when an inmate comes to settle a score with her, what Celeste is not prepared for is a fight for her sanity.
Essays from six incarcerated men about power, punishment, and redemption
Few observers would say the choice to feature Willie Horton, a black man, as the poster child for harsher punishment during George H.W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign was coincidental. Indeed, on his deathbed, Lee Atwater, ...
How does the Bible summarize this person’s life? What is the key to understanding his or her character? How do I see my own life reflected in the life of this person?Here is the fruit of this study.
This collection of essays and personal stories from the people most impacted by long-term incarceration in Statesville Prison bring light to the crisis of mass incarceration and the human cost of excessive sentencing.
Life Sentences
Drawing on their award-winning reporting for the Louisiana State Penitentiary's uncensored newsmagazine, The Angolite, Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg present the stark reality of life behind bars and the human,...
Life imprisonment has replaced the death penalty as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide.
Daisy Hubbard, a genetic researcher in a prestigious Boston lab, is driven to find a cure for the rare genetic disease that claimed the life of her younger brother.
What have "lifers" learned about life—from having taken a life? Photographer Howard Zehr has interviewed and made portraits of men and women in Pennsylvania prisons who are serving life sentences without possibility of parole.
"Study of over sixty homicide offenders who served long sentences before being released"--Foreword.