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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION FROM THE ISSUE EDITORS
(Beyond) Life in Prison
Kevin Walby, Melissa Munn and Justin Piché ..........................................1
ARTICLES
The Million Dollar Man:
Refl ections on Life Sentences by a Canadian Lifer
Yves Réal Côté and Alana Abramson .......................................................7
The Rarity of Prisoner Complaints Arising
from Guard-Administered Violence:
A Tentative Explanation
Mark Stobbe ............................................................................................19
Solitary Confi nement by Another Name Remains Solitary
Charles Diorio ........................................................................................32
Swinging Doors: An Autoethnographic Look at the Challenges
Faced by Previously Incarcerated People in the USA and Australia
Lukas Carey, Adam Grant and Scott Tompkins ......................................38
Evolution of a Life Sentence
James Ruston ..........................................................................................64
What Are the Barriers to the Development
of Convict Criminology in Australia?
Lukas Carey, Andreas Aresti, and Sacha Darke .....................................77
RESPONSE
Imagining a World Beyond the Prison Pandemic
Justin Piché ............................................................................................97
PRISONERS’ STRUGGLES
CSC’s COVID-19 Response:
Inside Canada’s First Federal Penitentiary Outbreak at Mission Medium
Dean Roberts ........................................................................................100
MSOP’s COVID Response was a Disaster
Matthew Feeney ....................................................................................117
BOOK REVIEWS
Escape Artist: Memoir of a Visionary Artist on Death Row
by William A. Noguera
Toronto: Seven Stories Press (2018) 447pp.
Lucas Ridgeway ....................................................................................125
Available Titles and
Call for Book Reviews
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons ...........................................................130
UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUES – CALLS FOR PAPERS
Walls to Bridges
Shoshana Pollack and Christine Mayor ...............................................133
Prison Labour
Jordan House and Kelly Struthers Montford ........................................137
Homelessness and Incarceration
Erin Dej and Dale Spencer ...................................................................140
Emotions and Carceral Spaces
Jennifer Kilty, Rachel Fayter and Justin Piché ....................................143
COVER ART
“Cell in Cell (Green Dreams)” (front cover) and
“There Comes a Time” (back cover)
Steel Door Studios
2020 ......................................................................................................147
