"Engaging images accompany information about ghosts in prisons. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
"When someone you love goes to jail, you might feel lost, scared, and even mad. What do you do? No matter who your loved one is, this story can help you through the tough times."--from cover, p. [4].
The author's account of his life in San Quentin State Prison in California where he has lived in a small cell on death row for sixteen years because of a murder conviction.
Discusses issues such as the youth offender, women in prison, the new challenge posed by AIDS, the impact of drugs, and alternatives to the present system.
Discusses problems relating to prisons, examines the controversy of whether prisons should rehabilitate or punish, and looks at possible alternatives to the current prison system.