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Last chance in Texas

365.42 HUBNER

John Hubner

Looking at how we treat violent young offenders, a study goes inside Texas's Giddings State School to detail their remarkably effective treatment program for young offenders, following a boy and girl through the group sessions in which they relive their crimes and the abuse they suffered and assesses the influence of the unconventional therapy on their recovery.

Blue Rage, Black Redemption

B WILLIAMS, S. T.

Stanley Tookie Williams

When his L.A. neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips, but what began as protection became worse than the original gangs. As a result he was arrested often, though always released because the charges did not stick. But in 1981, Tookie was convicted of murdering four people and was sent to death row at San Quentin in Marin County, California.

East Side Dreams

364.106 RODRIGUEZ

Art Rodriguez

As you read East Side Dreams you will experience with Art Rodriguez the difficult time he had growing up, and part of this was dealing with his father. This book will make your emotions run high. You will laugh, cry, and laugh again.

The Green Mile

FIC KING, S.

Stephen King

A giant of a man with the mind of a child, awaits his turn to walk the "green mile" to Cold Mountain Penitentiary's electric chair for a violent and depraved crime. Guard Paul Edgecombe has seen just about everything, but is about to be challenged by the terrible, wondrous truth of this man.

Hole in My Life

B GANTOS, J.

Jack Gantos

Gantos was an aspiring writer who needed money and adventure. He got more than he bargained for when he was arrested for smuggling hash on a 60-foot yacht. Here he pieces together how he became, and overcame, the odds of a successful life.

Hurricane : the miraculous journey of Rubin Carter

364.1523 HIRSCH

James S. Hirsch

Recounts the harrowing, inspiring odyssey of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a black boxer wrongly convicted of three murders, from fierce despair to freedom and enlightenment.

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	Last chance in Texas		365.42 HUBNER
		John Hubner
		Looking at how we treat violent young offenders, a study goes inside Texas's Giddings State School to detail their remarkably effective treatment program for young offenders, following a boy and girl through the group sessions in which they relive their crimes and the abuse they suffered and assesses the influence of the unconventional therapy on their recovery.


	Blue Rage, Black Redemption		B WILLIAMS, S. T.
		Stanley Tookie Williams
		When his L.A. neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips, but what began as protection became worse than the original gangs. As a result he was arrested often, though always released because the charges did not stick. But in 1981, Tookie was convicted of murdering four people and was sent to death row at San Quentin in Marin County, California.


	East Side Dreams		364.106 RODRIGUEZ
		Art Rodriguez
		As you read East Side Dreams you will experience with Art Rodriguez the difficult time he had growing up, and part of this was dealing with his father. This book will make your emotions run high. You will laugh, cry, and laugh again.


	The Green Mile		FIC KING, S.
		Stephen King
		A giant of a man with the mind of a child, awaits his turn to walk the "green mile" to Cold Mountain Penitentiary's electric chair for a violent and depraved crime. Guard Paul Edgecombe has seen just about everything, but is about to be challenged by the terrible, wondrous truth of this man.


	Hole in My Life		B GANTOS, J.
		Jack Gantos
		Gantos was an aspiring writer who needed money and adventure. He got more than he bargained for when he was arrested for smuggling hash on a 60-foot yacht. Here he pieces together how he became, and overcame, the odds of a successful life.


	Hurricane : the miraculous journey of Rubin Carter		364.1523 HIRSCH
		James S. Hirsch
		Recounts the harrowing, inspiring odyssey of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a black boxer wrongly convicted of three murders, from fierce despair to freedom and enlightenment.