Summary: Michael Peterson was 19 years old in 1974. Reckless, and hoping to make a name for himself, he picked up a homemade sawed-off shotgun and set off to rob a post office. Caught and arrested soon after, he was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison. Ultimately, Peterson ended up behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which were spent in solitary confinement. While incarcerated, his alter ego,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BROSummary: Vienna, 1938: Austria is occupied by the Nazis. Dr. Josef Bartok is preparing to flee to America with his wife Anna when he is arrested by the Gestapo. As a former notary to the deposed Austrian aristocracy, he is told to help the local Gestapo leader gain access to their private bank accounts to fund the Nazi regime. Refusing to cooperate, Bartok is locked in solitary confinement. Just as his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHEWoodfox, Albert
Summary: Nearly forty years in solitary confinement in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell for 23 hours a day for a crime he did not commit, Albert Woodfox survived and emerged with his humanity and sense of hope for the future intact.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WOODFOX, ALBERT WOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WOODFOX WOOShook, Sarah.
Contents: Keep the home fires burnin' -- The nail -- Heal me -- Sidelong -- No name -- Dwight Yoakam -- Misery without company -- Solitary confinement -- Nothin' feels right but doin' wrong -- Fuck up -- Make it up to Mama -- Road that leads to you.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloodshot Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY SHOSummary: Prisons have become incubators for hate, where ethnic and white supremacist enclaves vie for control through violence and coercion directed along color lines. In part one of this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel talks with prisoners doomed to solitary confinement due to their gang affiliations. They discuss the dangers that drove them to join-and that keep them looking over their shoulders...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The effects of sensory deprivation are still poorly understood. In this program, six volunteers undergo a 48-hour study of near-total isolation, conducted inside a former fallout shelter. Led by clinical psychologist Dr. Ian Robbins, the experiment has a twofold focus: observation of the subjects during their seclusion-which is enhanced by arm cuffs, heavily filtered goggles, and static-filled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Smith, Alexander Gordon
Summary: Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, fourteen-year-old Alex Sawyer thinks that he has escaped the hellish Furnace Penitentiary, but instead he winds up in solitary confinement, where new horrors await him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2010
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Summary: A collection of letters by a federal prisoner provides a candid look at life in prison, revealing his background, politics, and views on parole, rehabilitation, and capital punishment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1991
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Hellraiser (Sirens) -- Man of the shadows (Valentinos) -- Stranger in the house (Paybacks) -- Honey do (Avatars) -- Conquest for Pabst (Bill Bondsmen) -- Fear the future (Amino Acids) -- Solitary confinement (Easy Action) -- Soul city rocker (Whiskey Diaries) -- Get that luv outta here (Troy Gregory, Stepsisters) -- Too sweet (Space Heaters) -- Thieves (Beggers) -- Damaged goods (Frustrations)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carbon 14 2005
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Summary: Explores the nature of midlife eating disorders, looking at why they develop, how their unique challenges set them apart from those that occur earlier in life, and the path to recovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8526 BULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind BulikAnderson, Sarah
Summary: "The Lost Art of Silence encourages us to embrace this pursuit and allow the warm light of silence to glow. Invoking the wisdom of many of the greatest writers, thinkers, contemplatives, historians, musicians, and artists, Sarah Anderson reveals the sublime nature of quiet that's all too often undervalued. Throughout, she shares her own penetrating insights into the potential for silence to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2023
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Summary: Imprisoned in solitary confinement after being arrested by the Burmese secret police, Teza, an activist who used his music to protest the repressive dictatorship, is unaware that his life has a profound influence on those around him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONSheff, David
Summary: "The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who became one of America's most respected Buddhist practitioners during his two decades in solitary confinement in San Quentin"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MASTERS, JARVIS JAY SHECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B MASTERS SHEJeffs, Rachel
Summary: The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS Church describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men and discusses how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017