Two new books by American University Criminology Professor Robert Johnson, includ­ing one book of satire and a sec­ond book of short sto­ries co-authored with pris­on­er Victor Hassine and crim­i­nol­o­gist Ania Dobrzanska, address life in prison and on death row in the United States.

Johnson’s first book of satire, ​“Justice Follies,” offers a col­lec­tion of par­o­dies that seek to high­light a host of prob­lems with­in the American prison sys­tem. ​“This book made me laugh out loud. It is out­ra­geous… and the most out­ra­geous thing about it is its ring of truth,” notes Todd Clear, a Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University in New York. (Willo Trees Press, 2005).

​“The Crying Wall,” a work by Johnson, Hassine and Dobrzanska, is a col­lec­tion of short sto­ries that offer read­ers a look inside the work­ings of cor­rec­tion­al facil­i­ties and the real­i­ties of day-to-day liv­ing in prison. The book’s fif­teen fic­tion­al pieces cap­ture the emo­tions of those who are incar­cer­at­ed. (Willo Trees Press, 2005).

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