61. The wrenching details of the prison lives of the women with whom Ginzburg was herded across Russia in a cattle car to the Gulag are examined with poignant intimacy. 62. Theaters are still ringing up receipts for movies about prison life, including Shawshank Redemption and Murder in the First, which depicted grisly conditions at Alcatraz prison. 63. Then there were concerns that the dogs would be dysfunctional from their exposure to prison life, or not up to the task of assisting the blind. 64. There are autobiographical confessions, meditations on death and fate and writing, harsh descriptions of prison life and sudden, dreamy passages of intense lyrical beauty. 65. They all argue that weightlifting provides a useful outlet for inmate aggression and helps to kill the idle time of prison life. 66. They are a ubiquitous feature of prison life, given the potential for conflict over noise and music preferences. 67. This is a story about the cold, harsh realities of prison life, about fear, deprivation and humiliation. 68. Though there are no national statistics on sexual assault in prisons, there is wide agreement that rape is an entrenched part of prison life. 69. Parmet lets the politics of prison life play out simply, highlighting the starkness of the daily routine. 70. Prison life is considered safer than in the United States, murder is non-existent in Israeli jails and rape is rare. |