Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Breaking the mold of traditional crime thrillers, Shoot First Die Last is a laser fast paced, multi-faceted, page turner that molds current events with crushing realism in a book written by a retired criminal investigator who remains on a prison gang murder hit list today. No one inside or outside prison walls is safe from violent prison gangs. This story was inspired by actual events that took place in the State of Colorado. Murder, mayhem and retribution...

"What if social transformation and liberation isn't about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle." -- page [4] of cover.

"The United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world's incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichés-paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time-there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don't actually know why we punish. Ben Austen's powerful exploration offers a behind-the-scenes look at the process of parole. Told through the portraits of two men imprisoned for murder, and...

In a candid and vivid memoir of teenage rebellion and self-discovery, a young woman tells her story as an out of control fifteen-year-old girl whose father has her committed her to a controversial psychiatric treatment facility that became her salvation.

"...reveals the world of incarceration of America's young girls in detention. A rare, multi-dimensional look at these girls' vulnerable lives, ... speaks to the unique issues they face with ... essays, ... images, and the life stories shared by girls in custody"--Back cover.

"This series is inspired by the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series, which explores important issues, placing expert opinions from a wide range of sources in a unique pro/con format. Like its predecessor, Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. Even more user-friendly and accessible than its parent series, it offers a wealth of information at a lower reading level, in a bright, engaging...