Cleaver, Eldridge,
Soul on Ice
. Boston: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968.
Particularly useful is his letter of September 19, 1965 in which he talks about the routine boredom in Folsom Prison.
Griswold, H. Jack, Mike Misenheimer, Art Powers and Ed Tramanhauser,
An Eye for an Eye
. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
Readable account, available in paperback. Tromanhauser’s “First day in prison” is a classic.
Melville, Samuel,
Letters From Attica
. New York: William Morrow and Company,1972.
A victim of the Attica riots, this prison’s story and letters are fascinating and tell an important story.
Minton, Robert J., Jr., ed.,
Inside: Prison American Style
. New York: Random House, 1971.
Chapter one, “The Physical World of Prison,” is particularly well-done. Inmates and employees alike give descriptions and reactions.