Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison

DIVA graphic exposé of the inhumane treatment of HIV-positive inmates in U.S. prisons/DIVDIVPThe HIV+ men incarcerated in Limestone Prison's Dorm 16 were put there to be forgotten. Not only do Benjamin Fleury-Steiner and Carla Crowder bring these men to life, Fleury-Steiner and Crowder also insist on placing these men in the middle of critical conversations about health policy, mass incarceration, and race. Dense with firsthand accounts,IDying Inside/Iis a nimble, far-ranging and unblinking look at the cruelty inherent in our current penal policies.BR---Lisa Kung, Director, Southern Center for Human Rights/PPThe looming prison health crisis, documented here at its extreme, is a shocking stain on American values and a clear opportunity to rethink our carceral approach to security.BR---Jonathan Simon, University of California, Berkeley/PPIDying Inside/Iis a riveting account of a health crisis in a hidden prison facility.BR---Michael Musheno, San Francisco State University, and coauthor ofIDeployed/I/PPThis fresh and original study should prick all of our consciences about the horrific consequences of the massive carceral state the United States has built over the last three decades.BR---Marie Gottschalk, University of Pennsylvania, and author ofIThe Prison and the Gallows/I/PPAn important, bold, and humanitarian book.BR---Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge/PPFleury-Steiner makes a compelling case that inmate health care in America's prisons and jails has reached the point of catastrophe.BR---Sharon Dolovich, University of California, Los Angeles/PPFleury-Steiner's persuasive argument not only exposes the sins of commission and omission on prison cellblocks, but also does an excellent job of showing how these problems are the natural result of our nation's shortsighted and punitive criminal justice policy.BR---Allen Hornblum, Temple University, and author ofISentenced to Science/I