- List of Illustrations*
- Preface
- A Note on Method
- Introduction
- 1. Carceral Aesthetics: Penal Space, Time, and Matter
- 2. State Goods: Clandestine Practices and Prison Art Collectives
- 3. Captured by the Frame: Photographic Studies of Prisoners
- 4. Interior Subjects: Portraits by Incarcerated Artists
- 5. Fraught Imaginaries: Collaborative Art in Prison
- 6. Resisting Isolation: Art in Solitary Confinement
- 7. Posing in Prison: Family Photographs, Practices of Belonging, and Carceral Landscapes
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index
- * Illustrations
- Ronnie Goodman, San Quentin Arts in Corrections Art Studio
- James “Yaya” Hough, I Am the Economy
- James “Yaya” Hough, How Big House Products Make Boxer Shorts
- Todd (Hyung-Rae) Tarselli, untitled (chipmunk painting)
- Muhammad al Ansi, untitled (Alan Kurdi)
- Gil Batle, Sanctuary
- Russell Craig, State ID
- Ndume Olatushani, Winds of Change
- Eddie Kates, Chain Gang
- A Southern Chain Gang
- Tameca Cole, Locked in a Dark Calm
- Raymond Towler, Passing Time
- Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Ain’t I a Woman
- Duron Jackson, Rikers Island Jail, NY/li>
- Stephen Tourlentes, Lucasville, Ohio, State Death House
- Maria Gaspar, Wretched and Paramount I (Extreme Landscapes Series; Google study of Cook County Jail in Chicago)
- Sarah Jane Rhee, “Bomba Con Buya,” at Freedom Square, Day 10
- Kenneth Reams, Capitalization
- Daniel McCarthy Clifford, One Ton Ježek from The Leavenworth Project
- Dean Gillispie, First Date
- Dean Gillispie, Spiz’s Dinette
- Dean Gillispie, Spiz’s Diner
- Gilberto Rivera, An Institutional Nightmare
- Jesse Krimes, Apokaluptein 16389067
- Jesse Krimes, Apokaluptein 16389067: II
- Jared Owens, Oculus
- Jared Owens, Ellapsium: master & Helm
- Unidentified man, Arkansas prison identification photo
- Callie Brown, Arkansas prison identification photo
- Sara Bennett, Keila on the Subway, Life After Life in Prison
- Sara Bennett, Tracy, Life After Life in Prison: The Bedroom Project
- Zora J Murff, Jerome at 15
- Deborah Luster, L.C.I.W. St. Gabriel, Louisiana
- Deborah Luster, E.C.P.P.F.
- Chandra McCormick, Young Man
- Dread Scott, Stop
- Calvin Gorham, Self-Portrait
- Michael Moses El, Self-Portrait with Desi
- Edward, Portrait of Doris, DeCarrio, and Family
- Cleveland, Portrait of DeCarrio
- Daniel McCarthy Clifford, Mugs
- George Anthony Morton, Mars
- Letter from James “Yaya” Hough to Russell Craig with a portrait of Craig’s infant daughter
- Titus Kaphar, The Jerome Project (My Loss)
- Jesse Krimes, Purgatory
- Mark Loughney, Pyrrhic Defeat: A Visual Study of Mass Incarceration
- Mark Loughney, Pyrrhic Defeat: A Visual Study of Mass Incarceration (detail)
- Ronnie Goodman, Self-Portrait with Boots
- Ronnie Goodman, portrait session at San Quentin State Prison
- Tyra Patterson, Moon
- Lisette Oblitas, In Your Eyes
- James “Yaya” Hough, Portrait of Yaya
- Russell Craig, Self Portrait
- Russell Craig, Locks
- Women of York, Shared Dining
- Lisette Oblitas, Phyllis Porter Place Setting
- The Reentry Think Tank, Reentry Bill of Rights, Preamble
- Printmaking class at San Quentin State Prison
- DonChristian Jones and Rikers mural students, Staying above the Water
- DonChristian Jones and Rikers mural students, Keep Your Head Up
- Jerome Washington, drawings for Moth and Light
- Ron Cauthern, New Monument for Nashville
- Prison Renaissance, Metropolis
- Billy Sell, Self-Portrait
- Carnell Hunnicutt Sr., Supermax Cell at Northern C.T.
- Aron “Akili” Castlin and Ricky D. Matthews, An Architect’s Dream
- Omar Broadway and Douglas Tirola, An Omar Broadway Film
- Omar Broadway and Douglas Tirola, An Omar Broadway Film
- Moliere Dimanche Jr., untitled drawing on back of prison form
- Moliere Dimanche Jr., Black Jesus
- Moliere Dimanche Jr., Pills and Potion
- Moliere Dimanche Jr., Tango
- Ojore Lutalo, Being Persecuted for Political Thoughts
- Ojore Lutalo, Seeing Is Believing
- Ojore Lutalo, Torture Chamber
- Justin Goh for Tamms Year Ten, I AM A MOM with Brenda
- Laurie Jo Reynolds for Tamms Year Ten, My Picture with Blue Sky (for Roberto)
- Jessica Posner for Photo Requests from Solitary, Sunset over Water (for Geri)
- Frances and De’Andre
- Deana Lawson, Mohawk Correctional Facility
- David Adler, Prisoner Fantasies: Photos from the Inside
- David Adler, Marlo, Prisoner Fantasies: Photos from the Inside
- Sharon, Allen, and Eleanor
- Nicole, Allen, and Sharon
- Allen, Valentine’s Day portrait
- Eric, De’Andre, and Nicole
- Nicole and De’Andre
- Fleetwood daughters
- Winter holiday greeting card
- Eleanor, Allen, Nicole, and Sharon
- Sandy, Eleanor, Allen, Yvonne, Yvette, and Nicole
- Sable Elyse Smith, C.R.E.A.M.
- Sable Elyse Smith, BACKBEND
- Sable Elyse Smith, Avenal
- Sable Elyse Smith, And Here Is a List of Names
- Sable Elyse Smith, The Body Keeps the Score
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