Prison Recipes and Prison Cookbooks

Prison Recipes and Prison Cookbooks provides an innovative exploration of U.S.-based prison cookbooks using a narrative criminological approach.

A.E. Stearns is an assistant professor of criminology at Coastal Carolina University where she teaches sociology, criminology, gender, hate crimes, and social problems. She publishes and presents on prison foodways, peer support and hope among jailed women, and experiences of social isolation in populations incarcerated long-term. Her mission is to facilitate the public's empathy for and understanding of incarcerated individuals. She has volunteered in jails and prisons across the south. Stearns serves on a community board that amplifies incarcerated voices and she teaches a college course inside the local jail.

Introduction Chapter 1 PB&J is the New Gruel Chapter 2 America's Human Recycling Centers Chapter 3 Jailhouse Martha Stewart Chapter 4 The System Tries to Kill You in Many Ways Chapter 5 A Little Closer to Your World of Understanding Conclusion: I Can't Go Back Appendix A: Methodology Appendix B: Table of Cookbooks