Bibliograph

Still doing life, 22 lifers, 25 years later, Howard Zehr and Barb Toews

Type

Label

Still doing life, 22 lifers, 25 years later, Howard Zehr and Barb Toews

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-190)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Still doing life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1261362450

Responsibility statement

Howard Zehr and Barb Toews

Sub title

22 lifers, 25 years later

Summary

In 1996, Howard Zehr, a restorative justice activist and photographer, published Doing Life, a book of photo portraits of individuals serving life sentences without the possibility of parole in Pennsylvania prisons. Twenty-five years later, Zehr revisited many of the same individuals and photographed them in the same poses. In Still Doing Life, Zehr and co-author Barb Toews present the two photos of each individual side by side, along with interviews conducted at the two different photo sessions, creating a moving tableau of people who, for the past quarter century, have been trying to live meaningful lives while facing the likelihood that they will never be free

Table Of Contents

Kimberly Joynes, "You have come to a point where you believe goodness feels better than the pain you have endured" -- Charles Diggs "Hope, the echo in my brain, keeps me stimulated" -- Craig Datesman, "Meeting with the victim's family was the best thing" -- Marilyn Dobrolenski, "Getting through one day at a time" -- Commer Glass, "This is our community, but it's not our home" -- Brian Wallace, "I always believed I was getting out, I just didn't know when" -- Marie Scott, "You aren't the only one being punished, your family is too" -- Ricardo Mercado, "People care, you just have to cross paths with them" -- Betty Heron, "I've always felt like a tightrope walker" -- Bruce Norris, "I've learned that no matter where you are, you always have to give back" -- Yvonne Cloud, "I took a life, now I try to save lives" -- Joseph Miller, "I pray every day for the victim and his family" -- Aaron Fox, "You have to have a dream in life" -- Diane Weaver, "I'm running out of things to do" -- Bruce Bainbridge, "I struggle with keeping my humanity" -- Hugh Williams, "Everything we do has a purpose" -- Harry Twiggs, "We can draw from the first life and see our mistakes" -- Gaye Morley, "Seeking that inner peace" -- Kevin Mines, "It's part of my spirit to help people" -- James Taylor, "I was in a prison of my own mind" -- Cyd Berger, "If you let your crime define you, you will never see your potential" -- John Frederick Nole, "The meaning of life is to try to live it to its fullest, regardless of where you're at", "This is like the first fruit that I've ever had, and it's quite delicious" -- Life sentences : trauma, race, and restorative justice / by Barb Toews

Target audience

adult

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22 lifers, 25 years later

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