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A Digital Bibliography of SCI-Graterford

This LibGuide contains resources on the history of SCI-Graterford, incorporating photos, digital resources, books, timelines, archival materials, and more.

From the Archive

Books & Essays

Down in the Chapel

  • Dubler, J. (2013). Down in the chapel : religious life in an American prison (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Life Without Parole

  • Hassine, V. (2009). Life without parole : living in prison today (4th ed.). Oxford University Press, Inc.

A History of the Organizations at Graterford Prison

  • Maldonado, M. (2018). A History of the Organizations at Graterford Prison. [Master’s thesis, California State University Dominguez Hills].

Letters to my Younger Self

  • Thompson, J. (2014). Letters to My Younger Self: An Anthology of Writings by Incarcerated Men at S.C.I. Graterford and a Writing Workbook. Serving House Books.

 

 

 

Film & Television

Prison Dialogues

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Memoirs

PA State Archive

Creative writing contests and anthologies, 1994-2004

  • Creative writing contests and anthologies, 1994-2004; Item 15, Carton 3 (A1604636). State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Miscellaneous Publications and Reports 1928-2018, undated {Series HH-160); RG-015, Department of Justice Collection. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

"What is a Father" Essays on Fatherhood Written by the Men at Graterford, circa 2005

  • "What is a Father" Essays on Fatherhood Written by the Men at Graterford, circa 2005; Item 18, Carton 3 (A1604636). State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Miscellaneous Publications and Reports 1928-2018, undated {Series HH-160); RG-015, Department of Justice Collection. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

Graterford Memoirs, 2014-2018

  • Graterford Memoirs, 2014-2018; Item 22, Carton 3 (A1604636). State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Miscellaneous Publications and Reports 1928-2018, undated {Series HH-160); RG-015, Department of Justice Collection. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

In a Split Second: Gray Panthers of Graterford, circa 2017

  • In a Split Second: Gray Panthers of Graterford, circa 2017; Item 23, Carton 3 (A1604636). State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Miscellaneous Publications and Reports 1928-2018, undated {Series HH-160); RG-015, Department of Justice Collection. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.

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