Gender, Ethnicity, and the State

Juanita Diaz-Cotto is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Women's Studies, and Latin American Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton. She is also the editor (under the pseudonym of Juanita Ramos) of Companeras: Latina Lesbians (An Anthology).

"This study is unique in its attention to the interaction of gender and ethnicity in prisoner organizing and prison management. Based largely on interviews with Puerto Rican ex-inmates and with corrections personnel, this book is a straightforward, critical analysis of the history and basis of discriminatory treatment of Hispanic prisoners in the New York State penal system. Latinas, a relatively small inmate population, received much less third-party support and benefited less from policy divisions among corrections officials and political elites." — Austin Turk, University of California, Riverside

• List of Tables Acknowledgments Preface 1. Introduction Part I. Challenging Custodial Hegemony 2. Litigation, Rebellions, Reprisals, and Reforms 3. The Attica Prison Rebellion and the Latina(o) Community Inside and Outside the Walls Part II. Latino Prisoners: Green Haven Correctional Facility 4. Latino Prisoners and the Institutional Context for Reforms 5. Latino Prisoner Participation in Informal Groups and Networks 6. Political Underground Prisoner Groups and Coalitions 7. Latino Prisoner Groups, Penal Personnel, and Third Parties 8. Latino Prisoners Regroup, DOCS Reevaluates Part III. Latina Prisoners: Bedford Hills Correctional Facility 9. Latina Prisoners and the Institutional Context 10. Latina Participation in Informal Groups and Networks and the Formation of Formal Prisoner Groups 11. Litigation, Third Party Support, and Prisoner Politicization 12. Liberalization: The Other Side of Security, Bedford Hills 1982-1987 13. Conclusion: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Appendix A: Latinas(os) and Criminal Justice Statistics Appendix B: Tables Appendix C: Relevant Court Cases Appendix D: The Folsom Prisoners' Manifesto of Demands and Anti-Oppression Platform Appendix E: Observers' Proposals (Based on the Attica Prisoners' Demands) Appendix F: Latino Prisoner Organizations About the Author Index