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
Biography
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.
