{"product_id":"caged-a-teachers-journey-through-rikers-or-how-i-beheaded-the-minotaur-hardback-9781531502515","title":"Caged; A Teacher's Journey Through Rikers, or How I Beheaded the Minotaur (Hardback) 9781531502515","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCaged\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Teacher's Journey Through Rikers, or How I Beheaded the Minotaur\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrandon Dean Lamson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531502515\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 March 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.444 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn honest and gripping memoir of one man's life-altering experience teaching at Rikers Island.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Brandon Dean Lamson first accepted the teaching position at Horizon Academy, a court-mandated academic program for eighteen- to twenty-year-old prisoners at Rikers Island, even he had to question his own motivation. Why was he risking his life every day at a prison notorious for being one of the most dangerous places to work? Was it his small way of making amends for the blatant and pervasive racism he witnessed every day growing up in his small Southern town? Or was it to prove he wasn't afraid to go where his own father, a prominent District Court judge, had sent both the innocent and guilty alike? In \u003ci\u003eCaged\u003c\/i\u003e, Lamson provides an intimate view of his transformative experience teaching inmate students on Rikers Island.\u003cbr\u003e Rikers Island resonates as a place of horrific violence and inescapable punishment, one of the last places in America that truly invoke overwhelming, universal fear. Set in the late 1990s—a time when the city was rapidly changing into an increasingly corporatized and policed space—\u003ci\u003eCaged \u003c\/i\u003eexposes a criminal justice system designed to thwart efforts to rehabilitate and educate the incarcerated. Lamson's first-hand account illustrates how penitentiaries too often use prison education as another means of control.\u003cbr\u003e Written in a gripping, confessional narrative, \u003ci\u003eCaged \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the consequential impact of Lamson's move to New York City, his childhood experiences with racial justice, and his journey working in four prisons over the course of three years. Lamson provides glimpses into his own self-destructive behavior as parallels emerge between his life on Rikers and his personal life, his white privilege, and how his behavior progressively entraps him in ways that resonate with the challenges faced by his students. The book intimately captures how incarceration changes both prisoner and educator alike as Lamson struggles to integrate into life outside prison after his departure from Horizon Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Falling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Weapons Board   3\u003cbr\u003e Killer Inside   5\u003cbr\u003e Island Bound   12\u003cbr\u003e Brujo   18\u003cbr\u003e Horizon   21\u003cbr\u003e Queen of Cups   24\u003cbr\u003e Stray Cats   27\u003cbr\u003e Burning   30\u003cbr\u003e Antigone   34\u003cbr\u003e Hellfire Club   38\u003cbr\u003e The Seagull   41\u003cbr\u003e Apollo Kids   44\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: The Labyrinth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Minotaur   49\u003cbr\u003e The Sweet Science   51\u003cbr\u003e Demon Weed   54\u003cbr\u003e Windows   63\u003cbr\u003e Maximum   66\u003cbr\u003e Solitary   71\u003cbr\u003e Red, White, and Blue   75\u003cbr\u003e Native Son   79\u003cbr\u003e Knockdown   82\u003cbr\u003e Mistress Evil   84\u003cbr\u003e Paris and Birdlegs   88\u003cbr\u003e The Duck Game   92\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Submerged\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Devil Mountain   97\u003cbr\u003e Island Holidays   103\u003cbr\u003e Redpath   109\u003cbr\u003e The Cove   112\u003cbr\u003e Pink Leaves   118\u003cbr\u003e Strong and White   121\u003cbr\u003e Yard Blues   124\u003cbr\u003e Lost Dalí   127\u003cbr\u003e Hoops   132\u003cbr\u003e The Voice   137\u003cbr\u003e Do-Over   142\u003cbr\u003e Atlantis   145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEpilogue \u003c\/i\u003e  151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  155\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Empire State Editions","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619263967512,"sku":"9781531502515","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/caged-a-teachers-journey-through-rikers-or-how-i-beheaded-the-minotaur-hardback-9781531502515","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}