Behind Bars: Latino/as and Prison in the United States Book

Introduction: "Viviendo en el olvido...": Behind Bars-Latino/as and Prison in the United States Suzanne Oboler 1

Part I The Issues 15

1 Latino/as and U.S. Prisons: Trends and Challenges José Luis Morin 17

2 Pursuant to Deportation: Latinos and Immigrant Detention David Manuel Hernández 39

3 "Nuestras vidas corren casi paralelas": Chicanos, Independentistas, and the Prison Rebellions in Leavenworth, 1969-72 Alan Eladio Gómez 67

4 The Racial Politics of Youth Crime Victor M. Rios 97

5 Caught in the Net: Language and Cultural Resistance among Latina Adolescents in Juvenile Detention Laurie Schaffner 113

6 Lost Votes, Lost Bodies, Lost Jobs: The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Latino Civic Engagement Juan Cartagena 133

Part II The Lived Experience 149

7 Checkpoint in Montebello: Inciting Riots, Up Against the Wall, and Earning the Right to be on the Street with Signs that Say "Retén" Mercedes Victoria Castillo 151

8 The Interpreter as a Bridge: Language Issues in Chicago's Cook County Jail Laura E. Garcia 155

9 Interpreting After the Largest ICE Raid in U.S. History: A Personal Account Erik Camayd-Freixas 159

10 Waste Is a Terrible Thing to Mind Dicxon Valderruten 175

11 Closing The Gap: Mentoring Latina Students to Reach Out to Incarcerated Latinas Marcia Esparza 181

Part III The Art of Resistance 187

12 Latino Visual Culture Behind Bars: Artistic Inspiration and Redemption Within the Bowels of Despair Víctor Alejandro Sorell 189

13 "Troubadour of Justice": An Interview With raúlrsalinas Alan Eladio Gómez 213

14 Peltier 1 / Peltier 2 raúlrsalinas223

15 "Estoy como cuero de jicotea, que ni las balas me pasan": An Interview with Rafael Cancel Miranda Gabriel Torres-Rivera 227

16 La alegría de tener vergüenza Rafael Cancel Miranda 235

Part IV The Way Forward 237

17 Chicana(o)/Latina(o) Prisoners: Ethical and Methodological Considerations, Collaborative Research Methods, and Case Studies Juanita Díaz-Cotto 239

18 Toward a Pinta/o Human Rights? New and Old Strategies for Chicana/o Prisoner Research and Activism B. V. Olguín 261

Contributors 281

Index 285