identificatory figure (see also prisoner-hero), 116

ideological underpinnings (of prison narratives), 1–3, 10, 148, 230, 243

philanthropic discourse, 2, 39, 112

conservative discourse, 2, 9, 112, 115, 116

ideology, 2, 9, 129, 200

Ignatieff, Michael, 16, 29

Imagining the Penitentiary (John Bender), 13n8

“The Inside Story” (Jeanette Turner Hospital), 245n2

inmate interiority, 122, 123, 125–129

innocent vs. guilty inmates, 2, 3, 101, 110, 111, 116, 130, 161, 234

In the Belly of the Beast (Jack Henry Abbott), 245n2

“An Inquiry into the Effects of Public Punishments Upon Criminals and Upon Society” (Benjamin Rush), 23

Internet Movie data base, 6

Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov), 246n3

It Is Never Too Late to Mend (Charles Reade), 12n4

Jackson, Freda, 93

Jackson Prison, 24

Jacobi, Derek, 45

Jahn, Manfred, 102n8

jails, 15, 16, 19

Jarvis, Brian, 112, 142, 149, 168

Jenkins, Steve, 220

Johnston, James A., 36n9

Karlin, Miriam, 164n17

Kavanagh, James H., 2

Kemp, Philip, 217, 221

Kermode, Mark, 165n21, 173, 176, 177, 224n3, 224n4

“The Killer: A Story” (Norman Mailer), 245n2

King’s Bench, 16

Kinney, Terry, 159

Kotto, Yaphet, 117

Kristeva, Julia (see also the ‘abject’), 150, 153, 156

Landau, David, 146

LaRue, Jack, 146

Lauterbach, Frank, 231

Leavenworth Prison, 25, 180, 224n6

in prison narratives, 8, 115, 120, 158, 181, 184–186, 187, 189

Lejeune, Philippe (see also pacte autobiographique), 7

Levinson, Barry, 134

Lewis, Mitchell, 69

Lewis, Randolph, 117, 209, 213

Little Dorrit. Part I: Nobody’s Fault (dir. Christine Edzard), 12n1, 45–49, 52–55, 63, 64

Little Dorrit. Part II: Little Dorrit’s Story (dir. Christine Edzard), 12n1, 45–49, 52–55, 63, 64

Live from Death Row (Mumia Abu-Jamal), 245n2

Lloyd, Tom, 65, 72, 106n29

LoBrutto, Vincent, 164n16

local prison, 19, 20

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (Alan Sillitoe), 8, 12n1, 112, 113, 120, 122, 123, 194–200, 202–204, 222

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (dir. Tony Richardson), 12n1, 110, 123–125, 130, 163n7, 200–202, 204–208, 222, 239

Luckett, Moya, 137