Offering important insights into these daily goings-on, Orange-Collar Labor accessibly communicates to readers the complicated process pitting the legitimate commissary with the illegitimate negotiations prisoners use to access these essential resources. A great read.
Michael Gibson-Light is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Denver. He specializes in the study of punishment, work, and culture. Through ethnographic observations, interviews, and historical and archival analysis, he seeks to better understand the often-obscured lives and labors of the imprisoned.