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• Men behind bars : sexual exploitation in prison
  This is an in-depth study of exploitative and consensual sex between men in prison, drawing on qualitative interviews with men in a medium-security correctional facility in California. It covers themes such as the prison setting, prison policy and staff attitudes towards homosexuality. Wayne Wooden, a sociologist, was based for several years at Cal Poly Pomona. He has also worked on aging and was an active member of the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Gerontology. First published by New York’s Plenum Press in 1982, ‘Men Behind Bars’ was then published by Da Capo in 1983 – this is the paperback edition of the following year.
• Sex behind bars: a novella, short stories and true accounts
  This Gay Sunshine Press collection is a mix of fictional and non-fictional accounts of the (sexual) experiences of imprisoned gay men. Author Robert N. Boyd, who was a prisoner in Nevada, hoped the book would provide “a true perspective” and believed that this combination of fact and fiction, with some blurring between the two, was the most appropriate method of portraying that truth. Some of the stories and articles had previously been published in magazines such as soft-core pornography lifestyle titles ‘Mandate’ and ‘In Touch’, while others – such as the novella ‘No One Ever Wins’ - are new to this collection. On publication, ‘Sex Behind Bars’ was often advertised as erotica. Although Boyd agreed in an interview that it would be good if the book proved informative, his main aim was to entertain his readers rather than advocate for prison reform.