The Covers of Prison Life Stories


Prison Life Stories was a magazine that ran for three issues in 1935.  Edited by the warden of a federal prison, Prison Life Stories featured articles written by actual law enforcement personnel and actual convicts.  J. Edgar Hoover contributed an article to the first issue.  The third issue was written by prisoners.

Here are the three covers of Prison Life Stories:

by Monroe Eisenberg

by Hugh Joseph Ward

by Norman Saunders

2 responses to “The Covers of Prison Life Stories

  1. This would be fascinating to read…I was interested in prison life books when I was growing up, imaging what life in a prison would be like…and it turns out, NOT FUN AT ALL! Talk about scared straight!

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