An evaluation of prison reform strategies conducted by Latina and Latino prisoners between 1970 and 1987 in the Green Haven and Bedford Hills Correctional Facilities. Dfaz-Cotto (sociology, women's studies, and Latin American and Caribbean studies, State U. of New York, Binghamton) compiles primary and secondary source research including interviews with prisoners, attorneys, and community activists in her consideration of gender and ethnicity within the American penal system. Includes a discussion of the Attica Prison rebellion, and appendices of criminal justice statistics, court cases, the Folsom Prisoner Manifesto, and Attica Prisoner Demands. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.