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In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance

By Louisiana State Penitentiary;Rideau , Wilbert

Book information

Publisher
Profile Books Limited;Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN
9780307593740, 9781846684340, 0307593746
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
7 MB (7599243 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
(x, 366 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : il
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Administration of--Louisiana--History--20th centurAdministration of;History;Electronic books;BiograpAfrican American journalists;African American pris

Description

Rideau brings to vivid life the world of the infamous Angola penitentiary and his long struggle for justice, giving his readers a searing expose of the failures of our legal system framed within his own dramatic tale of how he found meaning, purpose, and hope in prison.;Ruination, 1942-1961 -- Tribulation, 1962-1970 -- Solitary, January 1972 -- The jungle, 1973-1975 -- Mentor, 1976 -- Crackdown, 1976 -- Truth behind bars, 1977-1981 -- Disillusion, 1981-1986 -- Soldiering on, 1986-1990 -- Hope, 1990-1994 -- Censorship, 1995-2001 -- Behind enemy lines, 2001-2005 -- Deliverance, 2005 -- Heaven, 2005.

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