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Newjack: A Year as a Prison Guard in New York´s Most Infamous Maximum Security Jail
Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Description for Newjack: A Year as a Prison Guard in New York´s Most Infamous Maximum Security Jail
Paperback. Takes the reader as close as possible to experience life in Sing Sing, one of America's most notorious high security jails. This title offers an account of how the gruelling world of the prison system brutalizes all who enter it - prison guards and prisoners alike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
After he was denied access to report on Sing Sing, one of America's most notorious high security jails, journalist Ted Conover applied to become a prison guard. As a rookie officer, or 'newjack', Conover spent a year in the unpredictable, intimidating and often violent world of America's penal system.
Unarmed and outnumbered, prison officers at one of America's toughest maximum security jails supervise 1,800 inmates, most of whom have been convicted of violent felonies: murder, manslaughter, rape. Prisoners conceal makeshift weapons to settle gang rivalries or old grudges, and officers are often attacked or caught in the crossfire. When ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091940959
SKU
V9780091940959
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Simon & Schuster Ltd
Ted Conover is a writer best known for his participatory investigations: riding the rails with tramps, traveling with the Mexican undocumented, and working at Sing Sing prison. Two of his previous books, Whiteout and Coyotes, were named Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, ... Read more
Reviews for Newjack: A Year as a Prison Guard in New York´s Most Infamous Maximum Security Jail
Newjack is about as good as it gets - by turns gripping, funny, frightening and sad
The Washington Post
[A] mind-blowing example of journalism at its most authentic, Conover discovers that prison can bring out the animal in any man
Entertainment Weekly
Conover is to be commended for having the chops to venture where few others ... Read more
The Washington Post
[A] mind-blowing example of journalism at its most authentic, Conover discovers that prison can bring out the animal in any man
Entertainment Weekly
Conover is to be commended for having the chops to venture where few others ... Read more