Life Sentences: Rage and Survival Behind Bars

Life Sentences: Rage and Survival Behind Bars
ISBN-10
0812920481
ISBN-13
9780812920482
Series
Life Sentences
Pages
342
Language
English
Published
1992
Publisher
Times Books
Authors
Wilbert Rideau, Ron Wikberg

Description

Drawing on their award-winning reporting for the Louisiana State Penitentiary's uncensored newsmagazine, The Angolite, Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg present the stark reality of life behind bars and the human, political, and fiscal costs of our long-running war on crime.

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