Newjack
Guarding Sing Sing
Conover, Ted
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BOOK SUMMARY
Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system.
When Conovers request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decid
BOOK REVIEWS
An amazing book. The stories are spellbinding and the telling is clear and cold.The Washington Post Book World
[Conover] has made us fully part of his experience. It is hard to imagine any journalist doing this more daringly or effectively.The New York Times
A timely, troubling, important book.The Baltimore Sun
Newjack is a graphic and troubling window into societys scrapheap. Conover is to be commended for having the chops to venture where few others would dare go.... An important cautionary tale.Los Angeles Times Book Review
Newjack tells the straight skinny on a guards life inside prison without being overly judgmental or cloyingly sentimental. Its experimental journalism at its best.The Denver Post
A devastating chronicle of the toll prison takes on the prisoners and the keepers of the keys.Minneapolis Star Tribune
An incisive and indelible look at the life of a corrections officer and the dark life of the penal system.The Dallas Morning News
A fascinating story.... Prison books crowd the shelves, but few tell the story from the point of view of the officers who spend eight hours a day doing time, hoping and praying that they make it home that night, hoping and praying that the job allows them to remain human.The San Diego Union-Tribune
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0375726624
ISBN(13-digit): 9780375726620
Copyright: 2001
Dewey Decimal: 365/.9/2
Library of Congress: BL2001006229
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 331
Paper Weight (lb): 0.6
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