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Life sentences : rage and survival behind bars / Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg.

Rideau, Wilbert.; Wikberg, Ron.
1992
HV9475.L82 L68 1992
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Title
Life sentences : rage and survival behind bars / Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg.
Author
Rideau, Wilbert.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0812920481
9780812920482
0812919874
9780812919875
Imprint
New York : Times Books, ©1992.
Language
English
Description
x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
HV9475.L82 L68 1992
System Control No.
(OCoLC)24909973
Summary
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. Annotation. 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.
Note
Articles originally published in the Angolite.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The Farrar legacy
The legend of Leadbelly
Angola's history
Phelps: five years later
Conversations with the dead
The sexual jungle
The escape of nigger Joe
The dynamics of parole
The fiscal crunch
dying in prison
Maggio retires
The wall of reality
butler's park
The pelican protector
A labor of love
The long-termers
Hollywood comes to Angola
The omen
Prisonomics
house of the damned
The deadliest prosecutor
The horror show
The deathmen (continued).
Added Author
Wikberg, Ron.
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