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In the place of justice : a story of punishment and deliverance

Title: In the place of justice : a story of punishment and deliverance / Wilbert Rideau.
Author: Rideau, Wilbert.
Publication: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

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Description

x, 366 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

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.

Subjects

Note

Includes index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

Sc E 10-1020

ISBN

9780307264817 (hc)
0307264815 (hc)

LCCN

2009038526

OCLC

437298630

Author

Rideau, Wilbert.

Title

In the place of justice : a story of punishment and deliverance / Wilbert Rideau.

Imprint

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Edition

1st ed.

Research Call Number

Sc E 10-1020

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