In the Place of Justice : : a Story of Punishment and Deliverance
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Includes index.
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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: x, 366 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307264817
0307264815
SUBJECTS
Rideau, Wilbert.
Louisiana State Penitentiary -- History -- 20th century.
African American prisoners -- Louisiana -- Biography.
Prisoners -- Louisiana -- Biography.
Prisoners -- Louisiana -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
Corruption -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
African American journalists -- Biography.