Contemplations of a Convict: A Journey of Freedom When Innocence Isn't EnufAn, inspiring compilation of essays, poems and aphorisms with views on US, love, prisons, culture and life from a Jamaican man sentenced to life in prison without parole. |
Contents
A PrisonŠs Rationale | 14 |
The Real People Behind Bars | 28 |
Victimization | 43 |
Racism and the Justice System | 56 |
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