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Convicted at Birth

Convicted at Birth

by JenniferWynn (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

    $3.45
Synopsis

Riker's Island Penitentiary is an island six miles from the Empire State Building and is the world's largest penal colony, holding 17,000 inmates and 8,000 guards. CONVICTED AT BIRTH is the first book to document the prison system inside this notoriously complex and violence-ridden institution. From the inmates to the guards to the violence to the drugs, this book shows the inner workings of the prison, what's wrong with it and how it can be changed. Few know the place as well as Jennifer Wynn. As an employee of one of America's only 'ex-mate' prison programmes - a programme that continues to counsel and help prisoners after they are released - she has much practical experience working with ex-cons in everyday life and a lot to say about much-needed reform. Highly anecdotal and evocatively written CONVICTED AT BIRTH is the best of narrative non-fiction.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 31 Jan 2002
ISBN 10: 0316855677
ISBN 13: 9780316855679
Book Overview: * Author PR to include down-the-line interviews from New York * Review coverage in the national press

Media Reviews
A passionate and stirring book, narrated with great power and vividness of detail, and with consummate respect for those whom it portrays Jonathan Kozol, author of AMAZING GRACE Wynn demonstrates, time and again, how the taint of a jail term forever dooms these men to be defined by their 'single worst deed' New York TIMES
Author Bio
Jennifer Wynn is Director of the Riker's-based vocational training programme and has had unlimited access to the prison for the past five years.