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By: Conover, Ted
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Vintage Books: 2001
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2202398
ISBN: 0375726624
Condition: Very Good
Pages lightly dog-eared. 2001 Trade Paperback. 331 pp. Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing.When Ted Conover’s request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer himself. The result is an unprecedented work of eyewitness journalism: the account of Conover's year-long passage into storied Sing Sing prison as a rookie guard, or newjack.As he struggles to become a good officer, Conover angers... View more info