| Title |
Among murderers : life after prison / Sabine Heinlein. |
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| Publication Info. |
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2013. |
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| Description |
xi, 244 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Freedom day -- At the garden -- Street code -- Talking murder -- Poster boys -- Dinner with bruce -- Work readiness -- Prisoners still -- The penis monologues -- At the barber -- Causalities -- The new coat -- A haunted house -- Waiting for nothing -- Growing old -- Silent forgiveness -- Lies and good luck -- Sex, love, and race -- From attica to broadway -- The new home -- On guard -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References. |
| Summary |
What is it like for a convicted murderer who has spent decades behind bars to suddenly find himself released into a world he barely recognizes? What is it like to start over from nothing? To answer these questions Sabine Heinlein followed the everyday lives and emotional struggles of Angel Ramos and his friends Bruce and Adam-three men convicted of some of society's most heinous crimes-as they return to the free world.Heinlein spent more than two years at the Castle, a prominent halfway house in West Harlem, shadowing her protagonists as they painstakingly learn how to master their freedom. |
| Subject |
Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies.
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| ISBN |
9780520272859 (alk. paper) : $29.95 |
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0520272854 (alk. paper) |
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| ISBN |
9780520272859 (alk. paper) : $29.95 |
|
0520272854 (alk. paper) |
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