A prisoner who came to his cell with a knife, backed by two others, who wanted sex. These people, and the situations they produced, may be common to prison, no matter where one is confined. They are important people to understand. They are those we have chosen to separate from the larger society. Although prison journals have been done before, Point Zero Bliss assumes an important place among them.
Legacy can write.
And what he describes comes at a time when the public is being asked to make choices about who should be imprisoned for long periods of time and the kind of criminal justice system we will build. The book also is important for the ways that it transcends prison. Legacy's struggles with himself may often be repeated, regardless of whether one is a free citizen or imprisoned. And it is here that the book strives for a more universal meaning. Nobody is ever alone.