Life sentences
Subtitle: rage and survival behind bars
By: Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg.
Contributors: Wikberg, Ron.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Louisiana State Penitentiary.; Prisons -- Louisiana -- Angola.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Louisiana.
Description: Drawing on their award-winning reporting for the Louisiana State Penitentiary's uncensored newsmagazine, The Angolite, Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg present the stark reality of life behind bars and the human, political, and fiscal costs of our long-running war on crime. Annotation. Drawing on their award-winning reporting for the Louisiana State Penitentiary's uncensored newsmagazine, The Angolite, Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg present the stark reality of life behind bars and the human, political, and fiscal costs of our long-running war on crime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-322) and index.
Articles originally published in the Angolite.