In the place of justice
By: Wilbert Rideau
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781846684340; 9781847654649
Subjects: History; African American prisoners; Biography; Prisoners; Social conditions; Administration of Criminal justice; Corruption; Louisiana State Penitentiary
Description: Wilbert Rideau was convicted and sentenced to death for killing a woman in 1961 in America's segregated deep south. Imprisoned for 44 years in the most violent prison in America, he was described as the most rehabilitated prisoner in the country. This is a memoir of redemption against all the brutal odds.