In the place of justice
Subtitle: a story of punishment and deliverance
By: Wilbert Rideau.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780307264817
Subjects: Rideau, Wilbert; Louisiana State Penitentiary -- History -- 20th century; African American prisoners -- Louisiana -- Biography; Prisoners -- Louisiana -- Biography; Prisoners -- Louisiana -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century; Corruption -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century; African American journalists -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: "A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Ruination, 1942-1961; title: Tribulation, 1962-1970; title: Solitary, January 1972; title: The jungle, 1973-1975; title: Mentor, 1976; title: Crackdown, 1976; title: Truth behind bars, 1977-1981; title: Disillusion, 1981-1986; title: Soldiering on, 1986-1990; title: Hope, 1990-1994; title: Censorship, 1995-2001; title: Behind enemy lines, 2001-2005; title: Deliverance, 2005; title: Heaven, 2005.