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Author Conover, Ted.

Title Newjack : guarding Sing Sing / Ted Conover.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books, [2001]
©2001

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 Moore Stacks  HV9475.N72 S563 2001x    Available  ---
Description 331 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Note Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, c2000.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331).
Summary Acclaimed journalist Conover sets a new standard for reporting when he applies for a job as a prison officer. So begins his odyssey at Sing Sing, once a model prison but now the New York State's most troubled maximum-security facility. Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system. When Conover's request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer. So begins his odyssey at Sing Sing, once a model prison but now the state's most troubled maximum-security facility. The result of his year there is this remarkable look at one of America's most dangerous prisons, where drugs, gang wars, and sex are rampant, and where the line between violator and violated is often unclear. As sobering as it is suspenseful, Newjack is an indispensable contribution to the urgent debate about our country's criminal justice system, and a consistently fascinating read.
Subject Sing Sing Prison.
Sing Sing Prison.
Ossining Correctional Facility.
Ossining Correctional Facility.
Prisons -- New York (State) -- Ossining.
Prisons.
New York (State) -- Ossining.
Conover, Ted.
Conover, Ted.
Correctional personnel -- New York (State) -- Ossining -- Biography.
Correctional personnel.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Prisons -- Officials and employees -- New York (State) -- Ossining -- Biography.
Prisons -- Officials and employees.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Added Title New jack
ISBN 0375726624
Standard No. 9780375726620