Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing

Ted Conover

352 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction crime memoir true crime reflective sad medium-paced

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Journalist Ted Conover gives a 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 begin...

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