Newjack
A Year as a Prison Guard in New York's Most Infamous Maximum Security Jail
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2011
Summary
A gripping true account of life on the inside of Sing Sing prison.
After he was denied access to report on Sing Sing, one of America’s most notorious high security jails, journalist Ted Conover applied to become a prison guard. As a rookie officer, or ‘newjack’, Conover spent a year in the unpredictable, intimidating and often violent world of America’s penal system.
Unarmed and outnumbered, prison officers at one of America’s toughest maximum security jails supervise 1,800 in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091940959 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0091940958 |
| Author: | Ted Conover |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Newjack is about as good as it gets - by turns gripping, funny, frightening and sad * The Washington Post *
[A] mind-blowing example of journalism at its most authentic, Conover discovers that prison can bring out the animal in any man * Entertainment Weekly *
Conover is to be commended for having the chops to venture where few others would dare to go * Los Angeles Times *
Pretty damned amazing…entirely gripping and powerful – Sherman Alexie
Riveting * Maxim *
[Conover] has made us fully part of his experience… It’s hard to imagine any journalist doing this more daringly or effectively * New York Times *
A fascinating and sobering read * USA Today *
About The Author
Ted Conover
Ted Conover is a writer best known for his participatory investigations- riding the rails with tramps, traveling with the Mexican undocumented, and working at Sing Sing prison. Two of his previous books, Whiteout and Coyotes, were named Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, and many other publications. He teaches at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University.
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