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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | R Dwayne Betts |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
R Dwayne Betts |
| ISBN: | 9781583333488 1583333487 9781583333969 1583333967 |
| OCLC Number: | 262428486 |
| Description: | 240 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Thirty minutes -- 2. Things I don't know about my father -- 3. Fairfax County Jail : R cells -- 4. Will you accept this call? -- 5. Halfway to Hell -- 6. A need for space -- 7. The meaning of a tattoo -- 8. Running from trouble -- 9. The tale of a High School diploma -- 10. Joseph's hand -- 11. Another bullet to the brain -- 12. The forgiveness parade -- 13. Penalties and broken illusions -- 14. Transfer -- 15. A different kind of road trip -- 16. An old story -- 17. Prison 101 : SRC, an intro -- 18. The mathematics of reunions and a nation -- 19. Names and naming -- 20. Finally, the knowledge or something close to it -- 21. Another trip in the wrong direction -- 22. Weed -- 23. The people I knew -- 24. The cost of a knife -- 25. Fishing from the hole -- 26. Fifteen hours to a super max -- 27. How to make a knife in prison -- 28. Sussex 1 State Prison -- 29. Back in the hole -- 30. A pile of hair around my feet -- 31. Drinking age -- 32. Names -- 33. Most of the way home -- 34. The color line -- 35. Pronouncing the word Soledad -- 36. Every admission amounts to this -- Epilogue. |
| Responsibility: | R. Dwayne Betts. |
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Sincere memoir describes modern prison life
This book is a very sincere memoir of a promising young African-American man who ends up in prison for several years. While it is not a great work of world literature, it is a clear and sobering account of modern America and the predicament in which the young--and...
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This book is a very sincere memoir of a promising young African-American man who ends up in prison for several years. While it is not a great work of world literature, it is a clear and sobering account of modern America and the predicament in which the young--and young black men especially--find themselves. Betts cannot even explain why he committed the crime he did. It gives a clear portrayal of the conditions in the modern American prison and the social dynamics of the prisoners and their guards. (I must confess, I never thought of it being loud.) The author's strongest skill in describing the emotional impact of his circumstances. Includes poetry by the author.
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