Graphic portrait of life and issues behind bars at Angola, one of Americas largest prisons. Written by two prisoners serving life terms. Rideau and Wikberg edited "The Angolite", an award winning, uncensored, Louisiana State Penitentiary News magazine. All of the articles in the book were originally published in "The Angolite". Wikberg has since been paroled. 242 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Life Sentences; Rage and Survival Behind Bars

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin; Times Books, New York

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0812920481

ISBN 13

9780812920482

Binding

Trade Paperback

Edition

Thirrd Printing

Condition

Fine

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Nonfiction

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Drawing on their award-winning reporting for the Louisiana State Penitentiary's uncensored newsmagazine, The Angolite, Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wikberg present the stark reality of life behind bars and the human, political, and fiscal costs of our long-running war on crime.

About the Author

Ron Wikberg, associate editor of The Angolite, was convicted of murder in 1969. He began writing for the magazine in 1971 and joined the staff in 1987. He was paroled in 1992. Wilbert Rideau has been the editor-in-chief of The Angolite since 1975. An eighth-grade dropout, he was convicted of murder in 1961 and spent eleven years on death row at Angola, where he taught himself to write. He has been the subject of segments on 20/20, Nightline, and National Public Radio.

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