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Also by Ted Conover:

The Routes of Man, February 2010
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Rolling Nowhere, September 2001
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Newjack, June 2001
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NEWJACK
By: Ted Conover

Guarding Sing Sing

Vintage
June 2001
On Sale: June 13, 2001
352 pages
ISBN: 0375726624
EAN: 9780375726620
Trade Size (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Memoir

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.

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