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Jun 12, 2001 · WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION • An acclaimed journalist sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing.
With empathy and insight, Newjack tells the story of a harsh, hidden world and dramatizes the conflict between the necessity to isolate criminals and the dehumanization–of guards as well as inmates–that almost inevitably takes place behind bars.
May 2, 1999 · 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.
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Jan 1, 2011 · New Jack: Guarding Sing Sing is an experience that everyone should have! A journalist circumvents denials to observe behind-the-scenes life in one of New York's most renowned prisons by legitimately becoming a prison guard (corrections officer-to be politically correct).
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing is a nonfiction book by journalist and professor Ted Conover [1] published in 2000 by Vintage Books. [2] [3] In the book, Conover recounts his experience of learning firsthand about the New York State prison system by becoming a correctional officer for nearly a year. [4] Conover sought the job of correctional ...
Through his insights into the harsh culture of prison, the grueling and demeaning working conditions of the officers, and the unexpected ways the job encroaches on his own family life, we begin to see how our burgeoning prison system brutalizes everyone connected with it.
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With remarkable insight, Newjack takes the reader as close to experiencing life in an American prison as any of us would ever want to get. It's a thrillingly told account of how the gruelling...
