One Day in the Life of 179212: Notes from an American Prison (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590563458)

To a correctional facility in Virginia he is known as Prisoner 179212. But to a legion of journalists and legal reform activists he is Jens Soering, a German citizen who has endured for the past twenty-six years the harshest and most unforgiving punishment this country can offer--a life sentence without realistic hope of release, which some refer to as "the other death penalty." Told with dry humor, One Day in the Life of 179212 provides an hour-by-hour survey of everyday life in an American medium-security facility with all of its attendant hardships, contradictions, and even revelations. Soering poignantly illustrates the importance of meditation and faith when confronted with extreme adversity, in addition to making a highly compelling case for prison reform. Although this inspiring, eloquent memoir recounts just a day in the life of one man, much like Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, it provides a powerful voice for the over two million men and women lost in the maze of America's prison-industrial complex.

Author: Jens Soering
ISBN-10: 159056345X
ISBN-13: 9781590563458
Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2012
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d