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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Mar 8, 2003
Pros: Detailed with back up. Examples. Comprehensive.
Cons: Lacks "heart" on some level.
Summary: Ted Conover wanted to follow a new recruit from training at the NY Corrections Officer Academy into the prisons as a “newjack” which is what the prisoners call the new correctional officers on the block. When he was turned down on that idea, he ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 9, 2012
Pros: Fascinating look at prison life; challenges readers' views on crime and punishment
Cons: One chapter, though interesting, creates a large break in the action.
Summary: Ted Conover embodies the term "dedication to the craft." He wanted to write a commentary on the United States prison system, and he knew the best way to give a credible and informed opinion would be to take an inside look at prison life. He ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 8, 2005
Pros: good read
Cons: sometimes gets too dramatic.
Summary: All I knew about prison guards before I read this book, I got from The Shawshank Redemption, Oz, and a bunch of much lesser TV shows/movies. They all portray prison as a big gangrape and the guards as sadistic people who enjoy beating the crap out of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 17, 2001
Pros: Well-written, immerses you in the situation
Cons: Thinly-veiled commentary on US penal philosophy
Summary: What's it like to be a corrections officer? I never really thought about working as a guard (or, for that matter, that I would be reading a book about what it would be like to be a guard). Ted Conover presents a view from the inside in his book ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 11, 2000
Pros: fascinating
Cons: <--- Murderers,arsonists and rapists
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From when I first heard about NewJack on an interview with terrie Gross of Fresh Air, I thought "This is going to be my kind of book." I was right. From beginning to end I was rivited by Mr. Conover's shrewd and objective look into ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 7, 2000
Pros: Immersion Journalism at its best
Cons: Not yet out in paperback
Summary: Newjack: Guarding Sing-Sing is journalist Ted Conover's latest book. Newjack is different from every other book on prisons, and certainly different from any other book written from the prospective of a prison guard. Conover writes a great story without ... read more
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ISBN13: 9780375726620. ISBN10: 0375726624. by Ted Conover. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 00
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