One Day in the Life of 179212
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One Day in the Life of 179212 by Jens Soering
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 Americanmedium-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 womenlost in the maze of America's prison-industrial complex.
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Soering, Jens: - Jens Soering is a German author who spent more than 33 years in American and British prisons for a double-murder he did not commit. After the discovery of new DNA evidence in 2016 he was released to Germany in 2019.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781590563458 |
| ISBN 10 | 159056345X |
| Title | One Day in the Life of 179212 |
| Author | Jens Soering |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lantern Books,US |
| Year published | 2013-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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