Jamie Morgan Kane
Auteur van 34 Years in Hell: My Time Inside America's Toughest Prisons
Werken van Jamie Morgan Kane
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Kane, Morgan James
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Wetmore, John Raymond
- Geboortedatum
- 1954-02-21
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Isle of Man, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Fresno, California, USA
San Quentin Prison, California, USA
Folsom Prison, California, USA
Deuel Vocational Institution, Tracy, California, USA (toon alle 7)
London, England, UK - Beroepen
- U.S. Navy Corpsman (disputed)
motor bike repair shop owner
Leden
Besprekingen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 2
- Leden
- 11
- Populariteit
- #857,862
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 3
The story really starts when, despite all the evidence being against him, Jamie pleads guilty in order to support his wife and children, and begins his 34 years in the American prison system. Wanting to keep his head down and work through his time, he explains how the different institutions are run, how prisoners sort out their pecking order and how he survived going through such horrendous conditions for so many years and meeting some notorious inmates.
The story is told well, factually rather than emotionally, and gives first hand insight into American justice and their penal system. Despite his poor start to life, PTSD and many other sad events that befall him, this story is essentially uplifting to finish and I couldn’t help warming to him and wanting the best for him, he strikes me as a good person that had a difficult deal from life, that deserves to tell his story under his proper name. It’s also great to hear about the valuable relationship of pen pals and how hard charities will fight with little resources to try and make a difference.
This book was a quick read for me that gave me lots of new insight into a subject I thought I knew well from television. I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in life in prisons and how the justice system works, or doesn’t.… (meer)