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Memoir: MOTHER CALIFORNIA: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars

By "Persian Cowboy"

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If you are interested in what really happens inside prison or just want to experience a great memoir, MOTHER CALIFORNIA: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars, by Kenneth E. Hartman, is the book to read. Kenneth E. Hartman has served 30 continuous years in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on a life without the possibility of parole sentence. An award-winning writer and prison reform activist, he helped establish the Honor Program at the California State Prison ? Los Angeles County. He is currently leading grassroots campaigns to end life without parole sentences, to bring higher education back into the prison system, and to provide opportunities for prisoners to perform good works for the free world. ?In this memoir, a magnificent inquiry into the human condition, a man serving a life sentence in the California prison system documents the brutality and inhumanity of life ?inside,? where criminals are victimized rather than rehabilitated, and chaos flowers among the despairing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on November 30, 2009 (boomark / email).