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Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life within the penal system.When Conover’s request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he chose to apply for employment as a prison officer. Thus begins his odyssey at Sing Sing, once a model prison however now the state’s most troubled maximum-security facility. Caused by his year there's this amazing look at among America’s most dangerous prisons, where the range between violator and violated is usually uncertain, and where drugs, gang wars, and gender are rampant. As sobering because it is suspenseful, Newjack is definitely an essential contribution to the important debate about our country’s criminal justice program, and a continually intriguing study.