Prison From The Inside Out
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Beschreibung:
Prison From The Inside Out is both a book and an act of trust: A black man from New Jersey and a white woman from New York meet in a workshop at a North Carolina prison. They decide they have something to tell the world about incarceration, self-esteem, personal growth, survival, and the power of trust. Together they have created this book.
On March 30, 1991, William "Mecca" Elmore fired a gun toward a parked and occupied van in an attempt to protect a friend who he thought was actively involved in a drug deal gone bad. In court two years later, that same friend testified that Mecca had aimed directly at the van's occupants, one of whom died of his wound before reaching the hospital. Mecca admitted to firing the gun, but he did not plan to kill anyone, so although the public defender urged him to take a plea bargain, he insisted on taking the stand. Today, Mecca sees giving that testimony as a turning point in his life.
Mecca was sentenced to "mandatory life," a sentence that meant he would spend the rest of his natural life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Prison From The Inside Out tells the story of how that sentence was served.
Introduction 1
Part One: Getting into Prison
Chapter 1: "One Bad Decision"
Chapter 2: Bessie's story
Chapter 3: Mecca Growing Up in Jersey, Way Back When
Chapter 4: Out on the Street, Gambling, Drugs and Cash
Chapter 5: From Cheryl's Side of the Table
Part Two: Doing Time
Chapter 6: From Nash to Texas and Back
Chapter 7: Northerners in the South
Chapter 8: The James Leone Experience
Chapter 9: The Law From the Outside In
Chapter 10: Opening My Heart to Hope
Chapter 11: Fire! One More Lesson in Humility
Chapter 12: What Can You Learn While Butchering Hogs?
Chapter 13: Stepping into Freedom
Part Three: Freedom
Chapter 14: Christmas Holidays
Chapter 15: Zelda - Friendship and Love
Chapter 16: Processing Freedom: Emotional Side Trips
Chapter 17: This is a Movement!
Chapter 18: Biophilia: Prepare the Soil, Treasure the Harvest
Photographs
Appendix 1 List of Prisons
Appendix 2 Not All Prisons Are Alike
On Our Bookshelf
Acknowledgments
About the Authors