MEM.1981.37'.ABBO
First Vintage Books Edition; New York; 1982
* 1944, † 2002
Charge: Perjury
Prison: Marion Federal Prison, illinois (Map)
"I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations- the atmospheric pressure, you might say- of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an american prison. That sentence does not adequately say what i mean. I've wanted to convey to you what it means to be in prison after a childhood spent in penal institutions. To be in prison so long, its difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there." (p. 3)