Life on the Outside The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett

Name: Life on the Outside The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett
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ISBN: 9780374186876

ISBN-10: 0374186871

ISBN-13: 9780374186876

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jennifer Gonnerman

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A groundbreaking work of reportage on the hidden consequences of America's prison boom Life On the Outside tells the story of Elaine Bartlett, who spent sixteen years in Bedford Hills prison for selling cocaine-a first offense under New York's harsh Rockefeller drug laws. The book opens on the morning of January 26, 2000, when she is set free, having received clemency from the governor. At forty-two, Elaine has virtually nothing: no money, no job, no real home. What she does have is a large and troubled family, including four children, who live in a decrepit Lower East Side housing project. "I left one prison to come home to another," Elaine says. Over the next months, she clashes with…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 3/15/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



The Bartlett Family Tree


Prologue


An Easy $2,500 (1983-1984)


Thirty-five Miles from Harlem (1984-2000)


Life on the Outside (2000-2001)


A Second Homecoming (2001-2003)


Epilogue


Author's Note


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments