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Lou Torok, who is serving a sentence at the Chillicothe Correctional Institute, uses his first-hand experience with prisons and inmates to examine what life in prison is really like, the conditions that cause inmates to rebel and why prisons have failed. As crime begins to affect an increasing number of Americans of all ages, people are beginning to realize the need for prisons that will rehabilitate rather than embitter criminals or act as a school for crime. This hard-hitting narrative provides a thorough understanding of an important national problem.--Jacket