Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-376).
Contents
Part one : Arrest and trial. Explosives ; Arrested ; Detention ; Conviction -- Part two : Tuscon. Transport ; Tucson Federal Prison -- Part three : Lexington. Lexington High Security Unit ; Litigation -- Part four : Washington, D.C.. D.C. County Jail ; AIDS epidemic ; Cancer -- Part five : Mariana. Mariana Maximum Security ; Breaking rank ; My father -- Part six : Danbury. Danbury General Population ; AIDS epidemic ; Parole ; Political prisoners ; Cancer ; The Hill.
Summary
The author, a radical and political prisoner, recounts her journey from the impassioned idealism of the 1960s to her thirteen-year imprisonment, during which she suffered dehumanizing treatment combined with rare moments of grace and solidarity.