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001 2009021837
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008 090608s2009 nyu 000 0aeng
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020 $a9781583333488 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHV9468.B48$bA3 2009
100 1 $aBetts, R. Dwayne.
245 12 $aA question of freedom :$ba memoir of survival, learning, and coming of age in prison /$cR. Dwayne Betts.
260 $aNew York :$bAvery,$cc2009.
300 $a240 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aAt the age of sixteen, R. Dwayne Betts--a good student from a lower-middle-class family--carjacked a man with a friend. He had never held a gun before, but within a matter of minutes he had committed six felonies. In Virginia, carjacking is an offense requiring treatment as an adult. A bright young kid, weighing only 126 pounds, he served his eight-year sentence as part of the adult population in some of the worst prisons in the state. This is his coming-of-age story. Utterly alone--and with the growing realization that he really is not going home any time soon--Dwayne confronts profound questions about violence, freedom, crime, race, and the justice system, and above all, a quest for identity.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aBetts, R. Dwayne.
650 0 $aPrisoners$zVirginia$vBiography.
650 0 $aPrisons$zVirginia.