A question of freedom : a memoir of survival, learning, and coming of age in prison /
Betts, Reginald Dwayne, 1980-
A question of freedom : a memoir of survival, learning, and coming of age in prison / R. Dwayne Betts. - New York : Avery, c2009. - 240 p. ; 24 cm.
At 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.
9781583333488 (alk. paper) 1583333487 (alk. paper)
2009021837
Betts, R. Dwayne.
Prisoners--Virginia--Biography.
Prisons--Virginia.
HV9468.B48 / A3 2009
A question of freedom : a memoir of survival, learning, and coming of age in prison / R. Dwayne Betts. - New York : Avery, c2009. - 240 p. ; 24 cm.
At 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.
9781583333488 (alk. paper) 1583333487 (alk. paper)
2009021837
Betts, R. Dwayne.
Prisoners--Virginia--Biography.
Prisons--Virginia.
HV9468.B48 / A3 2009