Jailhouse Lawyers Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA

Award-winning journalist and death-row inmate Mumia A-J has become a pioneering voice for the more than 3,000 prisoners living on state and federal death rows. His latest book presents the stories and reflections of fellow prisoners who have learned to use the court system to advocate for themselves and other prisoners – many of whom are uneducated or illiterate – and in some cases, to win their freedom. “This is the story of law learned,” writes A-J, “not in the ivory towers of multi-billion-dollar endowed universities [but]…in a stew of bitterness, under the constant threat of violence, in places where millions of people live, but millions of others wish to ignore or forget.”

Softcover, 5x8, 286pp., 2009.