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Literary Center »The Time When Johnny Cash Almost Started a Prison Riot in San Quentin

“I think that’s a very important thing: to give a man some hope in prison, to give a man some incentive to be a better citizen while he’s in there and if he’s a better citizen while he’s in there, he’ll come out a better citizen.”-Johnny Cash, testifying before the House Committee on the Judiciary,

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Harriet Clarke’s novel ‘The Hill’ is based on her 37-year experience of visiting her mother in prison

Clark was a child in 1981 when her mother, a member of a radical leftist group, acted as the getaway driver in the robbery of a Brink’s truck. His new novel is based on his later years.

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From Lead Belly to Tupac: A Prison History of Music

In his book ‘The Midnight Special’, author Colin Usher explores how prisons and the criminal justice system shaped American music, from Lead Belly and Johnny Cash to Tupac.

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