Finding Freedom
Writings from Death Row by Jarvis Jay Masters published by Padma Publishing (1997)
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appears in Spiritual, Spirituality, and Nonfiction.
Incarcerated in San Quentin at the age of 19 for armed robbery, Jarvis Masters was accused four years later of participating in a conspiracy that resulted in the death of a prison guard. Finding Freedom is a collection of prison stories sometimes shocking, sometimes sad, often funny, always immediate told against a background of extreme viole...
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appears in Spiritual, Spirituality, and Nonfiction.
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