In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance Audiobook

Quotes

• “Incisive…As emotional, as any words I’ve read in a long time.”

  — New York Times

• “Perhaps no book written by an inmate has ever conveyed so much factual and emotional information about day-to-day prison life.”

  — San Francisco Chronicle

• “Riveting…Amazing…The picture of prison life painted by Rideau isn’t the one portrayed in many movies…Now he has provided a wonderful chance to share his remarkable life.”

  — Associated Press

• “Candid…Rideau is the rarest of American commodities—a man who exited a penitentiary in better shape than when he arrived.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “A series of stunning journalistic revelations…Quite simply, no prison memoir in recent memory contains prose as deft or as riveting.”

  — Vanity Fair

•  “A richly detailed [and] all too rare look at life behind bars.”

  — New York Review of Books

• “Searing, suspenseful, stomach-churning and soul-stirring…A sobering indictment of the criminal justice and penal systems in Louisiana over the past half century—and testimony to the triumph of the human spirit.”

  — Tulsa World

• “A masterpiece in the realm of autobiographies.”

  — Anniston Star

• “In the Place of Justice is remarkably even-handed and generous.”

  — Palm Beach Arts Paper

• “In the Place of Justice is as much a look inside Angola prison and the judicial system as it is a fascinating yet unsettling journey inside the minds of those who do time there.”

  — Barnes & Noble, editorial review

• “To a society that treats convicts as a worthless underclass, Rideau’s story is a compelling reminder that rehabilitation should be the focus of a penal system.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “This is more than a prison memoir; it is a searing indictment of the American justice system.”

  — Booklist

• “Fascinating and inspiring…This book is a gift to all of us in so many ways.”

  — BookPage