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Home > 11/9/09

Eric Bogosian Reads a Third Excerpt from “A Journal of a Prisoner” by David Lightner

 

Eric Bogosian reads a third excerpt from “A Journal of a Prisoner” by David Lightner at the 2009 event Breakout: Voices from Inside. Read the excerpt below.

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Last night someone got hurt badly over on C-block. I hear they found him beat down, in his cell. I heard the Code Blue and then, looking out my window I saw the white Dodge prison patrol truck speed out the driveway, the blue and yellow flashers on, and zip up to Pleasant Valley Road. About five minutes later an ambulance came speeding south on Pleasant Valley and then, with the prison escort leading the way and both lights flashing, the ambulance drove into the prison. Many of the guys on the unit became excited at the sight of all the colorful flashing lights.

What I wanted to write about all this violence is that it scares me.

 


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