
To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back
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To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back is the personal life story of a man who refused to be broken by either an abusive father or an equally abusive criminal justice system. While Lopez freely admits that "I've been no angel," his insider's account of daily life in Alcatraz and San Quentin graphically reveals the violence, arbitrary infliction of excessive punishment, and unending monotony that give rise to gang cultures within the prisons and practically insure that parolees will commit far worse crimes when they return to the streets. Rafael Perez-Torres discusses how Ernie Lopez's experiences typify the harsher treatment that ethnic and minority suspects often receive in the American criminal justice system, as well as how they reveal the indomitable resilience of Chicanos/as and their culture. As Perez-Torres concludes, "Lopez's story presents us with the voice of one who-though subjected to a system meant to destroy his soul-not only endured but survived, and in surviving prevailed."
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Part I: Education
One. The Judgment against Me
Two. My Formal Education
Three. The Federal Case
Four. Escape
Five. Freeman's Revenge
Six. Returned and Resentenced
Part II: Training
Seven. The Welcome Wagon
Eight. Isolation
Nine. Escape from Alcatraz
Ten. The "Riot" of '46
Eleven. "What About the Plum Juice?"
Twelve. My Life as a Free Man
Part III: Survival
Thirteen. Haunted by Alcatraz
Fourteen. Judgment Once More
Fifteen. Condemned
Sixteen. My Fight for Life
Epilogue
Afterword
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