In this set of forceful prison essays and talks, controversial Philadelphia journalist Abu-Jamal attacks the failings of the courts, capital punishment as a discriminatory, racist practice, and other outspoken political analysis. Written with a ball-point pen on Death Row, it dissects the ironies abounding in the US prison system. Mumia Abu-Jamal's composure, humour, and connection to the living world around him, represents an irrefutable victory over the corrections' system that has sought for two decades to isolate and silence him.'