The bleak prison world portrayed by George Jackson in his letter to Fay Stender, his attorney, develops into a concentrated and condensed view of American society. This microcosm evolves from faults within the socio-political structure of the state. Jackson draws similarities between the construct of American and prison life, which harmonised the unrest of black Americans during an era of the civil right movement. The links drawn add another dimension to the movement and the barbaric nature of American politics.
To move away from Jackson's letter, I would like to quote something that I believe is essential to Jackson's view of the prison system:

I feel like an alien in here because this whole prison system is created in such a way as to cut me off from my culture, my religion. There is no way I can describe the effect it has on me to be forcefully separated from my very way of life. The values of the white man, I do not understand. I don't understand a culture that believes that......

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Title: Prison Writing
Approximate Word Count: 1904
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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