{"product_id":"9781590563427","title":"One Day in the Life of 179212: Notes from an American Prison","description":"To a correctional facility in Virginia he is known as Prisoner 179212. But to a legion of journalists and legal reform activists he is Jens Soering, a German citizen who has endured for the past twenty-six years the harshest and most unforgiving punishment this country can offer-a life sentence without realistic hope of release, which some refer to as \"the other death penalty.\" Told with dry humor, One Day in the Life of 179212 provides an hour-by-hour survey of everyday life in an American medium-security facility with all of its attendant hardships, contradictions, and even revelations. Soering poignantly illustrates the importance of meditation and faith when confronted with extreme adversity, in addition to making a highly compelling case for prison reform. Although this inspiring, eloquent memoir recounts just a day in the life of one man, much like Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, it provides a powerful voice for the over two million men and women lost in the maze of America's prison-industrial complex.","brand":"Lantern Publishing \u0026 Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137974878448,"sku":"9781590563427","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590563427_p0.jpg?v=1763810377","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590563427","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}