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34 Years in Hell

My Time Inside America's Toughest Prisons

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34 Years in Hell

By: James Morgan Kane
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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In July 1983, James Morgan Kane returned home in the evening to find a corpse in his living room. Fearing that he would be held responsible, and sensing that his wife was involved, he wanted to do all he could to protect his young family. Jamie worked through the night to dispose of the body. But his luck ran out days later, as he was arrested and sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Jamie entered the American prison system and was to stay there for 34 years with stints in San Quentin, Folsom State Prison and the notorious Deuel Vocational Institution in California. He would rub shoulders with some of the world's most infamous serial killers and gangs. This book tells of his time locked up with no hope of release, living the brutality of the tough and unforgiving American penitentiary system and finding his new purpose in life.

©2019 James Morgan Kane (P)2021 W F Howes Social Sciences True Crime Crime Emotionally Gripping Thought-Provoking

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An Absolute amazing story. A Great listen. Powerful story of a man's life and life in prison. Highly recommended.

Great story

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not my usual genre but an interesting story well narrated....I enjoyed this book and would recommend.

interesting story

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Quite a frank telling of one man's journey through life from birth to his time in prison, what got him there in the first place and his time behind bars.
Interesting to say the least.

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Well written and impossibly on the mark when it comes to revealing the human toll from systemic problems at the root of California politics and institutions that somehow led to a happy ending for Jamie in spite of all the lies and bad faith that put him on his penal journey,

Speaks to the tragic reality of California

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I don’t believe that there can be many people who could cope with all that Jamie Morgan Kane lived through. Yes, he coped bravely with all the horrors of being detained with some of America’s most terrifying criminals. But what shocks me the most is how he was treated by the people who were responsible for his care as a child, in the Navy and in prison. I’m stunned that people have been able to get away with such arrogance and callous indifference to the lies and deception that put and kept this guy in prison for a crime he clearly didn’t commit; that he came across so many people who’s behaviour was, to my mind, a lot worse than many of the criminals that surrounded him. In fact, he seemed to receive more kindness and respect from many prisoners than he did from those in authority. And the way he was treated by America at the end defies all understanding. As one man said to him, his life story reads like a Victorian novel.
I found the narration difficult to put up with initially, so much so that I nearly stopped listening. Then I thought that perhaps he was narrating the book himself, so I went along with it. After all, he managed different voices well. The narration improved as the book progressed and I got used to it. I’m glad I did, because I’m so impressed by Jamie Morgan Kane’s tenacity and optimism. An extraordinary man indeed.

Extraordinary man

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