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Author:

Kerik, Bernard B.

Title:

From jailer to jailed : my journey from correction and police commissioner to inmate #84888-054 / Bernard B. Kerik.

Publisher:

Threshold Editions,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 304 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Kerik, Bernard B.
New York (N.Y.).--Police Department--Officials and employees--Biography.
Police chiefs--New York--New York--Biography.
Criminals--New York--New York--Biography.
Fraud--New York.--New York.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The other side of the bars. Despair ; Cumberland ; Eyes open ; Time stands still ; Taming Rikers ; The box and the angel ; A supermax for the King ; Terror ; Life lessons -- How it happened. A few good men ; The rise before the fall ; Gifts, nannies, and renovations ; In Jordan ; The Feds close in ; Losing Rudy ; Kerik needs help ; Ties that bind -- Reform. From the inside ; Return ; A new direction.

Summary:

The former NYC police commissioner traces the story of his Medal of Honor-winning service during 9/11 and prison sentence for tax fraud, revealing how his incarceration has shaped his views of the American justice system and its need for reform.

ISBN:

1476783705
9781476783703

LCCN:

2014036249

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BLPC611 -- Earlham Public Library (Earlham)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)