Acclaimed journalist Ted Conover sets a new standard for bold, in-depth reporting in this first-hand account of life inside the penal system at Sing Sing. When Ted Conover?s request to shadow a recruit at the New York State Corrections Officer Academy was denied, he decided to apply for a job as a prison officer himself. The result is an unprecedented work of eyewitness journalism: the account of Conover's year-long passage into storied Sing Sing prison as a rookie guard, or "newjack." As he struggles to become a good officer, Conover angers inmates, dodges blows, and attempts, in the face of overwhelming odds, to balance decency with toughness. Through his insights into the harsh culture of prison, the grueling and demeaning working conditions of the officers, and the unexpected ways the job encroaches on his own family life, we begin to see how our burgeoning prison system brutalizes everyone connected with it. An intimate portrait of a world few readers have ever experienced, Newjack?is a haunting journey into a dark undercurrent of American life.

知名记者泰德-科诺弗在这本关于新新监狱系统内部生活的第一手资料中为大胆、深入的报道设立了新的标准。当特德-科诺弗（Ted Conover）要求在纽约州惩教官员学院跟班学习的请求被拒绝后，他决定自己申请一份监狱官员的工作。其结果是一部史无前例的目击者新闻作品：讲述了康诺弗作为一名新秀狱警，即 "新兵"，进入著名的辛辛监狱一年的经历。在他努力成为一名好警官的过程中，科诺弗激怒了囚犯，躲避了打击，并在面临巨大困难的情况下，试图在正直与强硬之间取得平衡。通过他对严酷的监狱文化的洞察力，官员们艰苦和有辱人格的工作条件，以及这份工作对他自己的家庭生活造成的意外影响，我们开始看到我们新兴的监狱系统是如何残酷地对待与它有关的每个人的。新杰克》是对一个很少有读者经历过的世界的亲密写照，是对美国生活的黑暗暗流的一次令人不安的旅行。