| Al Bermudez Pereira (49) - of a Puerto
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| | affirmed that these inmates were
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| Rican heritage and raised in Brooklyn,
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| | disadvantage because they didn't speak
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| found inspiration to portray in this book
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| | English. This masked discrimination also
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| his 20 years of experience as a
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| | extended to officers. In one passage of
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| correctional officer in one of the most
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| | the book Bermudez describes a scene where
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| repressive facilities in the nation. Sing
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| | he goes to the aid of a prisoner who
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| Sing located in Ossining, New York, is
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| | attempted suicide by hanging himself
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| considered as the warehouse for society's
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| | inside his cell.
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| worst criminals.
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| | While Bermudez managed to cut the knot on
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| In his visual narrative Bermudez conveys
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| | the sheet, the inmate was being held up
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| the level of bravery and professionalism
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| | by an Afro American officer who also
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| required for those who lock the gates
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| | performed resuscitation techniques until
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| behind them every morning to keep watch
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| | a white paramedic arrived to place the
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| over men with extremely dangerous minds.
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| | inmate on a gurney. As a result, he
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| However, the Hispanic officer focused on
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| | received heroic commendations, while the
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| circumstances that most impacted him
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| | Afro American and Hispanic officers
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| concerning innocent people in jail and
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| | received nothing for their efforts and
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| discrimination against Hispanics.
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| | courage to save a life.
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| "In the book I mentioned that my Brother
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| | The narration rapidly scans each corner
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| went to jail in 1983 for a crime he never
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| | of the correctional facility until the
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| committed. I knew, as many others, that
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| | reader is transported to the cell blocks
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| he was serving a sentence he did not
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| | where the youngest prisoners reside. Here
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| deserve." Pereira said to ECO Latino
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| | the reader confronts the oppressive
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| Magazine. "Over the years I learned to
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| | darkness of all the corruption and
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| recognize who were the innocent people in
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| | injustice society can inflict.
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| prison.
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| | By Maria D'Adamo, Managing Editor
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| Bermudez said, his years working in Sing
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| | ECO Latino Magazine
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| Sing helped keep his Spanish alive to
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| | ECOLatino.
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| assist Hispanics to communicate. He
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