On the morning of September 13, 1970, DR. TIMOTHY LEARY escaped from the California prison where he had served seven months of a possible ten year sentence for possession of marihuana.

This book is Timothy Leary's account of that prison experience. Written as he was living through it, JAIL NOTES is a strikingly original intermingling of dramatic narrative and spiritual reflection, anger and humor, intense personal involvement and philosophical detachment.

ENTERING PRISON: "Pick up sheets and blankets following sergeant to solitary isolation. Bad boy, lock up for you. Walk by zoo cages. Naty mean animals raise up sullen heads. Barking with pleasure to see famed wild captive. Blacks shout, 'Hey Tim. We gotta talk to you.'"

PRISON REALITY: "Some of these people around here seem to forget that it's just a movie we're making for fun and they are the ones with spears. Get me out of here. My woman's waiting home."

PRISON SEX: "Low-rider gunsells rape off hippies. Any long hair him pigeon for punking...Some hippies kill themselves."

RACE IN PRISON: "Here the blacks laugh. The Chicanos smile and scowl. The Whites are brave in defeat."

Douglas Book Corporation, 1970. 14 x 21 x 1.3 cm. 154 pages. 

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