April 1964 Issue [Article] Doing time Download PDF Adjust Share The voice of the convict: the phone call by Calvin G. Reid, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 20th century Capital punishment Clemency Death row inmates United States More from Calvin G. Reid Life on the Line I was chief inmate clerk at a prison housing nearly three thousand convicts, and it was part of my duty to keep an up-to-the-minute record of the inmate population. When… Adjust Share