Glenn Langohr spent 10 years in some of the worst California prisons for drug charges. He paints the culture into words where in this case Mexican gang war is documented.
Ever wonder what a prison riot is like? B.J, a white inmate, serving time on drug charges, gets caught up in a Mexican gang war. The northern California Mexicans demand that the southern California Mexicans keep their shirts on to cover up their gangland tattoos. The prison explodes into chaos as each building erupts in deadly violence. For B.J, the war isn't over when he and over a hundred inmates get housed in solitary confinement, it's just beginning. For getting involved, he's labeled a southern Mexican ganster.
The hardcore action unfolds like a movie in this bare bones thriller of true crime.
Glenn Langohr spent over 10 years in some of the roughest California prisons on drug charges. During this period he wrote novels to turn it into a blessing. His vision is to help other inmates get instructional writing guides and change their lives.
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Ever wonder what a prison riot is like? B.J, a white inmate, serving time on drug charges, gets caught up in a Mexican gang war. The northern California Mexicans demand that the southern California Mexicans keep their shirts on to cover up their gangland tattoos. The prison explodes into chaos as each building erupts in deadly violence. For B.J, the war isn't over when he and over a hundred inmates get housed in solitary confinement, it's just beginning. For getting involved, he's labeled a southern Mexican ganster.
The hardcore action unfolds like a movie in this bare bones thriller of true crime.
Glenn Langohr spent over 10 years in some of the roughest California prisons on drug charges. During this period he wrote novels to turn it into a blessing. His vision is to help other inmates get instructional writing guides and change their lives.
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True story, intense prison politics, riots and how the author survived it all!
I am reading all of this authors books and this one is incredible. I can't even imagine having to survive through what this guy has lived through. The author gets labeled a Southern Mexican gang member by the Department of Corrections even though he is WHITE!!!
Prison war riot, Solitary confinement, respect, pride, survival. Forget reality TV, this is much better, it is reality!
Buy all the books, you won't regret it, or gift to a loved one who may be facing incarceration.
(Richard M. Feldman) Ever since I was a young boy, the only thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. I wanted to own and work on a real ranch, with cattle and horses. Especially horses.
While I never became a cowboy, considering everything I have done
After a long awaited weekend visitation caused by false allegations of sexual abuse, Glen got to see his children for the first time in over two months. He promised them that they would never be apart again and then they disappeared.
A passionate and poignant memoir written by a woman whose life has been guided by the words: "I am here to learn how to love well." The book is a deep examination of relationships, family, motivation, and honoring of the Self.
