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“TIME TO STEP YOUR GAME UP”

March 10, 2017 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

"TIME TO STEP YOUR GAME UP" " Olivia.......this late.......got distracted on her way....to Grandmother's house...... A wolf in lamb clothing came....blew her mind...and changed her ways...now she's turned out......lost and turned out.......she's lost and turned out"......"(Olivia) Lost and Turned Out"....The Whispers It's 2017.....Men in ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: BOP, Convicts, Prison life, Shakim Bio, Shakim's Hood, Shakim's Neighborhood

Hollywood Mob Characters and Where They Came From

March 10, 2017 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

Hollywood Mob Characters and Where They Came From The Mafia and its various members have been emulated many times on the silver screen. Here’s a list of prominent mobsters and the actors who portrayed them on the screen or the films that influenced them into a life of crime. Sammy “The Bull” Gravano/The Godfather The Godfather had far and ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Street Lit & True Crime Tagged With: Al Capone, art imitates life, Goodfellas, Hollywood, Mafia, mob, movies, Scarface

WHITE BOY Premiere

March 10, 2017 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

The documentary that I have been working on since I got out of prison to free Richard Wershe, Jr. aka White Boy Rick from his unjust sentence is premiering March 31 in Detroit's Freep Film Festival at the Detroit Institute of Arts. I have been working on the documentary with Transitions Studio's Shawn Rech and Brandon Kimber. It has been a great ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: 650 Lifer Law, Cocaine, Crack Era, Detroit, injustice, oversentenced, Richard Wershe Jr., Street Legend, White Roy Rick

The White Devil

March 10, 2017 by Seth Ferranti 1 Comment

The White Devil John Willis was in a parking lot next to a man whose number was up. The guy had a hit out on him, unbeknownst to John, and a gunman walked right up to the man and blew his brains out. As he fell to the ground dead, John looked at the big hole in his head, blood flowing out onto the pavement. The assassin went to shoot John next, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Prison Stories Tagged With: asian, Bac Guai, Boston, Chinatown, Chinese, Gang, gangster, Irish, John Willis, Ping On, White Devil

A Shit Filled Super Bowl Sunday in the Hole by John Broman

February 5, 2017 by Seth Ferranti 2 Comments

Just like the rest of human civilization, I will be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday along with the rest of my inmate population. Inside the prison system we observe EVERY single holiday, as well as a lot of invented occasions as well. We can look forward to extra counts just to remind us that we belong to the system.  On the grand daddy of ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: Convicts, Drugs, gambling, John Broman, Judge, Prison, Prison life, super bowl, The Hole, VICE

The Aryan Brotherhood’s Grip on Prison Heroin

January 19, 2017 by Seth Ferranti 4 Comments

The racist ideology of America's most notorious prison gang has long been subordinate to its lust for drug money. Federal crackdowns have yet to break the Brand. Michael "Big Mac" McElhiney (shirtless) and friends   Prison is a place where racial hatred is routine, where gangs rule the roost and heroin is the most valuable ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Prison Stories Tagged With: Aryan Brotherhood, Convicts, Drugs, gangs, Prison, Prison life, racism, violence, white supremacy

Dead Family in the Penitentiary by John Broman

January 19, 2017 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

Dead Family in the Penitentiary The enchanting days of traveling across the country hitting up every Dead, Phish, and festival show is almost a decade and a half behind me. Only a tour kid could see absolutely NOTHING wrong with being crammed tight into one hotel room with ten other crusty kids and two smelly dogs that were smuggled in through ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: deadhead, Grateful Dead, Heads, John Broman, Judge, life inside, LSD, Prison, Prison life

Federal Prisoners lose faith in Congress to pass criminal justice reform bill, pray Obama will do it alone by Robert Rosso

November 29, 2016 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

Last fall, when the Senate Judiciary Committee passed S. 2123, the Sentence Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, Carmon Tate-bey felt like many federal inmates. "I felt hope was alive," said Tate-bey, an inmate housed at a federal prison in Indiana where I also reside. "I've been hearing talk and whispers about laws changing for 25 years, but ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Congress, laws, Prison, prisoners, relief, Robert Rosso

From Addiction to Prison by J. Font

November 29, 2016 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

Almost half of the B.O.P.s' inmate population is incarcerated due to drug offenses. (Task Force staff analysis of B.O.P. FY 2014 data). In 1984, Congress passed the Sentencing Reform Act. This was one weapon in the government's "War on Drugs". In 1986, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act (ADAA) was passed. This act ushered in a new era of mandatory minimum ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: addiction, J. Font, Prison, recovery, treatment. BOP

SHAKIM’s Neighborhood

November 29, 2016 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

"WHO ARE YOU????" "But wait....You don't think I live a pop life now??/ cause Hey....you can get popped right now...../me don't play/ I keep a gun around my waist...cause I'm a fucking Drama King like my niggah Kay Slay" ....Big Noyd's verse from "The Learning" (Burn) by Mobb Deep featuring Big Noyd and Vita. This Ohio State penal system ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Street Lit & True Crime Tagged With: Ohio Prison System, paperwork, Prison Gangs, Prison life, Shakim Bio, Shakim's Neighborhood, wanna be gangsters

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