Gorilla Convict

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  • October 22, 2011
A Hustler's Wife, Project Chick, The Glamorous Life, Riding Dirty on I-95, Death Before Dishonor, Forever a Hustler's Wife- these are the titles of Ni ...
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  • October 22, 2011
With the proliferation of street novels coming out it's getting hard to separate the trash from the jewels. You got Teri Woods Publishing putting out ...
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  • October 22, 2011
It was a day like any other day. I woke up and rolled out of my too-thin metal bunk bed and took a shower. I mentally went over my plans for the day- ...
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  • October 22, 2011
The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York is in essence a big county jail. Run by the Bureau of Prisons for the feds, this nine floor, t ...
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  • October 22, 2011
In the fall of 1995 they had the infamous crack riots in the Burea of Prisons. These riots took place in federal prisons all across the United States ...
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  • October 22, 2011
From the moment I cracked my crusty eyes open I knew that it was going to be a good day; the smell of freshly cooked moonshine pouring into my cell pr ...
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  • October 22, 2011
When I first entered the netherworld of prison in 1993 the last vestiges of the convict were dying out. The convict was the ultimate prison ideal whic ...
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  • October 22, 2011
U.S. vs Ferranti: that’s how the case was styled. The United States of fucking America versus me [...] ...
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  • October 22, 2011
In the belly of the beast a convicts tattoos can define him. Being sleeved out or tatted up is a sign of respect or mark of belonging. In the pen dude ...
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  • October 22, 2011
When the feds prosecute a case they are vicious. Brutal even. Ain't no pleasantries. They out to draw blood [...] ...
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  • October 22, 2011
After unearthing a bag of wine from beneath one of several piles of dirt scattered about the yard, Gator Boy, Billy, Weasel, Swivel, and myself sought ...
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  • October 22, 2011
The Abu Graib photos exposed torture, humiliation, degradation, sexual assaults, assaults with weapons and dogs, extortion and blood sports [... ] ...
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  • October 22, 2011
I was laying on my bunk, eyes closed, lost in an opiate stupor [...] ...
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  • October 21, 2011
“It’s always a struggle, and it’s always a beginning point, and the beginning point is the inner city. That’s where the guns go bang [...] ...
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  • October 21, 2011
In 1910 the U.S. Government acquired land along the Occoquan River in Southeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. This site became the Occoquan workhouse, ...