Turn your Copy of Maxim into Body Armor
maxim”In the joint, magazines can be the difference between life and death if someone shanks you […]
Category: Prison Stories
Life in the belly of the beast is rough. Forget “OZ” and “Prison Break.” Read these true raw and brutal tales about living in the netherworld of corruption and violence.
Dope-Sick in the Dog House by Robert Rosso
At the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, there exists a cell-block known as the “Dog House.” For historical purposes, the Dog House, or D Cell Block, is the only unit in Leavenworth that remains as the original architects designed; red-brick cells stacked five-tiers high with no modern-day interior makeovers, such as central heating and air conditioning […]
Life and Death in the Feds by John “Judge” Broman
In the Penitentiary, everything you’ve done, all the time that you put in none of that really matters. Of course it can always come back to haunt you. The reality of this existence is that life is cheap and it’s usually your own homeboys that will cash your check. […]
Prisons as Tourist Attraction
A recent USA Today headline touted, Prisons unlock mysteries at new tourist destinations. It went on to say how there’s new glamour in the slammer and how old prisons, from famous ones such as Alcatraz to lesser known state facilities are becoming tourist attractions […]
A Man of Substance
Derek Caldwell is a street cat who grew up in East New York in the rough Brooklyn borough. He ran the streets from an early age, without direction, just letting the hood mentality “Do what it do” dominate his mindset and life […]
Uncle Fridge’s Pulpit
This whole nightmare has been running since July 17th, 1994 for me. I started this bid off with two years flat for a controlled buy. Eight months before I was set to be released the Feds stepped in […]
How Did These Get Here?
Everywhere you turn and look in our inner-city neighborhoods you constantly hear about the crime and violence on the rise. It’s even in the suburbs. Turn on the radio or TV to the news and you have 14, 15, 16 and 17-year-old teenagers shooting and killing each other […]
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword- Introducing Intelligent Allah
From inside the belly of the beast Intelligent Allah forged his pen game by going through trials and tribulations that would have crushed the average joe. From his misadventures in the streets of New York City and the drug game to his survival in the vicious New York penal system […]
Gorilla Convict
Gorilla Convict is a selected compilation of Seth’s work that has appeared on his long running blog at glorillaconvict.com. Online since 2005, the blog gives the scoop on street legends, the mafia, prison gangs, hip-hop and hustling and life in the belly of the beast.
What makes this collection so unique is that Seth writes his blog and stories from his cell block in the Federal Bureau of Prisons where he has spent nearly two decades in prison. He founded the Gorilla Convict website from prison, and his intriguing and amazing stories have created a large and dedicated audience from prison.
The book gives the reader real, raw and in your face stories that have not been written from the mainstream news media point of view. They are written by a man who understand the criminal and convict codes and who lives and resides with the men he writes about in the belly of the beast. This collection of crime, prison and street lore is as inside as you can get.
Anybody Can Get It (Even You)
That’s it B, that was the last straw. No more chances for this niggah. Bitchass niggah. I’m airing this niggah out. Always running his mouth, talking shit. Well, this is going to be his last night. I’m cash his ass in and leave him stretched out […]