Over the last 21 years, 43-year-old Seth Ferranti earned a master’s degree, got married, launched a writing career and founded a publishing house. And he did it all from behind bars […] http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars-and-provocateurs/seth-ferranti-drug-kingpin-to-best-selling-author/35307
This week, seven members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas were sentenced to prison, the latest result of a crackdown on the white supremacist prison gang stemming from a 2013 federal racketeering indictment out of Houston[…] http://www.vice.com/read/the-feds-are-trying-to-decimate-the-aryan-brotherhood-of-texas-1114
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s fight to be heard from his prison cell takes a setback. http://www.vice.com/read/a-new-pennsylvania-law-tramples-the-free-speech-rights-of-prisoners-1023
In the netherworld of corruption and violence, which exists perpetually inside the belly of the beast, prison administrators struggle to manage the violent proclivities of prison gangs. Unfortunately, for the powers that be, it’s not …
“Is prison scary?” That’s a question people ask me all the time. And no, it’s really not. Or at least, in women’s prison it’s not scary in the ways you’d expect. For the most part, …
Crack was the atomic bomb of the ghetto. And the scariest part was, any fool could build that bomb. —Marcus Jackson At forty-five years old and counting, the nationwide Bloods–Crips conflict has gone on longer …
“Yo Hipster, that knew guy is a fuckin cho-mo!” Stanley, a 60-year-old bank robber from Boston says to me as soon as I came inside from rec. “Who?” I ask, scanning the unit for the …
Straight out of New York comes the hottest new rapper with the songs that will leave you wanting more. The Bronx native is New York City born and bred. He honed his chops on the …
I’ve kept a pretty close eye on Ferguson from here in St. Louis these past two months. After Michael Brown’s shooting, I expected the worst, especially since I was living in a halfway house in …
Gulf Cartel leader Juan Francisco Saenz-Tamez was arrested on October 9, 2014, while shopping in Edinburg, Texas, authorities announced yesterday, when Saenz-Tamez made an appearance in a Texas court on drug trafficking charges. His ascend …
