Me, Randy, and Phill were sitting in the chow hall enjoying lunch – grilled steaks cooked medium rare, scallops, and baked potatoes with sour cream, food that was not intended for inmate consumption. In our cups, tomato-paste wine […]
Goodfellas, the Godfather, Donnie Brasco, The Sopranos- Hollywood’s obsession with mobsters dates all the way back to the turn of the century. A litany of wise guys have gained fame and notoriety and eventually been incarcerated by the feds […]
Prison gangs like the Mexican Mafia, Aryan Brotherhood, Latin Kings, Black Guerrilla Family, Texas Syndicate and the Dirty White Boys have been around for decades […]
La Eme is one of the big four California prison gangs. They originated in the California prison system in the 1960s and have grown since then to rule a vast empire of criminal activities, stretching from Southern California to Arizona to Colorado […]
Boy George was a multi-millionaire by the age of 21. A brilliant and powerfully ambitious drug entrepreneur who saw an opportunity and seized it […]
During the 1960’s a group of White convicts serving time inside California’s notorious San Quentin State Prison decided that they had had enough […]
Gang warfare has raged unabated in California’s prisons for almost 40 years. Legend has it starting when an argument at Soledad State Prison began the rift among Latinos that today is manifested in the Norteno/Sureno beef that pits Chicano solely based on the region of the state they come from. […]
“Back in 1984 is when I first experienced crystal,” says Big Coop, a self-proclaimed “professional tweaker” who “robbed banks on the side.” […]
In prison battle lines are drawn along racial, territorial and geographical distinctions. And in this country, the US of A, it’s been reported that about one fourth of all male prisoners are gang members […]
Prison is a cauldron of hate. A mixing pot of volatile tempers and personalities that can incite violence in a nanosecond […]
