Mike: Introduce yourself to the people. Who are you, where are you from? The Minister: They call me Minister. I’m from East Oakland [California]. How was life growing up in East Oakland? For me, life wasn’t about if you would jump off the porch, into the Game. The question was when you would make that […]
By KING GURU Pretty Girls, a lot happens in prison that we won’t always tell you about. Whether it’s about our egos, or protecting you from the harsh realities of prison-life, our censorship is never meant to hurt you. What you need to know is that there will be times when the pressure in here […]
By Frederick Ray The Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel guarantees a defendant the right to effective assistance of counsel. In Strickland v. Washington 104 S. ct 2052 (1984), the Supreme Court set out the analytical framework for evaluating claims in ineffective assistance of counsel. The court applied an outcome determinative approach. “The benchmark for judging […]
By King Guru Sex: Physical sexual contact between individuals that involves the genitalia. Emotions: Intense feelings (feelings like love and hate). In my search to dissect and then explain the science of cultivating long-term relationships between incarcerated men and free women, I’ve come to a specific conclusion when it comes to women and sex. When […]
Iceberg Slim is credited with creating the street-lit genre with his 1967 autobiography Pimp: The Story of My Life, and though he sold over 6 million books before his death in 1992, it was Donald Goines who really ran with the genre. Goines, after learning about Iceberg Slim’s book Pimp while serving time in prison, […]
By Frederick Ray Most prisoners are completely ignorant of the law and the process used in the practice of law and litigation. As a result of this lack of knowledge, prisoners become victims of manipulation by “fraudulent” jailhouse lawyers and “incompetent” attorneys. Living within a pervasive environment and culture of hopelessness in prison, it’s easy […]
By King Guru I’m writing this missive directly to all the Pretty Girls who’re in love with, or who’re contemplating opening the door to their heart for a Bad Boy to enter. When females open one of my PRETTY GIRLS LOVE BAD BOYS books, the first thing that seems to come to their mind is […]
Seth Ferranti rocked the literary world in 2004 when he launched his publishing company, Gorilla Convict Publications, from inside a federal penitentiary, and began penning and publishing raw, uncensored tales about life inside America’s prison system, street legends, and other aspects of the criminal underworld. Not since Jack Abbott’s In the Belly of the Beast, George […]
“If a person has done even a couple of years in prison and possess even the most basic means to obtain literature,…
California prison officials consider him to be the most dangerous prisoner they’ve ever housed.