Life in Prison

by Stanley Williams, Barbara Cottman

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"The true stories I've written in this book are my living nightmares. My greatest hope is that the lessons the stories offer will help you make better choices than I did." Stanley "Tookie" Williams, cofounder of the notorious Crips gang, is a death-row inmate. But in his two decades of incarceration, Williams has also become a respected author and activist whose dedication to ending gang warfare in the lives of inner-city children has earned him a 2001 Nobel Peace Prize nomination. In this award-winning book which has drawn praise from educators, government leaders, and families alike Williams describes the brutal reality of being an inmate. He debunks myths of prisons as "gladiator schools" with blunt, riveting stories of overwhelming homesickness, the terror of solitary confinement, and the humiliation of strip-searches. Williams' words are a frank challenge to adolescent readers to educate themselves, make intelligent decisions, and above all, not to follow in his footsteps.

Musher Reviews

• Jacob C. — 8th grade
• Team: Sullivan's Class
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• the book was manly about a person who was a gangbanger his whole life almost and he was on deathrow and his books have gotten nobel prizes for peace. He was the former leader of the crips his partner got killed so then he became the full owner. This book mostly talks about how you should not go to prison because eve f you think it is a gladiator school where you can go there to become tougher, it is not true it is a place where you do not get to do anything but eat,sleep, and have a little bit of work out time in the yard. This book talk all about Stanley’Tookie’williams life and how he does not want you to follow in his foot steps.

• Submitted 7 months ago