Out of the Red: My Life of Gangs, Prison, and Redemption

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Poverty -- 2. Adultism -- 3. Neighborhoods -- 4. Bangin’ in San Antone -- 5. Escalation -- 6. Purgatory -- 7. Texas Hold’em -- 8. Fellowship -- 9. Between the Lines -- 10. Transitions -- 11. Wally World -- 12. Starting from the Bottom -- 13....

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Main Author: Bolden, Christian L (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Online Access: Cover (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Prisoners > Texas > Biography
Gang members > Texas > Biography
Ex-convicts > Texas > Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Life, gangs, prison, redemption, critical issues, crime, society, Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law, Biography, Memoir, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, Outlaws, Discrimination, Race Relations, Poverty, Homelessness, Violence, Penology, Homeless, Fellowship, transitions, Freedom, Outcast, traumatic experiences, ex-gangbanger, Family, protection, excitement, power, rehabilitation, prison gangs, incarceration
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Texas > Strafentlassener > Bande > Mitglied
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Summary:Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Poverty -- 2. Adultism -- 3. Neighborhoods -- 4. Bangin’ in San Antone -- 5. Escalation -- 6. Purgatory -- 7. Texas Hold’em -- 8. Fellowship -- 9. Between the Lines -- 10. Transitions -- 11. Wally World -- 12. Starting from the Bottom -- 13. Letters -- 14. Outcast -- 15. Freedom -- 16. Pinnacles -- Appendix A: Lists of San Antonio Gangs Early to Mid-1990s -- Appendix B: San Antonio Gang Member Interviews -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Out of the Red is one man’s pathbreaking story of how social forces and personal choices combined to deliver an unfortunate fate. After a childhood of poverty, institutional discrimination, violence, and being thrown away by the public education system, Bolden's life took him through the treacherous landscape of street gangs at the age of fourteen. The Bloods offered a sense of family, protection, excitement, and power. Incarcerated during the Texas prison boom, the teenage former gangster was thrust into a fight for survival as he navigated the perils of adult prison. As mass incarceration and prison gangs swallowed up youth like him, survival meant finding hope in a hopeless situation and carving a path to his own rehabilitation. Despite all odds, he forged a new path through education, ultimately achieving the seemingly impossible for a formerly incarcerated ex-gangbanger
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (248 p) 12 b&w images, 3 color images, 10 tables
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781978813441
DOI:10.36019/9781978813441
Access:Restricted Access