Life in Prison, Stanley Tookie Williams
Life in Prison, Stanley Tookie Williams
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Life in Prison

Author: Stanley Tookie Williams

Narrator: Ty Jones

Unabridged: 1 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/22/2013

Synopsis

"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 bookwhich has drawn praise from educators, government leaders, and families alikeWilliams 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.

About Stanley Tookie Williams

Stanley Tookie Williams, activist and author, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times and the Nobel Prize in literature four times. He is the only man in history to be nominated while imprisoned. He was executed in 2005.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Airton on December 19, 2014

I recommend this book to all teen and others who would like to learn what it likes to live a life as a prisoner. After learn about "Tookie" experience in Death Row, I start to realize how good is life when you're free to do what you want. I also appreciate my freedom now more then anything else and......more

Goodreads review by Szymon on September 16, 2020

"Life in prison" by Stanley Williams is a tough position, but not tough in the means of language or intense plot, its tough in the means of some kind of ethical trip through your brain and morality. What I mean by that, is the reader's aproach to the author of this book. Tookie (The author) was foun......more

Goodreads review by Jon on October 27, 2023

Very good advice for anyone in a gang from Stanley Tookie Williams (one of the early leaders in the West Side Crips) who paid the ultimate price for his involvement in gang activity. Anyone working with gangs will find this book very helpful in understanding the environment that perpetrates gang vio......more

Goodreads review by Bright on October 17, 2017

When Stanley was young he had someone he always looked up to, In fact, everyone acknowledges him because he was a good storyteller. He was a man named Rock. He went to prison and told children stories about it. He told stories so good he leads children to go to prison. Now Stanley is in prison, and......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on October 19, 2017

i liked this book it teaches kids not to join gangs and it tells about Stanley life in prison.......more

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