Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Foreword xi
5. 1 “My Back Is on Fire” 1
6. 2 “The Jungle” 9
7. 3 “Bubble-Eyed Butch” 21
8. 4 “Don’t Serve Time; Let Time Serve You” 41
9. 5 “He’s Got a Body Like Marilyn Monroe” 55
10. 6 “They Called Me Outer Limits” 67
11. 7 “Fruit Up” 77
12. 8 “He Still Has the Cork in His Ass!” 87
13. 9 “Those Doctors Ain’t Interested in You” 101
14. 10 “I Tried My Best” 111
15. 11 “I Was in Some Deep Shit Now” 123
16. 12 “My Spiritual Awakening” 137
17. 13 “It Was a Jihad” 149
18. 14 “Feeling Death Blow Past My Face” 159
19. 15 “A Righteous Life” 171
20. 16 “Trying to Get a Little Justice” 187
21. Epilogue 197
22. Notes 201
23. Index 205