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02975aam a2200469 i 4500 001 FCF2F08E323411EC8B1165C359ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211021010114 008 190826s2020 njuab b 001 0aeng 010 $a 2019037931 020 $a 1978804539 020 $a 9781978804531 020 $a 1978804520 020 $a 9781978804524 035 $a (OCoLC)1114284598 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d OCL $d YDX $d LMJ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-tx 050 00 $a HV6439.U7 $b T36 2020 100 1 $a Bolden, Christian L., $e author. 245 10 $a Out of the red : $b my life of gangs, prison, and redemption / $c Christian L Bolden. 264 1 $a New Brunswick, New Jersey : $b Rutgers University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xi, 216 pages : $b illustrations (some color), color maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Critical issues in crime and society 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Poverty -- Adultism -- Neighborhoods -- Bangin' in San Antone -- Escalation -- Purgatory -- Texas hold 'em -- Fellowship -- Between the Lines -- Transitions -- Wally World -- Starting from the bottom -- Letters -- Outcast -- Freedom -- Pinnacles. 520 $a "Out of the Red is one man's pathbreaking story of how social forces and personal choices intertwined to deliver an unfortunate fate. A childhood of poverty, institutional discrimination, violence, hopelessness, and other traumatic experiences, his life course took him through the treacherous landscape of street gangs at the age of 14. For a kid from poverty and family strife, thrown away by the public education system, the Bloods offered a sense of family, protection, excitement, and power. Incarceration during the Texas prison boom, and 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Bolden, Christian L. 650 0 $a Gang members $z Texas $v Biography. 650 0 $a Prisoners $z Texas $v Biography. 650 0 $a Ex-convicts $z Texas $v Biography. 650 7 $a Ex-convicts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917418 650 7 $a Gang members. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00937672 650 7 $a Prisoners. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01077103 651 7 $a Texas. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210336 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 830 0 $a Critical issues in crime and society. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017014350.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FCF2F08E323411EC8B1165C359ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search