A Prison Anthology: Brushy Mountain to Morgan County

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News items and events coving the close of the notorious Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary and the turmoil that ensued at her sister site, the Morgan County Correctional Complex. In the pages of this book you will get a taste of what life was like for the last residences of this 113-year-old relic of the convict-lease system, and learn what happens when administrators throw caution to the wind in their oversite of a volatile situation. The prisoner-written Mountain Review cover these events as best as could be expected of a censored publication. But if you pay attention to what is being said - and how it's being said - the inside story takes shape. I will help along the way as the situation spirals to the point that innuendo no longer does the job. The real story, however, is of the long-term residents at MCCX who took it all in stride, kept their cool, and came out the other side intact. This book is dedicated to them and serves as a testament that there are a few good people who have put themselves in really bad places, and a handful more that realized their mistakes and are trying to turn it around. The proceeds from this book will help folks like these make the inside a better place and help insure that the ones who get out never return.