"It seemed clear to me I had always known I was going to jail. When I had bolted Redding to try to join the Navy, I had known. When I had told Percy, "We'll be back," I had known. When I had followed George into the all-night diner, I had known. I had served more time for a handful of inept burglaries than most men would have served for killing a police officer, and the prison was only my chosen instrument in the willful destruction of my own life."
Malcolm Braly spent the better part of his life behind bars. Arrested for a botched...
FALSE STARTS
"It seemed clear to me I had always known I was going to jail. When I had bolted Redding to try to join the Navy, ...
"You're just a youngster. What're you doing in here?"
"I'm old enough."
"Old enough for what?"
"Old enough to take care of myself"
"Kid, no one's that old."
Doug is only seventeen when he hits town. He's been on the run for awhile, and thinks he's got it all figured out. But when he's caught robbing a store, he finds that nothing has prepared him for the felony tank. Lying about his age, he is jailed with the adults, and here he meets Carl, the aging lifer with a steady...
FELONY TANK
"You're just a youngster. What're you doing in here?"
