Yard Life - Austin, Sodo

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Résumé :
Yard Life - (Expose'-Real Life Inside of Prison) is the non-fiction urban prison-lit by newbie author Sodo, Austin which gives you a raw, edgy and authentic inside look into the un-balanced maze of prison and yard life. Taking you through a reversed journey from his eyes and experiences as It is with and by him, from prison to prison, as well as dealing with the ill's and drama of the outside world. From reflection to relationships in the form of war stories (a way inmates bond and connect), and being as vulnerable as he possible can be, using the language he feels his readers would be receptive to (equally standard English with a bit of slang combined). At the same time, its to help the readers better overstand the man, the author and the bitterologist, which in all essence is the mind state of a bitterchild, being in the maze and having to deal with the everyday existence of yard life, which has a big impact, knowing there are no two days the same. But overstand this, if you follow the same path the view never changes. Also overstand great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people and even so, its impossible to do all the right things and still end up with bad results. Yard Life will wake your game up (teach you things you knew not of), no doubt and will enlighten you about the life. Be careful what you wish for, fuck around and get it, believe it . . . six September (grey print)

Biographie:
Esteemed Greetings,Hopefully these paragraphs greet you in the best of health as well as a strong positive mind frame, as I do my best to compose a brief combination of words to best describe myself. My pen pseudonym is SoDo Austin. I was born in 1971 to Dorothy Diggs and Tony McClinton on September 6th, in Dominguez Valley Hospital in Long Beach California (the hospital no longer exists), under the zodiac sign of Virgo where I was raised in the 70's and 80's as a native. It's where I began running in the streets and being involved in various criminal acts (gang banging, selling street pharmaceuticals from crack cocaine to marijuana, and robbery), starting at the age of 14, which ultimately led me to being incarcerated, it was a revolving door. I started going to juvenile hall, L.P. (Los Padrinos) and Central, both Los Angeles County Juvenile Hall Facilities. Shortly after, I graduated to C.Y.A. (California Youth Authority), being charged as an adult at the age of 16. It wasn't long after that 3 year sentence I found my way into the California Department of Corrections (C.D.C.) doing my first prison number (E02459) in 1991 at the age of 20. A number I was initially given at the age of 16, when I was charged as an adult for a robbery spree, I went on and was sent to C.Y.A. I've never been to any Los Angeles County Youth Camps. I bypassed them. My activities continued after I was released from prison and having discharged my prison number, picking up a fresh one (V73507) after being struck out (three strikes) and given a lengthy life sentence, which I'm currently 18 years into. It's no one's fault but my own. I played with the game and this is the result of it (Mama tried).I accept complete responsibility for my own actions. It was my walk to walk and my path to take. I knew the risk and yet shot my shot. I believe (my belief) some people's destinies are already destined and prewritten. It just has to be played out over the predetermined time. Sometimes it's just decided for you. As with fate having a way of changing the course of your life when you're stopped at a fork in the road, it's been decided. Allah knows all and it's him and him alone who'll decide how my chapter ends. It's in his hands. Whatever he has in store for me, beyond my 50 years on this earth, it will manifest itself in due times. Until then, I'll continue to do and be me and hopefully find love as I continue to walk and exist on these yards, in these lines, in this unbalanced maze we call prison. Amongst convicts and inmates I'll also continue to stand on what's right over wrong, staying vigilant and relentless in my pursuit of continued morality and values, compromising neither. In advance, I would like to thank you for having an interest in me and a vast curiosity which was enough to have you interested in reading Yard Life.SoDo