If you have read my book Kites then you already know a kite is a prison slang term for a letter. In case you haven't figured it out by now---do you know a letter to someone locked up is a blessing. So if you haven't written your loved one or friend who's incarcerated---you're down bad! Put yourself in their shoes---it could be you in the belly of the beast tweaking for a kite from the free world. Y'all already know Louisiana is the #1 prison capital of the world! Recidivism is a virus out here! How do we stop it? The powers that be don't wanna stop it---it makes 182 million dollars a year for this state... Trust me---this is a rock bottom you never want to be...

I served 12 years in Louisiana prisons and now I'm a FREE man. As a matter of fact, I self published my first 4 novels from behind the prison walls... Check me out @ www.amazon.com/author/kingsteelo I now share a kite I recently recieved from one of my homies still doing time...

Yo Kiki,

What's up Dawg? I'm glad you're out there in that free world. I hope you're doing your thing. How are the books going? Man I miss you my nigga! Well let me tell you what's going on with me. I finally got that fat bitch ass Captain at La Salle to ship me to work release. So I got shipped to East Baton Rouge Work Force. Two days later, I got sent to New Iberia work release. Can you believe they kept me there 4 months without giving me a job? They kept telling me some bullshit about D.O.C. not wanting me in work release because of my record, but that was a LIE! Why---because they had about 9 guys there with worst records than mine and they were all working. Next thing I know---they shipped me. I thought I was getting sent to another work release, but them bitches sent me up here to Lake Providence with 8 other dudes who had write-ups and were kicked out of work release.
Man Kiki---out of all the camps I have been to---this by far is the worst I have ever been to. The food is terrible and they feed you small portions. Oh yeah---J.B. told me to ask you about the Freaky Kiki one inch manuever---Lol you a freaky ass nigga dawg. I know them hoes out there loving you. Anyway. there aren't any cellphones in this dorm I'm currently in---where all the pluggers at? Furthermore ain't no drugs here either---this place SUCKS! The only good thing is that I quit smoking---its been 8 months now. J.B. looks out for me when he can but I'm out of shit to sell for food and Joes. I also haven't talked to my son in over a year. You know I got mad love for you dawg---if you can---send me a couple of dollars---anything helps. The store up here is high and these muthafuckas even charge us tax. Write me back asap---I wanna hear from you dawg.

Your Brother,
PACO

There you have it peoples---even a brother trying to change and go to work release can still get railroaded. Instead of building more prisons---these politicians in Louisiana need to change laws. But why would they listen to me? I'm an ex-convict myself...