Gorilla Convict: The Prison Writings of Seth Ferranti

by Seth Ferranti

Gorilla Convict is a selected compilation of Seth's work that has appeared on his long running blog at gorillaconvict.com. Online since 2005, the blog gives the scoop on street legends, the mafia, prison gangs, hip-hop and hustling and life in the belly of the beast. What makes this collection so unique is that Seth writes his blog and stories from his cell block in the Federal Bureau of Prisons where he has spent nearly two decades in prison. He founded the Gorilla Convict website from prison, and his intriguing and amazing stories has created a large and dedicated audience from prison. The book gives the reader real, raw and in your face stories that have not been written from the mainstream news media point of view. They are written by a man who understand the criminal and convict codes and who lives and resides with the men he writes about in the belly of the beast. This collection of crime, prison and street lore is as inside as you can get.

Genres: Nonfiction

280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

So much wrong with this book... “Inmates are why the federal system is so fucked up today. The emergence of inmates and the snitch culture they perpetrate can be explained by two reasons. The first is the fed’s directive of locking up so many illegal immigrants. Nearly 30% of the federal prison population is made up of INS detainees. And for the most part these people aren’t even criminals. They are just illegal, deportable aliens”

[Tori · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish I had read the description better before I started this. The writing was fine, but it wasn't what I was looking for. I wasn't interested in it.