I recall the first time I was locked behind bars; I was 16. I asked my friend for advice on how to survive. He gave me some pointers and told me how to get clean; he said it shouldn’t take longer than one to five. He was right. I was out of there in no time. I had learned how to act right, and I had learned how to master the design. So my only…read more

So you fully expect to die or be in prison before you’re an adult. Why is that? I know about the circumstances surrounding your birth, and how much it hurts. I know about the bad influences and hooligans, and all the ways you’ve broken rules again. Detention, suspension, expulsion, you think everyone looks at you with repulsion. And they do. But…read more