What you are now holding is a true survival manual. What Sun Tzus “Art of War” was to ancient Manchuria, my book, is to the troubled youth of America today. Take a secret tour into the belly of the beast, into the dim world of the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation. Where demons lurk in the shadows, where the dregs of society hiss through steel bars, and prisoners slide encoded messages beneath their chamber doors. By the time you finish reading this you’ll come to the realization that safety was always just an illusion, and never a certainty. "How to Survive Prison" is a nautical star chart for those lost at sea. It's a first hand account of today's prison industrial complex, and a visceral glimpse into the underpinnings of California gang culture. This guidebook is an easy-read, and paints a picture as clear as you can get without landing behind the turreted walls yourself. It is my manifesto from my time served, written as I saw it, felt it, tasted, and smelled it. If you are fascinated with psychology, or the primality of human nature, then it's time to get inside the mind of those like myself, who have overcome drug addictions, witnessed prison riots, survived homicide attempts, and experienced ghastly spells of spiritual warfare. From one man who lived to tell the tale, welcome to the convention of chameleons.