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Another Powerful Review for the Prison Book Underdog by Glenn Langohr

Underdog by Glenn Langohr is a Prison Memoir that shines a light on the current California Prisoner Developed Hunger Strike over Solitary Confinement.








It follows a prison riot over an out of control drug debt between the White inmates and the Mexican inmates and shows how the Prison Officials guess at who started the riot. Those inmates are sent to Solitary Confinement without a court system to overlook the process on a system that never lets you out to see the sun again. Purchase Underdog in Print, Kindle or Audio Book here~ http://amzn.to/17ePHd1 Consider sending it to a prisoner to inspire hope.

Here's the review: UNDERDOG is the real Deal!, August 9, 2013
By Juan Soria - See all my reviewsThis review is from: UNDERDOG, A True Crime Thriller of Prison Life: Prison Killers 4 (Volume 4) (Paperback)As I move towards middle age, I have become more and more perplexed with the world that I live in.

A world that from the start of my youth began as a crystal clear vision of harmony, peace and love that was shown to me from the folks that I grew up with - the friends and family who showed me a much simpler and easier way of life but in truth, represented a shield of sorts that sheltered me from the realties of what it meant to grow up poor & from humble beginnings that for the most part, confused me because I grew up thinking in terms of black and white all the while not realizing that a multitude of grey existence lay waiting for thousands and thousands of young men and women that would soon face the reality I now come to understand as the American Prison System.

"UNDERDOG, A True Crime Thriller of Prison Life: Prison Killers 4", written by Glen Thomas Langohr presents a visceral description of that world and what it takes to survive. This book is far from fiction but rather a direct personal experience of the Author who spend over ten years in the State of California Prison System.

Without giving away too much detail, what I can say about the book is that it hits you right in the gut as you read for example about the politics, the gang wars and most horrific of all, solitary life in a Super Max Prison where inmates can literally spend DECADES in solitary confinement, most often at the hands of corrupt Correctional Officers who are motivated by the prison's financial gain as the prisons that are being built require more and more bodies to fill them.

The author also speaks on the Hunger Strikes that are now taking place across the prisons in California in protest of the horrible conditions that the inmates face in addition to having no limit as to how much time an inmate can serve in solitary confinement of which in my view is inhuman, barbaric and straight out evil.

America is most often referred to as a Civilized country but yet our prisons reflect a different reality of which decency and respect is absent and in its place is indifference, human slavery and the supported and sanctioned racism of which prisoners are then divided up by race . . and region.

Though I am fully aware of the Author's established faith of which through his higher power, he has managed to completely turn his life around, I can't help but feel that as long as *MONEY* is involved which drives the passing of laws designed to incarcerate, the building of new prisons regardless of type (Federal, State and Private) in addition to the failed war on drugs which continues to lock good people up by the thousands, we will continue to see the rise of the Private Prison Industry of which already, outfits like Corrections Corporation of America (currently trading at $34/share), are lobbying at the halls of Congress more than they ever have before. This all ties in of course to the militarization of the police and the emerging police state that will soon turn this country into one gigantic prison.

Will we see sanity and true prison reform take place in this country? I'm highly doubtful but until that day comes, we must look to Good Men like Glen Langohr who are not afraid to stand up and be counted as the true prophets & seers of our times.

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Movie Trailer for Glenn Langohr's Prison Book, "The Art of War"

FREE Sample, Purchase the Audio Book here~http://amzn.to/1bhqCUh Also available in Print and Kindle. Glenn Langohr spent 10 years in California prisons on drug charges, with 4 years in Solitary. He turned that into writing time. Now he is a best selling author and producer. He wants to show the world that God can turn lives around.


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Glenn Langohr Speaks Out About the California Prison Hunger Strike

Glenn Langohr Speaks Out About the California Prison Hunger Strike.




The Prisons I lived in for 10 years couldn't contain me! I wrote books that shine a light on life behind bars. Check out FREE samples of the Audio Books here~ http://amzn.to/19dNrsm All my books are available in Print or Kindle for immediate download. God Bless You!


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Crime Will Go Up Says Prison Author Glenn Langohr

1)    As most of your readers already know, you've spent some time in prison but have now turned your life around.  Can you tell us what happened to land you there and how your change/rehabilitation came about?Two good parents raised me, but they divorced when I was 12 years old. Being a momma’s boy, I was broken hearted when I didn’t go with her. I called my dad out for ruining everything and that didn’t work out well for me. I ran away. I got into selling drugs. The law interrupted me, many times.
I spent 10 years in some of California’s worst prisons with 4 years in solitary confinement for riots and investigations.
The prison system didn’t rehabilitate me, writing did. California has 35 state prisons and they are violent and gang riddled. While “doing time” it is all about surviving. I started waking up at 4 am to write before surviving another possible riot took over my being. Eventually, I built up enough momentum writing books to know in my heart that I had a new life.

2)    You are obviously quite (rightly) dedicated to highlighting the plight of prisoners in the US correctional system (as well as the abuses therein).  Your personal experiences aside, anyone who has had dealings with it can understand why this is such an important cause to you but most people don't have any such experience. How would you respond to critics who would argue that prisoners get what they deserve ("do the crime, do the time" types)?First I would say that some crimes are worse than others. I think we are too easy on Child Molesters and Rapist. But, are we the “Leaders of the Free World”? No, we are the leaders of the incarcerated world. In California alone we have 35 state prisons that are bursting at the seams, with more people behind bars than any other country other than China! Why? Because we are locking humans in prison who are addicted to drugs, or who are below the poverty level, and therefore undesirable. That could be your kid, your mother, and your neighbor.
In prison, that addiction is bred into an affliction much harder to escape, where gangs are the solution, spitting out tattooed down displaced humans without any job placement or anywhere to live.
So really, most of the prisoners are not getting what they deserve, because we look at drug addiction like alcoholism these days, like a disease. They need treatment, not prison. I am working on adapting one of my books, “My Hardest Step” into a TV show about Addiction and Recovery. One of the girls who did a casting call has been to prison. It didn’t help. A drug treatment center did work. She has been sober for over 2 years and has her son back in her life.
3)    What do you see as the way forward in terms of prison reform?  How does this come out in your books?Prison reform isn’t going to happen until there isn’t enough tax money to keep the current system going. I’m just being real. The Politicians and Media promote the need for prisons to keep the rest of us safe. To get elected, you have to be “tough on crime”. To stay elected, you have to be “tough on crime”. This starts with the D.A. In one of my “High Profile” drug cases, the head D.A. at the time had aspirations to become the Attorney General for the U.S. and for that to even be a possibility, he couldn’t look weak on crime, so he made sure he had a 99% conviction record. Ten years later, his son is doing time for heroin addiction.
My books take you inside of prison survival between the gangs and politics and what life looks like “Inside”.
If real prison reform were to happen, it would have to be extreme. How about work programs instead of prison? How about prisoners actually learning how to get a job while in prison with computer training, resume training, job placement, housing placement and a real chance upon release?
How about only sending people to prison for violent crimes and giving the rest programs for treatment and self-help?

4)    It is also clear that you are a man of faith.  What role has that faith played in your work?  How does it come out in your characters?  How is it part of your ideas for reforming the prison system?Thank you for bringing this up. I read the Bible in prison every day and found hope that God restores the hopeless.
My characters are divided into two groups, those who are trying to find their conscience, and those who aren’t, with a good cop verses bad cop theme as well.
In my books, my main character chases redemption by knowing he has to help other lost souls find hope and a new life away from prison and the drug war, yet just surviving takes almost all of his attention.
5)    How have you been able to partner your efforts with research and/or faith-based organizations to spread the word on your mission?Not that well. The church I attend is amazing because of a few things. The worship band it out of this world. Our teaching Pastor is amazing also. He loves my books. But they and most churches don’t want to face their own issues, drug addiction in their family and their community.
My writing has progressed from 10-Drug War and Prison books that are in Print, Kindle and Audio Book, to 4 Prayer Books, to my most recent self help books. “My Hardest Step” is based on the Twelve Step Programs.
My best selling Prison Book is Underdog found here~ http://amzn.to/14ZQwUj 
6)    Most, if not all, of your books are based on real-life events.  How much did you write while you were still in prison?  How do you deal with the possibility of getting sued by people who may recognize themselves, particularly the more well-known you and your work become?I wrote my first book, Roll Call, in prison for 7 years on the back of my trial transcript paperwork. Once out of prison I turned down a couple of big publishers to self publish. I got a review from Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media out of New York that blew my mind, “A harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction--sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic--of America's war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr. Locked up for a decade on drugs charges and immersed in both philosophical tomes and modern pulp thrillers…”  http://amzn.to/16oQXu6
As for being sued for writing such raw and penetrating content, I use this quote in TV interviews: “I paint with the true colors of life on a fictional landscape to protect the innocent and the not so innocent.”
My newest Prison book, “The Art of War: A Memoir of Life in Prison, is the most controversial yet. While I was finishing up my sentence at a hard-core prison on the California border of Mexico, there was so much violence, you just wouldn’t believe half of it. Being a White inmate where over 80% of the population is Mexican or Black, it wasn’t easy. We had a prison guard who gave us information about other inmates, one of which was a notorious “Child Molester”. You’ll have to read the book to see what happened. It is on sale for .99 for Kindle here~ http://amzn.to/18YH60f

7)  What one thing you would like for our readers to know about you?  Your work? Jesus is my landlord. I got that quote from a homeless woman who told it to the police who were harassing her for living in her car. They stopped dead in their tracks and let her go. I used that quote in one of my books. God bless you.
Here’s a six-minute TV Interview I did about my books and prison life. http://video.pbssocal.org/video/2365052683
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Former Prisoner Glenn Langohr Explains Why He is an Expert on the Hunger Strike

Glenn Langohr spent 10 years in California Prisons on drug charges, with 4 years in Solitary Confinement, before becoming a best selling author.




[[ASIN:B00BFMK2PK Caught in The CrossFire: A Memoir of Life in Lockdown with Serial Killers, Mobsters and Gang Bangers]] Top Rated in Crime Memoirs, 10 Five Stars, .99 for kindle or 6.97 in Audio Book

[[ASIN:1439246084 Roll Call: A True Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption]] "A Harrowing, down-and-dirty depiction of the U.S. War on Drugs." Kirkus Discoveries 2.99 for kindle, 16.97 in Print or 21.47 in Audio Book

[[ASIN:B005G5YMTE Race Riot, A Shocking, Inside Look at Prison Life (Prison Killers- Book 1)]] A novella about Prison Life, 40 Reviews with a 4.0 rating, .99 for kindle, 7.99 in Print or 6.97 in Audio Book.

[[ASIN:B005NKQSM6 Gladiator: A Shocking, True Crime Story into the Most Notorious Super Max Prison (Prison Killers- Book 3)]] A novella about Prison life where the guards stage gang wars, .99 for kindle.

[[ASIN:B007D62AP2 UNDERDOG, A True Crime Thriller of Prison Life (Prison Killers- Book 4)]] A blockbuster that shines a light on the "Hunger Strike" in the news for human rights, 54 reviews with a 4.4 rating, .99 for kindle or 9.99 in Print or 6.97 in Audio book.

[[ASIN:B009K7IGOQ Prison Riot, A True Crime Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison (Prison Killers- Book 5)]] Featured on TV in a PBS Interview, Glenn Langohr was labeled a Mexican Gangster for being one of the only White inmates involved in a Mexican Gang War, .99 for kindle.
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Best Selling Author Glenn Langohr Speaks About Prison Life on PBS Southern California's "The Real Orange"

Glenn Langohr spent 10 years in California's worst prisons on drug charges, with 4 years in Solitary Confinement for riots and investigations, before becoming a best selling author.

He has published 12 prison and drug war books that shine a light on conditions inside of California's overcrowded prisons.

When asked how much of his books are true, Glenn Langohr responded, "All of it and then some. However, it is hard to say names, especially considering that I've seen prison guards sell dope and tobacco and point out a child molester that was later sliced with a razor."

To check out Glenn Langohr's complete list of books in Print, Kindle and Audio book go here~ http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A


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PRISONERS FAMILIES VOICES UK: Author Glenn Langohr Supporting Prison Widow

PRISONERS FAMILIES VOICES UK: Author Glenn Langohr Supporting Prison Widow: My friend Glenn from California has written a piece for Prisoners Families Voices: Glenn Langohr Spent 10 Years in Prison, With 4 Yea...

Check out the U.K Prizon Widow who gives a voice to the voiceless. If you share her site I will gift out a kindle copy of one of my books! Give her some love!PR Newswire articles

An Excerpt From Glenn Langohr's Newest Prison Book: Life in Lockdown

Heart had some court paperwork in his hands and he positioned it at the side of our cell door where the small crack was and slid it in.
I didn’t grab it and pinched Damon’s hand as he tried to reach for it. The paperwork was about an inmate who had 44 counts of Child Molestation. It might as well have been a bomb. It was going to force us to slice part of his face off. I didn’t like the position we were in. I didn’t want to force some kid to handle it, who wouldn’t know how, and I didn’t want to force a seasoned convict to do it who could catch a 3rd strike and life sentence over it.
I waved Heart to the side of the cell door.
He positioned his back against the wall so his ear was inches from my lips at the side of the cell, just like a convict. I asked, “Are you going to help us get away with this one?”
Heart turned to talk into my ear through the side of the cell.  “You didn’t need my help today did you?”
Damon laughed and it forced me to relax. I grabbed the paperwork.
Truthfully, I was in over my head. I wanted enough control of the White inmates to keep us all safe, with level headed policies, like drug debt rules and other regulations to keep us tight, but this level of familiarity with a prison guard was new to me. Was I supposed to ask for dope, a cell phone or tobacco?
I responded, “Yeah but this one is more serious. Someone could catch a life case over this child predator.”
Heart said, “Just don’t kill him and the investigation won’t be serious. We let you guys get away with a lot on the yard.”
Heart tapped on our cell door and went next door.
We watched him get in line next to Mark.
We barely heard Mark say, “It was nice to meet you Sano. The I.G.I is going to take you to the hole any time. Pack your stuff.”
Mark noticed Heart standing there and got out of the way. I waved him back over to our cell.
Damon asked Mark, “Are they taking both of em?”
Mark stayed in front of our cell and shook his head. He was looking next door and trying to listen to what they were saying.
Heart was whispering into the side of their cell with his back to the wall. I looked at Garcia sitting at the podium below. He was watching. He said something into his microphone on his shoulder to the guard in the tower.
The guard in the tower tapped the microphone to signify an announcement. “Attention on the tier. The yard is on lockdown pending an investigation. Mark Grisham lock it up!”
Mark came to the side of our cell and said, “They’re taking Sano and leaving Boxer for right now. They don’t have enough room for both of them in the hole.”
Mark knocked on the door goodbye and walked to his cell six doors away.
A couple minutes later Heart said good-bye to Boxer and Sano and started walking past our cell. I pounded on the door and yelled, “Heart! How long are the White inmates going to be locked down?”
Heart stopped walking for just long enough to say, “Anywhere from a couple days to two weeks. They’ll have a meeting about it tomorrow.”
Chapter 3
Boxer’s Calling Shots Solo for the Chicanos
We heard our Mexican Mobster neighbors’ pound on the wall. I got off my bunk and got on the ground on all fours and banged on the wall back.
Boxer said, “I’m sending my line!”
I said, “Shoot it!”
Before we went to yard and gave Godwin a “soft whacking”, we had sent our homemade wine to their cell to keep it safe.
A line came flying into our cell carried by a milk carton container that had been smashed flat and weighted down with just enough state soap. I pulled the line in and felt it resist and heard the sound of liquid sloshing around. Our vino.
I heard Boxer say, “There’s a “wila” in there “tambien.” Mexican prison slang for a written message also.
I pulled the message out of a slot in the milk carton and handed it to my cell brother Damon.
Damon read it to me while I pulled in our not quite ready alcohol.
“Greetings BJ and Damon, glad you made it back from your mission. As you probably know, Sano is going back to the hole. Do you want to send any messages to your people in there? With Respect, Boxer and Sano”
They were following protocol. Our races were allied together. We shared the same spaces on the yard, we shared the same showers in the building and we even worked out together as if we were in the military and on the same side, at certain influential prisons. We passed messages for each other, fed each other and in general, cared for and respected each other.
Right now, they were asking if we wanted to send a message to anyone in the hole Solitary Confinement.
If we would have known who the “Shot Caller” for the White inmates was in the hole, it would have made us appear very organized and given us even more clout.
It always helped to have a Mexican Mobster on the yard because business was done right and riots didn’t happen, unless they had to. Right now, one was brewing between the Mexican and the Black inmates. Mexican pride was on the line after receiving a beat down six months prior.
We heard our neighbor’s bang on our wall again. Boxer asked, “Do you guys want to read the newspaper? We got the Orange County Register over here!”
I got down on the ground again and yelled, “Yeah, shoot it please!”
I got our line out and pinched it with my thumb as close as possible to the corner of our cell and extended the line with the milk carton far enough to wing it in a circular motion. By holding it pinched to the ground it flew out and under the cell door in an arc that brought it right under their cell door. We heard it whack their wall and I felt it get pulled in further.
A couple minutes later I pulled in the line with the newspaper wrapped around it.
Damon was on the top bunk studying the paperwork Heart gave us.
I gave him some space to get a brain full of stress and tried to act nonchalant by reading our hometown news.
As fate would have it, on the front page of the Orange County Register, there was an article about a friend of mine. His name was Jared Petrovich. He was a youngster at 22 years old.
I knew him when he was a 16-year-old runaway drug addict. He was absolutely harmless. Or he was then.
Now he was fighting a life sentence!
The article stated that he had been to prison for a sentence of a year, since I’d last seen him. Now, fighting another drug addict case for petty theft, he caught a high profile murder beef in our county jail. The authorities were even saying he was a “Shot Caller”, who organized the “Hit”.
But there was way more to the ugly story.
An Orange County Jail Deputy had told some of the Mexican and White inmates that they had a high profile “Child Molester” in their domain, his name, John Chamberlain.
The article alluded to the possibility that a few Sheriff deputies helped the inmates “handle the business” by leaving their watch post for a while.
I knew that part of the county jail. The Deputies had to have helped them by leaving their post. It was impossible for them not to see and hear the attack otherwise.
They were housed in a dormitory setting that was considered “low level” in the F Barracks at Theo Lacy Branch Jail.
I read between the lines and visualized what happened. The Sheriff deputy probably “alerted” way to many inmates about the “Child Molester” living with them, way to loudly, and that presented an enormous amount of stress.
The reason I deduced that it happened that way is because the article went on to state that three Mexican inmates and three White inmates were involved in the beat down that ended in Chamberlain’s death.
The mission had been put together haphazardly.
The Deputies turned a blind eye for to long. By the time they came back to their posts, medical attention was a tad to late.
Even worse, Chamberlain wasn’t even a Child Molester.
He was in jail for “Possessing Child Pornography”.
If the inmates had been more seasoned, they would have forced the Sheriff to turn over the court “Paperwork” to reinforce the claim before acting.
Damon broke through my reading by asking, “What does this penal code reference mean? ANNLY/MOLEST…”
I handed Damon the article to read and accepted the paperwork for Daniel Dennings.
There were 6 legal papers stapled together. The first two pages stated that Daniel Dennings had been charged with 72 charges. There were 44 counts of ANNLY/MOLEST that started on Jan 1, 1994. For the purposes of sentencing Daniel Dennings was found guilty on Jan 15, 1994, then on Feb 1, 1994, then on Feb 15, 1994 and so on for the entire 44 counts. Then his lesser charges were listed that included: Sodomy, oral copulation and lewd and lascivious behavior.
What the heck did ANNLY/MOLEST stand for? My mind flashed images of the worst Catholic priest scenario forcing anal sex on a little boy.
Chapter 4
Mexican Politics
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Prison Riot Book Character By Glenn Langohr

Glenn Langohr Spent 10 Years in Prison on Drug Charges with 4 years in Solitary Confinement Before Becoming a Best Selling Author. Glenn Langohr and Steve Smith, AKA "Giant" were in a riot that made the news in northern California. Check the book out that tells the story in Print, Kindle here~ http://amzn.to/1b4tkNY or in Audio Book here~ http://www.audible.com/pd/?asin=B00A4...PR Newswire articles

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