Glenn Langohr Spoke to the Men at the Salvation Army in Pasadena, LA About His Best Selling Prison Books and HIs Upcoming Interview on Oprah Winfrey

Glenn Langohr: Speaking to the men at the Salvation Army in east LA, about his Prison Books and Faith! To check out all of Glenn Langohr's Book in Audio to listen to a FREE sample/purchase tap this link~ http://amzn.to/17JVzA4

Prison Author Glenn Langohr's Radio Interview on Women Behind the Wall 05/28 by 4justicenow | Blog Talk Radio

Women Behind the Wall 05/28 by 4justicenow | Blog Talk Radio It was great to be on the radio with Gloria Goodwin-killian about Prison conditions. If anyone has time to listen and or leave a comment to show the advocates who run the show to help prisoners that they are being heard, I appreciate it!

Glenn Langohr's Blockbuster Prison Book Gets a Great Review from a Prison Guard

Glenn Langohr's Blockbuster Prison Book Gets a Great Review from a Prison Guard from J. Bell.

A fascinating look into a different world., May 28, 2013

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This review is from: UNDERDOG, A True Crime Thriller of Prison Life (Prison Killers- Book 4) (Kindle Edition)

Glenn Langohr answer's a question I've long had about inmates. Namely whether they feel any connection to their friends that are still in prison once they step through the gates into freedom. After years of watching out for one another and moving through a world of violence and terror long time friends can be torn apart by parole, sentence expiration, or simply moves to other prisons. In the system I work for former inmates are not allowed to return as visitors for any person other than immediate family members. Thus it may mean that they will never see one another again. Langohr illustrates that the bonds of solidarity remain strong through years of separation.

The end of the book examines Pelican Bay and the situation surrounding many controversies at the facility. It raises a question of whether California needs the prison. I will state without hesitation that the state of California needs a super max facility. However merely being a member of a security threat group (prison gang) should not be reason to send a person to the facility for the rest of their sentence. The notion that an inmate can be validated as a gang member by those currently at the facility and seeking to cut a deal to move to a special needs yard is simply asinine. And the abuse that has been widely reported at Pelican Bay is, if true, inexcusable. Corrections professionals should be well aware that being in prison is the punishment that offenders receive. It is never the job of an officer to punish an inmate. Force should only be used as a last resort in order to keep the facility secure, preserve life, or prevent escape. Hogtying inmates and assaulting them should land the officers responsible in prison themselves... in general population so that those they mistreated would have access to settle old scores. The author and I disagree about some things, such as the prosecution of crimes committed by inmates (I believe that far too few assaults bring about further charges.) and whether the person's convicted of drug crimes belong in prison but we agree that no human should be treated the way that inmates at Pelican Bay are reportedly treated.

Lift You UP Blog - Always there for You: GUEST AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH GLENN LANGOHR

Lift You UP Blog - Always there for You: GUEST AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH GLENN LANGOHR Check out this awesome page from my new friend James in the UK. He has a great site for authors to promote their books and for readers to connect with authors and find great new books! He is a great Christian and he let me talk about how I went from writing in prison on drug charges to becoming a best selling author of drug war and prison thrillers that are chalked full of redemption.

That Girl Reads Interviews Ex-Con Turned Best Selling Author Glenn Langohr

TGR: Which actor would you want to portray you if your books were turned into movies?   For more, check out her site!   http://thatgirlreads.blogspot.com/2013/01/author-interview-glenn-langohr.html 

PRISONERS FAMILIES VOICES UK: Prison is a waste of money? - By Jan

PRISONERS FAMILIES VOICES UK: Prison is a waste of money? - By Jan: Festive greetings! I don't have a loved one in prison but I take an interest in the criminal justice system so hope you don't mind me con... This is a great point. It is good to see regular citizens who recognize that prisons are not serving their intended purpose, to rehabilitate!

PRISONERS FAMILIES VOICES UK: Author Glenn Langohr

PRISONERS FAMILIES VOICES UK: Author Glenn Langohr:                          THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER LIFE  Over the past few months, Author Glenn Langohr and I have corresponded and b... Whoo hoo! My friend Alison in the UK who writes for Prizon Widow hooked me up on her page! She is a great writer and friend. Check out her site and look for more of her stories when I post them. I can't wait to sell enough books and audio books to visit the UK and meet her!

Glenn Langohr is on the Front Page of the O.C. Register For His Books: Can this OC drug dealer go straight?

I don't like the title, Can this OC drug dealer go straight? That was well over a decade ago and I served my time for it. The rest of the article is well done. Here is the link~ http://www.ocregister.com/articles/langohr-380221-prison-says.htmlhttp://www.ocregister.com/articles/langohr-380221-prison-says.html If you get time, leave a comment on their website.

An Interview With Author Glenn Langohr About His Book Underdog, A True Crime Thriller of Prison Life

This interview came to me through Book2Buzz and will be on her site as well. 

1. So, Glenn obviously you get your inspiration from true facts and real life experiences, but do you draw from anything else to create great works like Underdog? I take the true colors of life and paint them into stories that mingle with my own experiences. As you know from reading Underdog, I have a lot of personal experience with prison. At 13 years old I started as a runaway from a broken home. I was hyper sensitive to a fallen world and had a chip on my shoulder. Looking back, it seems like I had a death wish. I wasn't cautious. It started with selling and smoking marijuana and business with the Mexican Mafia, Outlaw Bikers and street gangs became the evolution. The Criminal Justice system interrupted me and gave me over 10 years to research the insides of a bunch of different prisons. I also use the newspapers and other media to do my own research. I also stay in touch with a number of prisoners to keep my finger on the pulse inside. 

2. How much of the personal relationships like Damon and the dogs you rescued from the shelter are true? Damon shared a prison cell with me for a couple years. In California's state prisons, every race is separated by cell. That has brought more organization and structure. It has also caused race riots. Things like a lack of respect, drug debts, and alcohol are some of the toxic elements that explode into violence. I watched young inmates who for the most part were drug addicts or homeless, feel the pressure to join a gang. It bothered me. In prison, perception is reality and you either lead or get led. It is also a predatory environment so if the right people aren't leading it gets down right evil. I chose to lead and Damon was shoulder to shoulder with me and ready to go back to back against everyone if necessary. We chose diplomacy as much as possible. 

Rescuing dogs from the shelter came from my imagination. While locked in a cell for at times 23 plus hours a day for months at a time, you can't help but feel like a dog. During those times I imagined how good it would feel to go to a dog pound and let the dogs out of their cages. I imagined taking each one for a walk and petting them with a lot of love and encouragement so that when they had to go back in their cage they wouldn't be as depressed. When I got out of prison I did go to a couple of shelters but they wouldn't let me walk the dogs! They make you sign up for classes first. Finding somewhere to live and pay bills took over and I still haven't been able to do it yet. 

3. Do you have a system when you write? For example you must have a cup of coffee at your side while you sit in a triple cushioned chair with the phone off the hook? I started waking up at 4 am in prison to write before everyone else woke up. I still wake up early when I'm writing another book. I leave the phone on but if I get interrupted, or if I get stuck, I get up and pace. Pacing helps me think. When I get to sections where everything is flowing and the characters are coming to life off the pages, I run back to my laptop and type off and on all day and night. It feels incredible. I do drink a lot of coffee!

4. Do you ever still go on visits to Pelican bay? That part is fictional. I feel like I visit inmates there and other places through letters. I know what they are going through in intimate detail from being in solitary confinement. I have to get cleared to visit inmates first and it is a long process. I plan to do it as soon as possible. I also want to interview the inmates and help them see they can turn their lives around through God, writing and art. 

5. Glenn, is California's prison system still running the same way described in Underdog? The way the guards treat the inmates?

 --If yes, what can your readers and anyone else who cares to, help with the situation? Great question with a hard answer. To be totally fair to all the fantastic prison guards and workers in general let me say that Underdog paints the truth about a small percentage of them. With that said, it is even worse in some cases. It is so hard to explain what happens in there in an interview. This is why I write stories about it. The best part about my book Underdog, is at the end I get to use ex prison guard's testimony. I also get to use attorney's testimony who have fought for the abused inmates at Pelican Bay. So it isn't just me, a former inmate writing a story. As far as helping inmates, or fighting against the system that creates so many prisons, God bless you for caring. The first thing is to pray for more compassion. God will give the answers. 

6. If Underdog or anyone of your prison killers series were made into a movie....who would play BJ, Damon, or Stranger? Anyone else? My friend Steven Smith was with me in another prison and plays Giant in my book, Prison Riot, A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison. When we were in the hole ( Administrative Segregation ), another way of saying solitary confinement, I told him I was going to make him a movie star. The guy has the looks and style of Christopher Walken but bigger. BJ, my character, would probably be played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Damon is so classic looking he has to play himself. Who else can play a prison character better then a long time former prisoner? For Stranger, same thing, a true Mexican gangster.  

7. Glenn are you working on anything else at the moment? After every book I get stuck in marketing mode. Each time I learn a little more and get blessed with more interviews. I'm about to be on the front page of the Orange County Register for speaking at the University of California Irvine to 100 students in a Criminal Justice Class about solitary confinement. I'm going to start on the 6th book of the Prison Killer series any day now. I'm really excited about it because now I narrate my own books as well and it is so fun to throw my voice into different characters as if I'm still in prison! 

8. Last buy not least! Thanks for answering some questions for Book2Buzz....is there anything else you would like to share? Thank you for taking the time to read and review Underdog and interviewing me! Take a look at the rest of my books in print, kindle and audio book and let me know which kindle book you want for free. I would also like to extend that same offer to all of your friends and followers who can't afford copies. Sharing is caring so please share this interview far and wide. Even more important, once in a while, say a prayer for all the prisoners and prison guards. God bless. 

Glenn Langohr: The Path Into Solitary Confinement in Prison is Wide and the Path Out is Narrow

Glenn Langohr: The Path Into Solitary Confinement in Prison is Wide and the Path Out is Narrow. Glenn Langohr spent over 10 years in some of California's worst prisons on drug charges, with 4 years in solitary before turning it into research as a writer and expert on prison culture. For a complete list of his drug war and prison thrillers in audio go here- http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=glenn+langohr%27s+audio+books You can also download the books to your phone, tablet or computer in minutes for free and buy them in print as well here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

"The path into solitary confinement is wide for this reason. We have to many laws and send to many people to prison these days. It used to be, in the 1980's, that you only went to prison for murder, rape and robbery for the most part. Tough on crime political platforms and the drug war took over and now we are paying the price with a prison population that is exploding at the seams.

To expand further, now that we send people to prison for poverty crimes like stealing to survive "Petty theft", and not being able to pay for probationary costs, and for being addicted to drugs, we have an overburdened prison system that frankly, has a lot of mental issues. Imagine being in prison as a drug addict or an orphan of poverty, on a packed prison yard, where the inmates are comprised of every race, color and creed. Now mix in hundreds of different street gangs and some predators. But please don't forget to add in a percentage of outright mental cases. Add all of that up and you have a recipe for violence, the slippery slope into solitary. This is where you have to look deeper. As an inmate trying to fit in, and avoid that violence in a predatory environment, one of the easiest masks to put on is in the form of tattoos. Human beings often enter the prison system as innocent, young drug addicts, and out of fear, try to fit in by blasting their bodies with ink to look formidable. This is the main reason that the path out of solitary is narrow. Since the path into solitary confinement and the path out aren't regulated by a court of law, dubious evidence is used that has to do with certain tattoos meaning certain things. Other dubious evidence is second hand information from other prisoners, and the one that hurts my heart the most, self admission.

What most people don't understand is that as a new arrival to a prison, the prison administration has to run a check to clear the inmate for mainline population on the "Big Yard". During this process the inmate is under the microscope like an insect under a magnifying glass. He or she is asked questions like, 'What gang do you run with? What do they call you? Do you have any enemies?' These questions make a new inmate feel like joining a gang is the answer! A great percentage of lost misfits pass the tipping point and claim something. In my case being a White inmate they asked, 'Are you a peckerwood or skin head?' I saw the verbal bait on a hook and responded, can't I just be a White man without any affiliation? For those who take the bait and claim where they're from in the form of initials to their county like S.J.C, for San Juan Capistrano, just gave someone's pen the power to keep them self in solitary forever.

My Friend Steven Smith, A.K.A. "Giant" is in My Book Prison Riot in Print, Kindle and Audio Book

My Friend Steven Smith, A.K.A. "Giant" is in My Book Prison Riot in Print, Kindle and Audio Book. It's found here in audio book~ http://amzn.to/UD9EZa To find it in print or kindle go to the side bar. Remember, you can download a kindle free in 2 minutes to your phone, tablet or computer.

I met Steve in a northern California prison and immediately called him "Giant". As with most prisons, the White inmates were heavily outnumbered. Giant was similar to me and most prisoners, he was doing his time for drug related charges. In both of our cases, we were addicted to the power that being a drug supplier brought. Thank God we outgrew that. I turned into a writer and philanthropist and Giant turned into a hooker. Just kidding, he turned into a prolific artist and mentor to wayward kids. Here's some pictures of him in the "Feds".

Both Giant and I did our time by working out a lot and playing handball and basketball. Those areas on the yard were heavily regulated by the Black inmates and the northern California Mexican inmates and we didn't have much airspace. The book, Prison Riot, A True Story of Surviving a Gang War in Prison eventually happened... Buy it, gift it to inmates and families of inmates, review it, share it, I love you.

Glenn Langohr's Video Trailer For His Drug War and Prison Novel Roll Call, A True Story Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption

Glenn Langohr's Video Trailer For His Drug War and Prison Novel Roll Call, A True Story Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption. Available in print for 16.99, kindle for 2.99 and audio book for 13.97 all found on Amazon here- http://amzn.to/nxQt3A http://