Glenn Langohr's Real Life Prison Book Character Damien: Edits for Drug War Documentary

This is Damien, One of the Characters in Many of Glenn Langohr's 11 Prison Books. Check Out His Books in Print, Kindle or Audio Book Here~ http://amzn.to/19c9Gvo If you believe in Redemption please Buy, Share and Review His Books. God Bless You!

The Art of War: A Prison Memoir, is Glenn Langohr's newest book. It is in the top 10 in Criminology on Amazon for kindle. Join his Facebook page for a Free copy.

Glenn Langohr's Speaks About His Drug War and Prison Redemption Channel and Books

Glenn Langohr's Speaks About His Drug War and Prison Redemption Channel and Books. Glenn Langohr is adapting his books for TV and Movie Production. Check out his Youtube Subscription video and be sure to buy, review and share his books if you believe in Redemption!

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Glenn Langohr's Newest Prison Thriller is "The Art of War: A Memoir" found here~ http://amzn.to/13hyXF1

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

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.

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, "I paint with the true colors of life on a fictional landscape to protect the innocent and not so innocent, inmates and prison guards included."

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Glenn Langohr's Best Selling Prison Book Got Another Great Review

Underdog by Glenn Langohr is available in Print for 8.99, Kindle for .99 or Audio book for 6.99 Here's another great review for my Prison Book Underdog: Desolation, June 24, 2013

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

I haven't figured it out yet but this short book affected me to my core. Maybe it's the similarities between the dogs and the inmates. Maybe it's because I know in my heart that what was written is true.

Gangster Prison Life in California Exposed by Author Glenn Langohr

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about his book: Lock Up Abroad contacted me to be on their show this year as they focus on Prison Life in the U.S. They want me to be in one of the final episodes to end with a redemptive theme. While being interviewed they asked me, “How much of your books are fiction?” I told them, “Society can’t handle all of the truth!” With this in mind, I wrote Prison Riot.

Prison Riot is a true crime memoir where BJ, a young and battle tested inmate serving time on drug charges, gets caught up in a Mexican gang war over gangland tattoos. The prison explodes into chaos as each building erupts in deadly violence. For BJ, the war isn’t over when he and over a hundred inmates get housed in solitary confinement, it’s just beginning. For getting involved, he’s labeled a southern Mexican gangster.

• “Wow! I read this book in one sitting, I couldn’t put it down. The way Mr. Langhor writes this book, made me feel like I was in that cell woth B.J. and Giant, I actually felt claustrophobic and trapped and could almost feel the pepper spray burning me.” — MSMAD 2009

• “I am reading all of this authors books and this one is incredible. I can’t even imagine having to survive through what this guy has lived through. Prison war riot, Solitary confinement, respect, pride, survival. Forget reality TV, this is much better, it is reality!” — JDOG

To check out all 8 of Glenn Langohr’s prison books in print, kindle or audio book ( Listen for a free sample ) go here http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

Glenn Langohr's Youtube Video About His Books and Prison Ministry

Glenn Langohr's Youtube Video About His Books and Prison Ministry. While at the library, Glenn met a video marketing expert. From that point on, Steve from S. Africa took over as the video arm of the publishing company. 

Who Are The Real Victims? By Glenn Langohr

Who Are The Real Victims? By Glenn Langohr. On my wordpress site I asked, "Who are the real criminals?" Now I'm changing the context to victims. Maybe it's more compassionate.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak to 20 kids on probation about drug addiction, gang life and prison time. When I got out of prison in 2008 on drug charges I started going to A.A. I met my sponsor, Mr. Phillip Doran and worked the 12 steps. I was selfish but real about it. While in prison in solitary confinement I spent 10 hours a day writing Roll Call, a drug war novel. Phillip Doran is a prolific writer and one of the ex producers of many hit TV shows. I told him I wanted him to help me take over Hollywood. Okay, I am a little vain. After working the steps, Phillip read all of my prison books and reviewed them. He also helps me with marketing.

Part of the 12 steps is giving back to newcomers in sobriety, hence we spoke to the kids in trouble at probation. While speaking to the kids I couldn't help but see them as victims. Kids from broken homes. Kids who are so hyper sensitive they become their own victims. Both Phillip and I shared our story of hope and inspiration. I told them, "God loves you." and gave out my number to one of the kids. We'll see if he calls and I get the chance to sponsor him.

Here's a review for my drug war novel Roll Call- 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, Langohr penned Roll Call, a light fictionalization of his troubled life. "I went from obsessively pacing my cell and wondering and worrying about how I was actually going to get my attorney to defend me, and how many years this sentence would bring," writes Langohr in an afterword, "to realizing that if I find a way to write what's in my head, I can find a way out of this hole I had put myself in!" Roll Call makes for exciting reading--gunplay, covert operations and backhanded deals abound. A vivid, clamorous account of the war on drugs. --Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media, 770 Broadway, N.Y Yk

All of Glenn Langohr's drug war and prison thriller books are available on Amazon and other retail outlets in print, kindle and audio book. 

Author Glenn Langohr Spoke to Kids on Probation About How to Stay Sober and Out of Trouble

Author Glenn Langohr Spoke to Kids on Probation About How to Stay Sober and Out of Trouble. 

After serving 10 years in prison, with 4 years in solitary confinement, Glenn Langohr started http://www.lockdownpublishing.com and published 8 books about the drug war, gangs and prison life. 

During that time, Langohr started going to A.A. and got a sponsor by the name of Phillip Doran. Part of the 12 step program is being of service and speaking to the kids was a way to give back. 

Glenn Langohr's Video About His Drug War and Prison Books

Glenn Langohr's Video About His Drug War and Prison Books. Glenn Langohr spent 10 years in prison on drug charges, with 4 years in solitary confinement for riots. While he solitary he started writing novels. To check out Lock Up Diaries in audio book go here- http://tinyurl.com/lockupdiaries