![]() ![]() ![]() Nicknamed "the Hot House" because of the sweltering conditions of its cellblocks, the federal penitentiary in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, seethes with the pervasive threat of riot. Once disrespected, a Leavenworth inmate has two choices: he can submit to virtual slavery-or he can fight his antagonist until one of them dies. Murder is frequent, rape is less for sex than for power, and respect is the coin of the realm. It's a self-contained metropolis behind vast walls built in 1895 a lethal place governed by ruthless clans competing for dominance. Out of the iron belly of this maximum-security penitentiary comes his stunning account of life behind bars-the nation's hardest criminals doing hard time. Author of the acclaimed Family of Spies, Pete Earley is the first writer ever permitted unlimited access to America's oldest federal prison. ![]()
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