What prisoners never say, never do, and never let slide — and exactly what to say instead. Forty rules about people, pressure, power, and self-control, from a man who paid thirty calendar years to learn them. For people who never plan to see the inside of a cell.
Five parts — people, pressure, power, conflict, and self-control. Every rule: what it meant inside, what it can save you out here, and what to say instead, in plain words you can use exactly as written. Plus the Say-Instead Card and the If-You're-Stopped wallet card at the back.
Why you never hold a stranger's eyes. Why “you can't do that” loses every argument with a badge. The exact words to say if you're ever stopped or arrested. How to say “I'm sorry” standing tall. Why “we're good” isn't true until both men say it. What never goes on an open line — and out here, every line is open. Why you never borrow what you can't repay by store day. Forty rules, each with the words to use instead.
In 1996, in the back of a federal car, I talked. Nothing dramatic — I was being friendly, being smart, I thought. Every sentence ended up on paper. When the law has you, your mouth is the only thing you still control. Here's what I'd say now.
General information, not legal advice. Laws vary by state. Never resist, run, or lie — fight it later with a lawyer. If you're in danger, call 911.
Forty rules in five parts. Each one: what it meant inside, what it can save you out here, what to say instead, and an honest note on where it stops working.
Reading men, earning respect, keeping your name clean.
Composure when everything in you wants to react.
Police, bosses, and anyone with a badge or a title.
The best fight is the one you never have.
Your tongue, your money, your business.
The companion volume — included free.
The videos tell you what never to say. The book gives you the words to use instead — for every rule.
I was born in 1956. Through my twenties and thirties I rode with an outlaw motorcycle club — I won't name it, and I won't tell you it was glamorous. Two years in state prison for possession with intent to distribute. Then a federal RICO case in 1996, and twenty-seven years in high-security penitentiaries. I walked out at sixty-seven. I chose that life, and I paid for it with thirty calendar years.
Inside, you learn people the way a sailor learns weather. Who's having a bad day. What a long look means. What a promise is worth. When to talk, and when one wrong sentence will follow you for a decade.
I started a channel to tell the truth about it — not the movie version. The videos people watched most were about words: what prisoners never say out loud, never say to a guard, never say on the phone. And the question in the comments was always the same: so what should we say instead?
This book is the answer. It's not a prison memoir and it's not a tough-guy book. It's forty rules for people who never plan to see the inside of a cell — and the exact words to use when it counts.
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Forty rules about people, pressure, power, conflict, and self-control — each with the words to say instead. Plus the Say-Instead Card, the If-You're-Stopped wallet card, and the bonus volume The Household Manual with 81 methods that cut $3,000–$5,000 a year.
It was written for you. Most of the people who watch the channel have never been inside and never plan to be — veterans, working men, fathers and grandfathers. The rules are about people, pressure, power, and self-control. A Navy veteran wrote that the same rules hold in the military, in rough schools, and anywhere tempers run hot. If you deal with people, they apply.
No — it's the rest of them. The videos tell you what not to say. The book gives you what to say instead, for every rule, plus the full story, what I saw versus what was yard talk, and where each rule stops working out here.
No. It's one man's experience, and laws are different in every state. The Power chapters point you to your real rights — like staying silent and asking for a lawyer — and tell you plainly to get a real lawyer if you're ever stopped, charged, or sued. The book never tells you to resist, run, or lie to police.
No. I chose that life and I paid for it. The convict code had ugly parts and you won't find them recommended here. There's no fighting technique in this book — the conflict chapters are about walking away.
A 460-page bonus volume with 81 methods from inside for pests, food, cleaning, clothing, repairs, and money — materials, store prices, steps, and the savings math. Most households can keep $3,000–$5,000 a year with it.
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