{"product_id":"2940149429462","title":"The Firehouse Journals","description":"Nobody wants a lawyer on their yard.  So begins the The Firehouse Journals, the daily experiences of a convicted disbarred lawyer inside the alien world of a California prison.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile incarcerated, Alan Courtney was an inmate-firefighter at Wasco State Prison in California.  Go with him on emergency calls, meet the inmates and staff, and see the workings of a prison as described to his wife in his daily letters home, letters which eventually get him thrown into The Hole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Alan learns to accept his fate as a prison inmate, he quickly realizes that becoming a firefighter is his best chance for survival and an early release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan will take you inside the daily operations of a prison firehouse.  He will introduce you to the  inmates, guards and free staff who inhabit the prison.  Experience the routine violence and inhumanity of modern prison culture as seen through the eyes of a firefighter responding to emergency calls throughout the prison and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniquely different from other prison memoirs, Alan had access to all areas of the prison.  The reader is allowed to spy on the prison’s inhabitant’s daily routines and dysfunctions.  See things which have been intentionally concealed from public view until now in a way which will challenge many of the myths surrounding America's prison system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his bus ride to prison in the Grey Ghost to hitting the gate two years later, you will join Alan in his journey to Planet Wasco and be part of his daily struggle to survive inside prison.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Papillon Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101249978608,"sku":"2940149429462","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149429462_p0.jpg?v=1763716891","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149429462","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}