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Author Rosser McDonald in his book, Real Prison Real Freedom, shares the story of a real-life convict, the most feared and violent inmate in Texas prison, Rickie Smith's transformational journey, and takes his readers into an in-depth look at the current prison correctional system. For an inmate, life behind bars is very much challenging as it is, but what do life hold for them outside those metal bars and steel gates...

Real Prison Real Freedom tells the heartbreaking life story and inspiring change of the notorious Texas inmate Rickie Smith during time of major upheaval within the Department of Corrections itself. In the words of Warden, Dr. Keith Price, "People that wind up in prison, inmates, generally are society's rejects. They've been unable to do the things other people do to make life a success, whether it's because of an abusive parent, addiction to some substance, stupidity, being unable to read or write, they've been failures and have chosen alternate means, that is crime."