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<p>Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted English drug trafficker who ran tours inside Bolivia's notorious San Pedro prison. Intrigued, the young Australian journalist went to La Paz and joined one of Thomas's illegal tours. They formed an instant friendship and then became partners in an attempt to record Thomas's experiences in the jail. Rusty bribed the guards to allow him to stay and for the next three months he lived inside the prison, sharing a cell with Thomas and recording one of the strangest and most compelling prison stories of all time. The result is <i>Marching Powder</i>.<br><br>This book establishes that San Pedro is not your average prison. Inmates are expected to buy their cells from real estate agents. Others run shops and restaurants. Women and children live with imprisoned family members. It is a place where corrupt politicians and drug lords live in luxury apartments, while the poorest prisoners are subjected to squalor and deprivation. Violence is a constant threat, and sections of San Pedro that echo with the sound of children by day house some of Bolivia's busiest cocaine laboratories by night. In San Pe

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Author

Thomas McFadden & Rusty Young [McFadden, Thomas & Young, Rusty]

Publisher

Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781741971798

Category

reference

Subjects

History, Philosophy, Humanities

Rating

4.22 / 5 (7,677 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14