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**A dramatic narrative account of the life of William Juneboy Outlaw III, whose journey from housing-project youth to ruthless gangland kingpin to change-making community advocate represents a vital next chapter in the ongoing conversation about race and social justice in America** When he was in his early twenties, William Juneboy Outlaw III was sentenced to eighty-five years in prison for homicide and armed assault. The sentence brought his brief but prolific criminal career as the head of a forty-member cocaine gang in New Haven, Connecticut, to a close. But behind bars, Outlaw quickly became a feared prison “shot caller” with 150 men under his sway. Then everything changed: his original sentence was reduced by sixty years. At the same time, he was shipped to a series of the most notorious federal prisons in the country, where he endured long stints in solitary confinement—and where transformational relationships with a fellow inmate and a prison therapistmade him realize that he wanted more for himself. Upon his release, Outlaw took a job at Dunkin’ Donuts, volunteered in the New Haven community, and started to rebuild his life. He now is an award-winning community advocate, le
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Barber
- Publisher
- Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062692856
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, True Crime, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (104 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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