This is the story of a man who was born and reared on the side streets of South Philly, where violence was the only legal tender, where mobsters and hit men roamed free and con men were considered the good guys. It is the story of twelve and a half years in the infamous Rock living quarters of Florida State Prison. It is an odyssey through the labyrinth of life's dark alleys where dnager pearched at every turn. There are two murder trials, the operating on prisoners without medication, a inmate strike by three thousand inmates who were shot while sitting on the prison yard in protest, and a tragic love story.