1. Getting There...(Checking In)  ........................................................................................17
2. The Infamous Question ...................................................................................................23
3. Snoring, Counting, & Home Sweet Home...(Accomodations) .......................................27
4. Prison Camp Violence...(Safety) .....................................................................................35
5. Chow Chapter...(Food) .....................................................................................................41
6. Bankrolls and Magic Lockers...(Money) .......................................................................45
7. Window Shopping- Russian Style...(Commissary & List) .............................................49
8. Prep...Control Foam...and LISA...(Hygiene and Uniforms) ..........................................57
9. About Work...(Jobs & Pay) ............................................................................................63
10. Prison Camp Punishment...(Prohibited Acts & Sanctions) .........................................73
11. Aesthetics and Titty Bars...(Awareness) .....................................................................87
12. Convict Slang & Prison Glossary ................................................................................93

II. STORIES and OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF ..........................................................99

13. The Education Begins .................................................................................................100
14. Ants, Breakfast, and Planet Earth ..............................................................................101
15. Another Ecological Solution ........................................................................................102
16. Internal Revenue Service & the Enemy ....................................................................103
17. Marriage Counseling ..................................................................................................104
18. Boundaries and Altered States ..................................................................................105
19. A Television Commercial ...........................................................................................106
20. Training on Wall Street ..............................................................................................107
21. Secrets of Bill Fishing ................................................................................................108
22. King Mackeral Recipes .............................................................................................109
23. "Heart of Stone" ........................................................................................................110
24. Vietnam and Club Fed ................................................................................................111
25. Eggbeaters ..................................................................................................................112
26. Million Dollar Tooth ...................................................................................................113
27. Loading a Loach .........................................................................................................114
28. Bombing and '57 Chevy's ...........................................................................................115
29. War Pilots - New Vocations .......................................................................................116
30. Do the Russians Have Motorcycle Clubs? ..............................................................117
31. Crashing Airplanes ....................................................................................................118
32. Temples and Treasures .............................................................................................119
33. Weekend Fun .............................................................................................................120
34. "Can't Do My Time & Have My Doubts Too!" .....................................................122
35. "Only You" ................................................................................................................123
36. I-Ching and Dealing ..................................................................................................124
37. Vietnam-Another Story ............................................................................................125
38. "The Jade Forest" ...................................................................................................127

III. WHAT the AUTHORITIES WILL NEVER TELL YOU .....................................129

39. Metaphysics & Beyond ...........................................................................................130
40. Some Basic Questions .............................................................................................131
41. More Questions .......................................................................................................133
42. Ownership and Empowerment .................................................................................137
43. Character Flaws .......................................................................................................138
44. Choices and Decisions ............................................................................................140
45. Negative Ego ...........................................................................................................143
46. Lack and Limitation ................................................................................................144
47. Control .....................................................................................................................148
48. Worry .......................................................................................................................156
49. Relationships ...........................................................................................................157
50. Intimate Relationships ............................................................................................158
51. Parents and Children (Yours and Theirs) ...............................................................159
52. Something You Can Do Now! ..................................................................................160
53. Death & Reincarnation ...........................................................................................163
54. Past Life & Between Life Regressions ..................................................................165
55. Time .........................................................................................................................168
56. Space ........................................................................................................................169
57. Emotion ....................................................................................................................170
58. Karma ......................................................................................................................171
59. Your Future Self ......................................................................................................173
60. Health, Disease (Dis-ease), & Wellness ...............................................................174
61. Handicaps ................................................................................................................176
62. Depression ..............................................................................................................177
63. The Nobility of Struggle .........................................................................................180
64. Four Steps of Change .............................................................................................181
65. Prison Is About .......................................................................................................182
66. Productive vs. Non-Productive Incarceration .......................................................183
67.    the common thread, The Common Thread, THE COMMON THREAD ........184

Epilogue .........................................................................................................................187

Appendix: Bureau of Prison Facilities Data ................................................................196

Index ..............................................................................................................................274