Tag: Rosser

The criminal justice book “Real Prison Real Freedom” (Elm Hill; 2020) by Rosser McDonald tells the chilling story of Rickie Smith, who was said to be “the most violent prisoner in the Texas Department of Corrections.” The book takes readers through Rickie’s broken family background and troubled youth to his life of crime, incarceration at the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC), his chronic prison misbehavior and violence, and conversion to Christianity. “Real Prison Real Freedom” also exposes the injustice and mistreatment between inmates and prison guards and invokes the questions whether prisons really work and contribute ... Read more