Johnny breaks down day-to-day life in a maximum-security prison, including shot-callers and their function on the yard, how drugs get smuggled in and the underground drug economy, the types of weapons used in shankings and killings, prison riots and how they occur, and his cellmate Jimmy who protected him from being killed by the Aryan Brotherhood.  

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