The Ten Prison Commandments

About the Book

This book is a guide for someone who is incarcerated or facing imprisonment. It doesn’t take a degree in quantum physics to figure out that putting people in prison is big business in America. If every law that was written was always obeyed then apparently someone would be out of a job. Lawyers, judges, probation officers, correctional officers, etc…the list goes on and on. What if you ran the judicial system in America, making billions of dollars? Would you design your system for prisoners to be rehabilitated, or would you set your system up so that those prisoners remained uneducated almost guaranteeing his or her returning for a second or third sentence? Now I’m not saying get rid of all prisons and let the criminal element run free. Please don’t think that. I have been in prison myself and I know a few people who should never be allowed out of prison. I will also say that I have witnessed a few prisoners educate themselves because failure was not an option for them.

About the Author

William Conway was born in Baltimore City, Maryland in 1970. Growing up on the streets of Baltimore was not an easy task for William. He witnessed many acts of violence against his friends and endured pain and suffering due to losing quite a few family members to violence. William soon became a victim to this harsh environment. He believed that in order for him to survive he himself had to become a part of this violent society. William spent numerous years in and out of jails and prisons. Although he was labeled a criminal and considered a nonproductive person in society, he never gave up on the voice inside of his head that was telling him he could be a better person. One day during William's incarceration he decided to have a deep conversation with the prison chaplain. He knocked on the chaplain's door and was quickly invited inside. William asked the chaplain if he could tell him how to straighten out his life. The chaplain opened his bible and read a scripture that said 'greater is He that is within me than he that is within the world.' William looked confused and asked the chaplain what the scripture meant. The chaplain told William that he had the potential to do anything that he wanted to do, through the help of Jesus Christ. The chaplain went on to explain that William had the option of living in and out of institutions and jails for the rest of his life, or giving his life to Christ and becoming a productive member of society. William understood that giving his life to Christ would be necessary in order to achieve his goals in life. He immediately confessed his sins and gave his life to Christ. Through church and Bible study God gave him a new love for life, others around him, and most importantly himself. Through the teachings of Christ his eyes were opened to the horrific conditions of prison and crime in his community. That's when God laid it upon his heart to write The Ten Prison Commandments.