A01: Cellmates and Cellouts by Jeanelle https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j en-us 2018-06-05 16:36:29 UTC 2025-11-28 02:21:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Group One jhorcasi https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265686612 1. Who is Bryan Maurice Jones? (i-iii)
2. How does Howard describe jail cells? (v)
3. How long has Howard spent behind bars? Where has he been locked up at? (vii)
4. What are some prison gangs he talks about?
5. What groups has he held rank in? (viii-ix)
6. During his first rip to county jail, who beat up Howard? (8)
7. What lessons did this teach him? (8)
8. When Curt first went to jail, what types of people ran the jails? (10)
9. What are "floor sleepers" ? (13)
10. Why does Howard suggest the white floor sleeper was a "selective racist"" (15-19)]]> 2018-06-05 16:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265686612 Group Two jhorcasi https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265687207 11. What was the Terror Dome? (ch. 3)
12. Do Crips and Bloods kill each other over colors? (26)
13. Who was Black Freddie? (28-33)
14. What is a Tank Captain? (31)
15. What is the Consolidated Crips Organization? What was its structure and rules? (35-38)
16. What position did Curt hold in the CCO? (35-38)
17. Explain what the Black Guerilla Family is and their history.
18. What is the difference between a snitch, informant, witness and exception? (Ch. 5)
19. What is the "shoe"? (78-79)
20. What is Black August and how is it observed? (85-87)]]> 2018-06-05 16:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265687207 Group Three jhorcasi https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265687863 21. What is C Strong? (99)
22. How do politicians manipulate the fear of the public at parole hearings? (118 and 121)
23. What are some misconceptions Howard addresses about prison life in Chapter 9?
24. How do officers use muscular build to profile the formerly incarcerated? (131-33)
25. Why do gangs do roll call in prison? (179-80)
26. What is the racial climate in prison?
27. In Curt's mind, what types of people make the most virulent racists? (180)
28. Who does Curt explain the "White Man" is? (181-82)
29. Why does anti-black racism from Mexicans in prison surprise Curt? (185-88)
30. Howard isn't upset at other races. What upsets him about the racial issues? (189-91)
31. In Curt's mind, who are the real heroes? ]]> 2018-06-05 16:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265687863 Group One #7-10 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715038 7) "Never be light in the ass, and always be in the best physical condition as possible" 
-always be physically fit and ready to defend oneself
8) "Older dope fiend convicts ran it"
-past other criminals ran 
9) "Floor sleepers were the result of over crowding"
-over excess of people crowded into each cell
10)"Ahh guys he serious, I'm no racist. I ahd a black chick as a girlfriend before"
-only liked certain blacks or whites if it favored him in some way, for example he had a black girlfriend but only accepted her for sex]]> 2018-06-05 18:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715038 Group 1 1-2 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715190 1)Bryan Maurice Jones or BJ is a suspected serial killer who is. 6'5 and 310 lbs. He was Curtis's cellmate twice. He was charged for 4 counts of murders and 2 attempted murders. 3 of the bodies were left tin trash dumpsters and 2 set on fire. 3 bodies were found within two blocks of each other. Tara Simpson, Trina Carpenter (He knew this girl)., Joanne Sweets, Sophia Glover were found dead near each other. BJ claimed he was innocent but his fingerprint was found in a large trash bag and had a body of a dead black woman. BJ claimed it was because the dump was packed so he used both his hands to pack it in and that could have caused his finger prints. He was seen carrying that bag though by a witness. BJ is now on death row at San Quentin State Prison.
2) Howard says it's tough because you move before you get to know them. However, living together is different. It's like a courtroom drama because cellmates sue each other for petty differences. You can't go out of your own room or step out when vibes get bad. Cellmates can't do that because they only have one room to work with and a small room always get locked. Each cell has heavy metal bunk bed and there's barely any space for both men w/o rubbing elbows and there is no privacy. Everything done is almost within arm's reach of your cellmate.]]> 2018-06-05 18:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715190 Group 3 #25-28 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715831 25. Why do gangs do roll call in prison? (179-80)
It's intended to send out physical and psychological messages to the general population. It is used to denote strength in solidarity and number of a group. 

26. What is the racial climate in prison?
Everything in prison is racially divided and managed. 

27. In Curt's mind, what types of people make the most virulent racists? (180)
These were the people who were broke, homeless, and jobless outside of jail. They are failing in society, so they use racism as a way to vent their frustrations. 

28. Who does Curt explain the "White Man" is? (181-82) 
The "White Man" is the racist white politicians who make the laws that work against the prisoners, the white judges that hand down harsher penalties, the white bankers who deny loans, and the white cops who focus more on arresting Blacks than other races. They are not talking about all whites in power but rather only the racist ones. ]]> 2018-06-05 18:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715831 GROUP 3 Q:21-24 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715879 21. The C Strong gang was a smaller Crip faction that rivaled the CCO 
22. They tell the public that a crazy criminal is going to be able to get out of jail and utilize the fear they put into the public to manipulate them into supporting criminal justice reform
23. He talks about ppl serving life sentences, how smoking isn't allowed, that there is a low rate of inmate rapes, there is no weightlifting in jails, talks about the misconceptions of child molesters in prison, and there are specific prisons for those with special needs 
24.  Officers use a combination of racial profiling and physical build to insinuate that these people have been in prison and harass them ]]> 2018-06-05 18:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715879 Group 3 29-31 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715968 29. Why does anti-black racism from Mexicans in prison surprise Curt? (185-88)
- He thinks that Mexicans and African Americans should unite in jail due to similar background issues with white poeple but instead Mexicans in jail side with the white people 

30. Howard isn't upset at other races. What upsets him about the racial issues? (189-91)
- He is upset over the fact that the races are divided even between themselves.
- He is not upset with the other races because they are fighting for self preservation rather than unifying and fighting for the bigger picture.

31. In Curt's mind, who are the real heroes? 
- He believes the real heroes are the ones who stay out of prison and never go to prison.]]> 2018-06-05 18:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265715968 Group 1 answers 5-6 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265717148 5. The Vanguards, The United Blood Nation, The Consolidated Crip Organization, The San Diego Mob, The Fruit of Islam, The Bay Area Blacks, and Black Guerilla Family. 
6. Pit Bull from the Five Nine Brims Blood Gang]]> 2018-06-05 18:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265717148 Group 2 #11-14 draman https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265717753 11. A hyper-violent cellblock in a San Diegan prison. 
12. No, colors just represent affiliate and have been used in the media to stereotype gang violence, to some extent. 
13. He was a very brute, strong, and feared inmate. 
14. An inmate who the guards appoint to keep things in order - typically a large, revered inmate. ]]> 2018-06-05 18:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265717753 Group 3 #15-17 draman https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265718000 15. A new offshoot of the crips that Howard joined in prison. The group was much more bureaucratic and structured than other organizations. 
16. He was the sergeant at arms. 
17. It was a more political gang, that was actually founded by incarcerated black panthers. 
]]> 2018-06-05 18:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265718000 Group 3 #18-20 draman https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265718169 18. A snitch is someone who participates in the life Howards discusses, but rats on someone. An informant is like a long-term snitch, who infiltrates a gang for a longer period of time. A witness is someone who sees a gang crime happen, but isn’t involved with that life. The exception is that anyone can testify against people who hold office, or serve the people, for example cops. 
19. A segregated part of the prison where inmates who have shown violent behavior in prison go to. 
20. A month of observance for more “aggressive freedom fighters” of various black freedom movements. It is observed by wearing a black band on one’s bicep and partaking in social activities. ]]> 2018-06-05 18:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265718169 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265719019 2018-06-05 18:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/265719019 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/266026146 2018-06-07 05:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/266026146 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565049 2019-05-20 00:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565049 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565057 2019-05-20 00:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565057 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565069 2019-05-20 00:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565069 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565070 2019-05-20 00:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565070 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565071 2019-05-20 00:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565071 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565073 2019-05-20 00:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565073 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565075 2019-05-20 00:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565075 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565076 2019-05-20 00:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565076 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565077 2019-05-20 00:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/6mlp1gkp5u4j/wish/361565077