The Guard's Rules Price

31 years on the guard's side of the bars. Everything I learned about people, in one book.

For thirty-one years I watched liars, hustlers and hard men work on everyone around them. Out here, I see the same games every day: the knock at the door, the "grandson in jail" phone call, the favor that keeps getting bigger. This book shows you how to see them coming.

What's inside (87 pages, large print, PDF):

30 Guard's Rules in five parts: Reading People, Lies and Manipulation, De-escalation, Safe at Home and Out There, Self-Control. Every rule has a story from the block, the words to say instead, and where the rule stops working.

The People You Love: a 10-chapter guide for families when someone is arrested or sent to prison. The first 72 hours, phone calls, money, mail, visits, warning signs and release day.

Carl's Logbook: 88 prison slang words, 12 stories from the block, the Contraband Hall of Fame and a day on the block hour by hour.

3 printable cards: Say This Instead, 10 Signs Someone Is Working You, and Door & Phone Rules.

Instant download. Read it on your phone, tablet or computer, or print it.