title: ANNOTATED TEARS: America's Auschwitz Vol. 1: Creative Writing Session At Folsom State Prison (Volume 1)
author: Talib Williams
description: Talib Williams was sentenced to 50 years in prison after shooting a man who had tried to take his life just months before. Talibs motive was fear, not vengeance, but the circumstances in the case didnt concern the American justice system. A jury was settled upon, after every black person had been excused, and those alleged peers decided that the skateboarding 17-year old with nothing but a petty tagging charge should spend the rest of his life in prison. Since receiving a virtual death sentence, Williams has striven to rise above prison politics and better his life. He has authored three books while incarcerated, started a non-profit organization, became a respected Imam in the prisons Muslim community, facilitating a healthy spiritual development for practitioners of his faith, and facilitated a toxic masculinity workshop for inmates, which was the subject of a CNN documentary on Soledad State Prison called: The Feminist On Cellblock Y. Talib was offered an early parole hearing for good behavior in 2017 and is currently awaiting the decision.
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  Contents
  
  [Cover](index_split_102.html#filepos1305486)
  
  [About the Book](index_split_002.html#filepos12701)
  
  [About the Author](index_split_003.html#filepos14105)
  
  [Also by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](index_split_004.html#filepos15115)
  
  [Maps](index_split_005.html#filepos16520)
  
  [Dedication](index_split_006.html#filepos16655)
  
  [Title Page](index_split_007.html#filepos17644)
  
  [Foreword](index_split_008.html#filepos17779)
  
  [Foreword to the Abridgment](index_split_009.html#filepos48080)
  
  [Introduction](index_split_010.html#filepos49625)
  
  [PART I The Prison Industry](index_split_012.html#filepos70223)
  
  > > > [ 1\. Arrest](index_split_014.html#filepos71043)
  
  > > > [ 2\. The History of Our Sewage Disposal
  > System](index_split_015.html#filepos115247)
  
  > > > [ 3\. The Interrogation](index_split_016.html#filepos171482)
  
  > > > [ 4\. The Bluecaps](index_split_017.html#filepos247577)
  
  > > > [ 5\. First Cell, First Love](index_split_018.html#filepos29165