Prison Anthology: Brushy Mountain to Morgan County

In 2009, the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary ended its 113-year run as Tennessee's most infamous prison. But the staff and prisoners didn't just go home, no, most of them migrated over the mountain to the newly-expanded Morgan County Correctional Complex. Brushy's old-school guard was about to clash with gang-bangers from the west ... and no one saw it coming. Complicated by a hostile administration in Nashville, MCCX employees and prisoner staff alike found themselves caught in a power struggle by invading forces on every side. The end result changed Tennessee corrections forever.

This book takes you inside the gate and gives you a perspective the outside media never had. Through the pages of the facilities' prisoner-run publication, Mountain Review, you'll get a taste of what the men on the inside experienced through these turbulent times. This book is not a narrative, but a collection of the thoughts, experiences, and first-hand knowledge of the convicted within Tennessee's correctional system.