Underdog

A Definitive History of Pelican Bay State Prison's Super Max (Prison Killers - Book 4)

By: Glenn Langohr

Narrated by: Christopher Wells

Underdog is a prison memoir centered on California’s Pelican Bay State Prison and the realities of long-term solitary confinement.

Drawing from firsthand experience and later visits to incarcerated friends, Glenn Langohr examines the culture surrounding high-security isolation units and the broader debates surrounding prison reform.

Rather than presenting a sensational account, Underdog reflects on the psychological impact of extended isolation and the personal transformation that can occur even in the harshest environments.

Part of the Life in Lockdown prison memoir series.

Life in Lockdown Series: Roll Call, Down on the Yard, Lock Up Diaries, Caught in the CrossFire, Prison Riot, Race Riot, Gladiator, Underdog

©2012 Glenn Langohr (P)2012 Glenn Langohr

Captivating and Symbolic

Would you consider the audio edition of Underdog to be better than the print version?

UNDERDOG by Glenn Langohr is a well written true prison story fraught with emotion and detail. At the beginning of the book, the author and his wife visits an animal shelter to adopt a dog. The poor dogs were totally neglected in their cages, much like the prisoners in the hole, they too were in cages. The author reveals a story about the hunger strike and the beating of prisoners. You would never hear about this in the media.

The book is true. It's fact of what's going on in the prison system. Ironically, this book was released just one day after prisoner Christian Alexander Gomez, 27, dies during the hunger strike in a California prison.

Very boring

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

If there was less dull information and more of a story

What could Glenn Langohr have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Have an interesting story to tell

How could the performance have been better?

Maybe being able to write a story with a beginning middle and end

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Some parts were interesting but not new information

CDC Hell on earth

Really sad what the CDC system is doing to these inmate and their attorneys.
Open your eye's to the CDC system in California.

Good

I really enjoyed listening about the prison system in CA. The story was very interesting. I would recommend.

Narrator

I like Glenn's books, but only when he narrates them also. This guy sounds like some accountant trying to be hard. Couldn't even finish