Frank Tannenbaum Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of CriminologyFaculty Senate Award for Research from Loyola University New OrleansOut of the Red is one mans pathbreaking story of how social forces and personal choices combined to deliver an unfortunate fate After a childhood of poverty institutional discrimination violence and being thrown away by the public education system Boldens life took him through the treacherous landscape of street gangs at the age of fourteen The Bloodsnbspoffered a sense of family protection excitement and power Incarcerated during the Texas prison boom the teenage former gangster was thrust into a fight for survival as he navigated the perils of adult prison As mass incarceration and prison gangs swallowed up youth like him survival meant finding hope in a hopeless situation and carving a path to his own rehabilitation Despite all odds he forged a new path through education ultimately achieving the seemingly impossible for a formerly