Citizen Outlaw: One Man's Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper

Time to Read
6 hrs 46 mins

Reading Time

6 hrs 46 mins

How long to read Citizen Outlaw: One Man's Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper?

The estimated word count of Citizen Outlaw: One Man's Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper is 101,370 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 6 hrs 46 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 11 hrs 16 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 46 mins.

Citizen Outlaw: One Man's Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper - 101,370 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 11 hrs 16 mins
Average 250 words/min 6 hrs 46 mins
Fast 450 words/min 3 hrs 46 mins
Citizen Outlaw: One Man's Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper by Charles Barber
Authors
Charles Barber

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101,370 words

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10 hours and 54 minutes

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Description

A dramatic narrative account of the life of William Juneboy Outlaw III, whose journey from housing-project youth to ruthless gangland kingpin to change-making community advocate represents a vital next chapter in the ongoing conversation about race and social justice in AmericaWhen he was in his early twenties, William Juneboy Outlaw III was sentenced to eighty-five years in prison for homicide and armed assault. The sentence brought his brief but prolific criminal career as the head of a forty-member cocaine gang in New Haven, Connecticut, to a close. But behind bars, Outlaw quickly became a feared prison “shot caller” with 150 men under his sway.Then everything changed: his original sentence was reduced by sixty years. At the same time, he was shipped to a series of the most notorious federal prisons in the country, where he endured long stints in solitary confinement—and where transformational relationships with a fellow inmate and a prison therapist made him realize that he wanted more for himself.Upon his release, Outlaw took a job at Dunkin’ Donuts, volunteered in the New Haven community, and started to rebuild his life. He now is an award-winning community advocate, leading a team of former felons who negotiate truces between gangs on the very streets that he once terrorized. The homicide rate in New Haven has dropped 70 percent in the decade that he’s run the team—a drop as dramatic as in any city in the country.Written with exclusive access to Outlaw himself, Charles Barber’s Citizen Outlaw is the unforgettable story of how a gang leader became the catalyst for one of the greatest civic crime reductions in America, and an inspiring argument for love and compassion in the face of insurmountable odds