CHAINED BIRDS

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>After three years in Europe</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> former journalist Carla Conti* just wanted to settle her family���into the suburbs of Philadelphia. But her high school friend Scott Powell a lawyer handling a brutal prison stabbing case needed a favor. Before she knew it Carla became part of the defense team and mired in the terrifying world of federal prison gangs penal abuse and corruption.��� </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Then when she agreed to write a tell-all book on the violent machinations behind the court case - with Scott's client as an inside source - the stakes turned deadly. Two different prison gangs issue hit orders against the prisoner she and Scott now consider a friend and former journalist and defense attorney are imperiled by association.��� </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>CHAINED BIRDS is a true crime</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> memoir of Carla's 10-year journey to advocate for federal inmate Kevin Sanders and help him re-enter society after prison. But the mission came at a cost as Carla struggled to balance her own Scott's and Kevin's safety while writing the expos�� on the horrific conditions that led to the shutdown of an experimental prison program in Lewisburg Pennsylvania.��� </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>This thrilling frightening book depicts a journey filled with unlikely friendships invisible victims of prison abuse failings in our criminal justice system and redemption through storytelling.��� </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>*Carla Conti is a pen name used by the author to protect her real identity for fear of retribution. </span></p><p><br></p>