Before Orange was the New Black: The Camp Hill Story - Paperback

by Derrick Gibson (Author)

Before Orange was the New BlackIn 1989 there was a prison riot so devastating in central Pennsylvania that it caused millions of dollars in damages to the prison complex. It was humiliating and embarrassing to its prison officials. This affected the entire Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and Federal Bureau for years to come.The Correctional Bureau went out of their way to keep this incident out of the mainstream. Even most people in the same county prison system had not heard about the riot that took place in 1989. To this day it's forbidden to talk about the riot inside the PA Correctional Prison. This is the true story and testimony of Derrick Gibson's experience on the social tension, and an historical account as an eyewitness to events and incidents that took place.Before Orange was the New Black - The Camp Hill Story will peak your interest, captivate, humor and even anger you as you read along.

Author Biography

Derrick Gibson is a former street hustler, drug dealer, optician, and paralegal. He is presently the author of three novels. Derrick-born and raised in the mean streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-was educated in the Philadelphia school system, then to the school of hard knocks: Glen Mills Reform School, Philadelphia County Prison, Philadelphia Department of Corrections, and eventually the Federal Bureau of Prisons before calling it quits. Derrick gravitated to his penmanship producing his first book Before Orange was the New Black, and is also producing two other novels, 6-O-Kings Chesseing and 6-O-Kings Brass Brothers.