One day in 2009, Taven White, a black man, was taken into custody by U.S. police and sent to the Baltimore City Detention Center in Maryland on charges of attempted murder.
This day was The darkest day for Tavin White, but no one, including him, would have imagined that the detention center would eventually become Tavin White's "Grey Kingdom."
With the development of the black civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. in the last century, the struggle between black and white people in the United States became increasingly fierce.
The black people demanded their own just power, so they united and formed various gangs, which brought a lot of chaos to American society.
The "Black Guerrilla Family" is one of them.
In the 1860s, in The San Quentin Prison in California, a radical black youth, George Lister Jackson, was inspired by the black civil rights movement to create the "Black Guerrilla Family."
Under george's influence, most of the members of the group were very radical, and George formed a gang not only to defend the rights of black people, but also to overthrow the U.S. government.
Thus, under his leadership, the gang grew rapidly and took on an army-like organizational structure.
The "Black Guerrilla Family" accepted only black people, and they had a deep dislike for white people, so they fought against white people at every turn, and members could hurt or kill a white person at will simply because of the color of their skin.
At the same time, in the same location, the White Gang is rapidly expanding its power.
The whites in prison formed the "Aryan Brotherhood," whose purpose was clear — to fight against the "Black Guerrillas."
As a result, for a long time, there will always be conflicts between black and white people of all sizes in prison from time to time.
Given the frequency of such vicious incidents, the U.S. government sees "black guerrilla families" as a high-level threat.
Despite the official attention, the black people of this family are still going their own way, no longer just for political power, but more often, they tend to kill, rob, sell drugs, smuggle, and all other acts that challenge the law.
Even though the gang's stronghold was originally based in California, because of its "reputation", black people from all over the United States and prisons joined, and as a result, the active area of the "black guerrilla family" covered the entire United States, with more than 9,000 members according to statistics.
Over time, the leaders of the "Black Guerrilla Family" changed from one term to another, until Taven White became the new leader, and the "Black Guerrilla Family" once again ushered in its glory period.
The original Taven White, also a jerk, was imprisoned for committing some crimes.
It was in this way that he came into contact with the "Black Guerrilla Family" and chose to join this organization, and later after his release from prison, he gradually replaced his former boss with his own skills, and even became the leader of the entire "Black Guerrilla Family".
Led by Tavin White, the "Black Guerrilla Family" quickly took root in Maryland through dealings with certain local government officials, grasping the various conditions of the prison and the activities of other gangs.
Moreover, under the protection of these government officials, they have become more wanton and exposed a series of "dark incidents" such as violence and drug smuggling.
The "Black Guerrilla Family" flourished in Maryland, and Tavin White became even more famous, giving him the nickname "Bulldog".
As the saying goes, "many acts of injustice will kill themselves", in 2009, Taven White seriously injured the enemy because of the factor of interest, just when he thought that this time would still be as safe as after the previous injury, as everyone knows, the US police have been watching him for a long time.
After seizing his handle, the U.S. police quickly launched an arrest for him.
Soon after, after some twists and turns, 32-year-old White was finally imprisoned in the Baltimore City Detention Center in Maryland for attempted murder.
There are many people in the "Black Guerrilla Family" in the Moshi Detention Center, so as soon as White entered, he received all-round support.
In White's original plan, he thought that his years of "management" of the prison would make him quickly escape from this cage, but what he never expected was that White had failed after several escapes.
In despair, White abandons his escape plan and decides to succumb to reality and live in prison ever since.
In fact, White's failure to escape from prison just shows that he was a great threat to society at that time, and the US police had a hard time catching him, so how could he let him come out again to endanger society?
Living with peace of mind is not the same as rehabilitating with peace of mind.
White has been a blessing for many years, and there are many supporters in the detention center, so White still enjoys the treatment of the boss here.
But after all, the prison is not as bright as the lights outside, White can't stand the boredom here, he picked up the old business, reselled tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and even bribed the prison guards to achieve the purpose of helping himself to pass on the news to the outside world.
But he is here, and he has no capital on him, so what do he take to bribe those prison guards?
After some time of observation, White targeted some female prison guards.
These female prison guards have one thing in common, that is, most of their original families are not complete, or the family conditions are not good, or they have no love experience, resulting in these female prison guards are very eager for money and love.
White quickly launched a fierce offensive against this psychology of theirs.
White first used the money he earned in prison from small transactions such as tobacco and alcohol to give them to the female prison guards to please them, and then showed his gentle side that was different from other "decisive killing" moments, and cared for them for a long time.
Gradually, these female prison guards fell in love with White and even willingly became White's "smuggling tool".
In this way, White's way to foreign relations has been paved, and the next step is to sell.
White doesn't need to put much thought into this.
These criminals are kept in the detention center all year round, and their demand for all kinds of materials is very large, as long as they have the only material and source channel, then they can only buy themselves here, and the price is set by White himself.
In order to better transport everything White needed inward, such as mobile phones, drugs, drugs, etc., the female prison guards hid these things in their underwear, shoes, and even hair, and then secretly handed them to White, who and his men sold these contraband to other prisoners at a high price, and soon White made a lot of money.
According to White himself, he would have raised the price of the item several times more than the original price.
For example, painkillers, outside of prison, this ordinary painkiller only costs $10, but here, the price of painkillers is $30 or more; for example, marijuana, White sells to "addicts" at a price of 50 yuan a gram, often they buy it in ounces, that is, for every ounce (that is, almost 28 grams) of marijuana purchased, White will make a profit of about 1,000 DOLLARs.
Combined with the money from other items sold, White earns $16,000 a month in illegal profits in prison.
In addition, in order to maintain long-term contact with female prison guards, White generously transferred the money he earned to his subordinates outside the prison, ordering them to buy luxury cars, luxury houses, etc., and giving these to female prison guards for their use.
Under the dual strategy of money and love, female prison guards have become White's lovers, so the detention center has become the "kingdom" of Tavin White, and these female prison guards are his "harem".
In just four years, White conquered 13 female prison guards, and 4 of them bore him five children.
Here, White is obedient to everyone, not only monopolizing power inside, but also using mobile phones to conduct external commands, ordering his men outside the prison to extort extortion, and eliminating enemies who have conflicts of interest with the "black guerrilla family".
But maybe in the past 4 years, he has been too comfortable, and he has even been a little overwhelmed.
"Where there is oppression, there will be resistance", and the people who went out of the detention center were fed up with White's "authoritarian rule" and reported to the U.S. government his "overlord" behavior in prison.
This report immediately attracted the attention of the US authorities, so the FBI went out and they began to spy on the Moshi Detention Center.
Coincidentally, in January 2013, during a phone call, White flaunted to a friend on the other end of the phone: "This is my prison, can you see what I mean?" Seriously, here, I'm the arbiter. ”
The surveillance FBI agent heard White's words and immediately reported the situation to the above, and the relevant person in charge ordered him to investigate.
Not only that, but the FBI overheard White's conversation with his men on white's cell phone call: "You know, I am now in charge of the highest power in prison, and no matter what others say, only what I say counts." Here, I am the law, and my word is the law. ”
White undoubtedly played with fire and set himself on fire, but what was buried under his arrogant tone was not the corruption of this prison?
Finally, in April 2013, the government, with ample evidence, imposed sanctions on the prison and its personnel.
Thirteen female prison guards were suspended, and soon after, together with the remaining 2 male prison guards and 7 prison inmates centered on White, plus 5 "black guerrilla family" accomplices who helped White carry out their illegal acts outside the prison, they were sent to the district court in Mo city to accept the law.
After the charges, their charges were finalized, including smuggling drugs, cell phones and other contraband inside the Moore Detention Center, and 20 of them were also charged with conspiracy to launder money.
As soon as this incident came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation in American society, and the White incident even became the biggest scandal in the history of American prisons at that time.
Yes, what was supposed to be a place to reform prisoners and embody justice and justice has become White's "grey kingdom"; what should have been "mastery" and strict management of prisoners by prison guards has now turned out to be the opposite, and everything is decided by White.
Not only that, but what is even more difficult to understand is that 13 female prison guards are willing to become White's mistresses, which undoubtedly gives the "control" of the prison directly to White and his team.
Although these 13 female prison guards have their own grievances, whether for money or for love, in the final analysis, it is because of greed that such a disaster has been caused.
Although the misfortune of the original family affects a person's whole life, never feeling love and desperately longing for love, this cannot be a condition for a person to lose his moral standards.
Eventually, they are punished by the law for what they call "love" and go to jail, but what about their sons and daughters? Is this somehow a continuation of "misfortune"?
The huge prison scandal was discussed one after another, and finally, The responsible official of the Maryland prison system, Gary Maynard, could not withstand the pressure of public opinion and admitted his dereliction of duty in front of the media: "Everything that happened in the Moshi Detention Center is my responsibility, and I don't want to find any excuse." ”
After him, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Marley also issued a public statement of condemnation: "We have zero tolerance for corruption among prison officials, and in any case, we will continue to work to ensure that the prison system is as safe as possible." ”
In fact, incidents like those of White are not uncommon in American prisons.
Many prisoners or their families will secretly give more or less benefits to the prison guards in order to make the prisoners feel better in prison, of course, this kind of behavior is not worth advocating, but we are all very clear that where there is sunshine, there will inevitably be darkness, so most of us can only do prevention and caution.
In the end, this was because the laws in the United States at that time were not rigorous enough.
If they can be less discriminatory, more just, strengthen the improvement of the law, pay attention to the legal awareness and code awareness of officials, and always educate the prisoners' thoughts and guide them correctly, maybe the prison will not be so dark, and maybe there will be light shining into the darkness.