The Black Diamond in the Raw is a book of quotes that was derived from his life story.
He was locked up from 2007- 2012 in the federal BOP, and this is when the author established philosophy and doctrine of self-help that would lead the way to success once released.
Since the BOP has never really discovered if its existence would be punitive or rehabilitative, early on in his bid he begins to create a moral and value system that he could understand, and it later it had refere.
