![]() Written by lawyer Rusty Young, Marching Powder - sometimes shocking, sometimes funny - is a riveting story of survival. When he was told that for a bribe of $5000 his sentence could be overturned, it was the many backpackers who'd passed through who sent him the money. Thomas ended up making a living by giving backpackers tours of the prison - he became a fixture on the backpacking circuit and was named in the Lonely Planet guide to Bolivia. ![]() Prisoners have to pay an entrance fee and buy their own cells (the alternative is to sleep outside and die of exposure), prisoners' wives and children often live inside too, high quality cocaine is manufactured and sold from the prison. Thomas found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with South American society. Marching Powder is the story of how he navigated this dark world of gangs, drugs and corruption to come out on top. ![]() Narrator/presenter of the award winning documentary. Small-time drug smuggler Thomas McFadden found himself on the inside. Rusty Young Marching Powder (Paperback) Marching Powder (Paperback) 10.99 Paperback Colombiano (CD-Audio) Colombiano (CD-Audio) 25.98 CD-Audio Marching. 5069 Followers, 121 Posts - Author of international bestsellers MARCHING POWDER and COLOMBIANO. ![]() San Pedro is Bolivia's most notorious prison. Rusty Young Books List of books by author Rusty Young. ![]()
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