Locked Up In La Mesa

by Eldon Asp and Steve Peterson

In the freewheeling '70s, La Mesa Penitentiary was a prison unlike any other, a colorful little pueblo on the east side of Tijuana that was home to the worst criminals imaginable-and their entire families.Everything was controlled by the inmates, and the world they created was a bizarre reflection of the one they'd left behind: There was a bustling business district complete with stores and restaurants, a prison laundry staffed by transvestite hookers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983723702
• ISBN13: 9780983723707
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Dirt City Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"