back in my mind for all the
stereotypes of what I imagined
people act like in prison, and then I
tried to act like that.
In South Africa, everyone
knows that colored gangsters are
the most ruthless, the most savage.
It’s a stereotype that’s fed to you
your whole life. The most notorious
colored gangs are the Numbers
Gangs: the 26s, the 27s, the 28s.
They control the prisons. They’re
known for being brutally violent—
maiming, torturing, raping, cutting
off people’s heads—not for the sake
of making money but just to prove
how ruthless and savage they are,