![]() ![]() Written by lawyer Rusty Young, Marching Powder - sometimes shocking, sometimes funny, is a riveting story of survival. By Thomas McFadden, Rusty Young, ISBN: 9780312330347, Paperback. 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. But I didnt have time to read a book, and I didnt even bother to Google the prison, before my plane touched down on one of the worlds highest tarmacs (4,000 meters above sea level). 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 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. The name rang a bell, as Id heard it in the context of a book called Marching Powder, which had something to do with cocaine and a notorious South American jail. Marching Powder is the story of how he navigated this dark world of gangs, drugs and corruption to come out on top.Thomas found himself in a bizarre world, the prison reflecting all that is wrong with South American society. ![]() Small-time drug smuggler Thomas McFadden found himself on the inside. San Pedro is Bolivia's most notorious prison. ![]()
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