Sunday, December 17, 2017 This blog is going on hiatus for a while. As some readers know, I’ve been working on a book about the 46-year, trillion-dollar policy failure we call the War on Drugs. The central figure in this sorry tale is Richard J. Wershe, Jr., known in repeated media smears as White Boy Rick. What happened to him has happened over and over in this criminal … [Read more...] about About My Book – Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
A Long Letter from Rick—Third and Final Part
Sunday, December 3, 2017 Communicating with Rick Wershe, Jr. is more difficult, now that he is doing time in a prison in Florida. In late October he sent me a long letter to share with the many readers of Informant America. He knows people are interested to hear how he is doing. The last blog post and the one before that covered other topics from Rick’s letter. Before … [Read more...] about A Long Letter from Rick—Third and Final Part
A Long Letter from Rick – Part 2
Sunday, November 19, 2017 In the last blog installment of Informant America it was noted that I received a long letter from Rick Wershe who is now in prison in Florida. Communication with Rick, or any inmate in the Florida prison system, is not easy. Rick has spent nearly 30 years behind bars, most of them in Michigan. He says the Florida Corrections System is real culture … [Read more...] about A Long Letter from Rick – Part 2
A long letter from Rick
Sunday, November 5, 2017 Richard Wershe, Jr. is in a Florida prison serving the remainder of a jail term for a conviction in a car fraud and theft case. He was transferred to Florida after the Michigan Parole Board granted him a parole from a life prison term for a non-violent drug conviction when he was 18. He spent 29 1/2 years behind bars for the drug case. Wershe had … [Read more...] about A long letter from Rick
Florida classifies Rick Wershe as a “minimum custody” inmate
Sunday, October 22, 2017 Rick Wershe is settling in at Columbia prison in northern Florida, to serve the remainder of his time on a car fraud and theft conviction. With “good time” calculations, it is believed he has less than two years to serve. In July, the Michigan Parole Board granted him a parole from his life sentence for a non-violent drug conviction when he was a … [Read more...] about Florida classifies Rick Wershe as a “minimum custody” inmate