Street Lineage, Vol. 1: Loyalty Over Everything An Introduction Into Your Prison Sentence At 18, Jesse Perez III was sentenced to life without parole. Instead of accepting that as the end of his story, he made it the beginning of one worth telling. In Street Lineage Vol. 1, Perez pulls back the curtain on nearly two decades behind California's most maximum-security walls — the discipline it takes to survive, the reflection it takes to change, and the mindset shift that turns prison time into preparation. Part memoir, part manual, this first volume speaks directly to anyone navigating incarceration, reentry, or the streets that lead there — covering institutional obstacles, reputation versus character, fatherhood from a distance, loyalty and heartbreak, and the daily discipline required to become someone new. Raw, unfiltered, and rooted in lived experience, Street Lineage is for anyone who's ever been counted out and refused to stay that way. Created by Jesse Perez III. Volume One of an ongoing series.