Inmate Author Offers Free Self Help Book to Black Youth ROSHARON, TX JANUARY 1, 2014 - Kenneth West is a 35 year old inmate serving a lengthy sentence in a Texas prison for a nightclub related shooting. A crime he has steadfastly professed his innocence (helpinnocentman.com) of has used his time in prison wisely. Incarcerated for the last 16 years the once eight grade dropout and self-admitted former knucklehead has earned three college degrees while publishing six books. His latest, "The Young African American Survival Guide" is a 291 page book/workbook for black youth that he is giving away free online at www.aasurvivalguide.org . The book was written to provide factual information and straight talk in an easy to understand language to black youth, many who are faced with life or death decisions on a daily basis. According to the author, "I wrote this book with one goal in mind, to dismantle the cradle to prison pipeline so many black youth tragically find themselves on. I want every African American teenager in the country to read and profit from this life changing information." The author can be contacted online though helpinnocentman.com, KennethWest.org or by snail mail at Kenneth West (846812), 1100 FM 655, Rosharon, TX 77583