Inside the walls of Angola State Penitentiary, survival isn’t about rehabilitation; it’s about becoming someone you never intended to be. Michael Burge entered the system as a broken young man shaped by childhood abuse and street violence. He emerged as “Iron Mike,” a figure both feared and respected in one of America’s most notorious prisons. This accurate crime account follows Burge’s transformation from a neglected child to a hardened survivor, revealing how the very institutions meant to reform can instead destroy.