About No Tears For Black Girls: Prison Pimp’d
Some names should stay buried. Some stories refuse to die.
Behind the concrete walls of Phillips State Correctional Facility, survival isn’t about strength—it’s about strategy. Dejuan Rivers has turned a 6×8 cell into a criminal empire, building a quiet, calculated operation powered by letters, contraband cigarettes, and psychological warfare. From the inside, he pulls strings on the outside, controlling a circle of women each convinced she’s the only one who truly understands him. Sandra sends money orders. Keisha wires cash. Patricia risks everything to smuggle in phones. Valerie is desperate for answers about a child she can’t find. They all think they know Dejuan. None of them know each other.
But when the questions start coming and the staff grows suspicious, Dejuan’s carefully constructed world begins to crack. In a place where every favor has a price and every relationship is a transaction, trust becomes the most dangerous currency of all—and one wrong move could bring his entire empire down.
From the acclaimed author of the No Tears For Black Girls universe comes a raw, unflinching story of power, manipulation, and the human cost of survival inside America’s prison system. Available on Amazon 2/26.
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J.C. Reedburg is the award-winning creator behind No Tears For Black Girls, a growing universe of books, podcasting, and music. Reedburg writes unflinching stories about justice, resilience, and community—balancing raw street realism with moments of sharp, unexpected lyricism. The series began with The Price of Silence and continues across interconnected titles. In February 2026, Reedburg expands the world with No Tears For Black Girls: Case Files, where true crime meets fictionalized storytelling inspired by cases covered on the No Tears For Black Girls podcast. Previously publishing as John Charles Reedburg, the novel Cracks of Light won the 2021 Readers’ Favorite Book Award in Urban Fiction and reached Amazon’s Top 10. Reedburg holds dual MFAs in Creative Writing and Screenwriting/Directing, and their screenplay “The Reverter” was a finalist in the 2025 Los Angeles International Screenwriters’ Diversity Initiative.