A counselor, an entrepreneur, a witness — and now, an author.

Booker Geez grew up in the Bronx, where institutions arrived in the lives of young people early and often. He learned the rhythms of authority, the language of survival, and the value of paying close attention. Those instincts would shape everything that came after.

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He left New York for Delaware State University, where he studied, sharpened his voice, and began to see the systems he had grown up inside from a new vantage point.

His first career was in fashion — building a streetwear brand from the ground up, learning what it meant to author an identity in public. The discipline of design, brand, and self-presentation never left him.

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Then came the decade that changed him. Ten years as a juvenile counselor in secure detention. Ten years of close-quarters witness to violence, fear, joy, and the quiet astonishments of young people in custody. He kept notes. He kept his eyes open. He kept showing up.

Locked Up and Put Away: My 10 Years as a Juvenile Counselor is the record of that decade — written without flinch, refusing easy answers, and insisting on the humanity of everyone inside.