LOS ANGELES – James Field tattooed stitches over his lips in a vow to never reveal the secrets of the Aryan Brotherhood.
He dreamed of one day joining the syndicate that ruled over the prison yards where he spent most of his adult life. He robbed, extorted and killed for them, he testified, until the day he became convinced the men he idolized had turned on him.
Now Field is a protected witness for federal prosecutors seeking to convict three of the Aryan Brotherhood’s reputed leaders…