Writer: Arnold Barnes III

Arnold Barnes explains how thriving in prison requires developing a purposeful routine, working toward personal growth, and turning incarceration time into an asset. There’s a…

Arnold Barnes explains how spirituality in prison can renew a person’s energy, offer a new perspective, and provide guidance for navigating life behind bars. Have…

Arnold Barnes III writes about hustles in prison and the many ways incarcerated people use talent, labor, and creativity to get basic necessities, build up…

Arnold Barnes explains that lockdown in Texas prisons requires preparation, endurance, and simple strategies to get through extended periods of confinement. In Texas, we have…

Arnold Barnes offers survival tips for prison, offering hard-won lessons for navigating the unpredictable realities of prison life. Survival Tip #1: The One-Eyed Demon You’re…

Arnold Barnes offers survival tips for prison, offering hard-won lessons for navigating the unpredictable realities of prison life. Survival Tip #1: The One-Eyed Demon You’re…

Arnold Barnes recounts a harrowing prison transport experience that exposes the chaos, humiliation, and shock of arriving at a new facility where danger and disbelief…

Arnold Barnes describes how a typical prison diet leads to a whole host of new medical problems, including diabetes. Come to prison healthy, leave a…

It’s 4:21 a.m. at Telford prison in Texas as I write this and I count eight people (that I know of) in my dorm that…

In the past ten years more than ten people on Texas Death Row have been found to be wrongly convicted and incarcerated, over 150 nationwide.…

In October of 2008, my then-girlfriend and I were denied an apartment, forcing us to move back to Arlington from Chicago. At the time I…