Living With HIV in Prison: Love, Loss, and an Uncertain Future
Daniel Harris reflects on living with HIV in prison, finding unexpected love, and facing the painful possibility of letting that love go. On September 28,…
Daniel Harris reflects on living with HIV in prison, finding unexpected love, and facing the painful possibility of letting that love go. On September 28,…
Daniel Harris recounts how synthetic drugs sprayed on paper is the new prison crisis unfolding inside his Texas unit after multiple overdoses, alleged corruption, and…
Daniel Harris writes about the reality of a 24-hour lockdown in Texas prisons, highlighting how mass punishment unfairly impacts innocent prisoners for the actions of…
Eastham is an old prison with a slowly decaying network of pipes to provide water and remove sewage. For one reason or another we…
As a hardcore criminal, it was only a matter of time before I went to prison. What every detective knows, and most criminals don’t, is…
The personal and poignant story of a transgender inmate grappling with identity, respect, and survival in the confines of prison. I’m a transgender inmate. Not…
No doubt we are in for another hot summer with highs over 100 degrees in Texas prisons. Yet Texas continues to fight to avoid air…
The war on drugs continues in its hypocrisy. In September, Texas locked down the entire prison system to eradicate drugs. It didn’t work. I’m not…
Daniel Harris interviews three inmates who say their experiences in abusive juvenile group homes made them the criminals they are today. David Wayne Besom was…
Prison is restrictive, and many items common in the free world are not allowed. But prisoners are an inventive bunch of outlaws without respect for…
I’ve decided to stay sober. Such decisions seem to be magnets that attract all sorts of intoxicants, so my sobriety could die before the sun…
Many are intimidated by the expensive trappings of yoga. When you take away all the specialty items, forget the retreats to faraway places, and make…
In Wild Cats in Prison, Daniel Harris tells the unexpected story of how a stray tabby named Olivia wandered into Eastham Prison and slowly tore…
Many claim the title of “Convict,” but few live up to the Convict Code of Conduct. Convicts are not made, they are born a…
Everyone’s always shocked to learn that smuggling drugs into prison happens all the time. And everyone is always shocked to learn just how so many…
Prison means living with mentally ill prisoners. Where did they expect psychiatric patients to end up when they cut Federal Funding for mental health beds?…
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