Writer: Frederick Paine

Frederick offers perspective on the intimate missed life experiences from within the walls of a maximum-security prison. What life experiences have you missed in 33…

In this essay, writer Frederick Paine reflects on attending a prison college graduation and explains why education in prison may be one of the most…

I was captain of the football team. I broke many track and field records. I got good grades in school and even got a scholarship…

The world changed when a shocked nation saw the horrific video of George Floyd’s life being snuffed out by officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd’s death sparked…

I committed a crime that I’m still paying for and for that I was given the ultimate penalty: a trip to death row. I eventually…

One day the neighbors heard screams coming from our house and called the authorities. When the police came, they found four grossly abused kids. A…

When I first started to write this article, it was almost an easy choice because the most memorable person I got to know in prison…