Mama Herc was a genuine prison legend, infamous beyond his razor wire boundaries. When I was in the county jail for a couple of years, fighting my case through the courts, recidivists would share chain gang horror stories about what would [...]
Courtesy of Charles Norman Big Willie Taylor came to my cell one evening after supper with a question. I knew it was a question because he never came to my cell unless he had a question that stumped [...]
The dark days we're stuck inside. The light is broken, and it's sweltering from the radiator-heater and no ventilation. Day- in and day-out, nights are the same. They don't have -never have had- a beginning. They'll never end on their own. [...]
So you’re looking for love? You’re one of those who has yet to find that person to walk your journey with. You’ve decided to widen your options to include those who are currently incarcerated. You’ve listed all of the pros and [...]
Believe me, when you are in prison, just always remember: hypocrite is everyone’s new name. In the outside world, allegedly 10% of the population has some type of homosexual leanings. In the prison population, that percentage goes up to 50%. However, [...]
Never in a million years would I have ever guessed I would end up engaged to a man in prison. I want to stop any and all negative comments right now and say: No, I am not getting married to a [...]
The first time I saw the man everyone called “Helluva,” I found myself wondering, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Much later after observing, meeting, and coming to know this person for who [...]
Sex in prison has never been a private affair, but it seems to be even less so of late. Men who publicly masturbate in prison to add spice to their fantasies used to be a rarity. Twenty-four years later, that is [...]
The alarm went off, signaling that once again the prison was about to be shut down and placed on lock-down because of the major fights going on between rival gangs within the prison walls. So now, as usual, we were [...]
After my sentencing I was sent to a receiving unit here in Virginia. There they monitor you for a period of time to determine if you are crazy or stupid or, most importantly, a danger to them. The D.O.C only truly [...]
The story of my life in prison started in November of 2010. I came to prison for the first time in my entire life. When I first got to prison I was scared to death that I would never make it [...]