Lifers & Solitary
Solitary Sucks
2 Weeks in Solitary And You Go Mental
Thugs Singing Jingle Bells In Solitary
Here’s What Happens In Solitary
15 Years In Solitary Confinement And Look At Me Now
About a week after Thanksgiving of 2004, I stabbed a prison guard when I was at the Barrington Unit, located between Houston and Galveston, and got an additional 99 year sentence for that assault. I spent the next fifteen [...]
The Prison Assassin, Corrupt Judicial Members, No Parole
No doubt patterned after its judicial system, Texas also has one of the most brutal prison systems in the world. The federal court eventually got involved, literally taking control of the whole shebang in a civil rights lawsuit called Ruiz v. [...]
Here’s What Happens When You Grow Up in Prison
I Spent 20 Years In Solitary in a SuperMax
Dorothy Maraglino Writes a Letter To Her Abuser
Dear _______, You don't know me. Not really. We each had a major part to play in each other's lives. In fact, you took mine. Don't worry, this letter is not one of anger or guilt, but neither is it a [...]
When Lighting Yourself on Fire Is Better Than Prison
Flames surged out of cell A-250, well-fueled by rolled-up newspapers, cardboard, and clothing collected by the cell’s lone occupant, Ryan Nieves. He wanted the fire to be hot and quickly intense, and it was. An accelerant had been poured. [...]
A Cell Search Reveals Diamonds In The Rough
Slave Work In the Fields: Digging a Trench Through Shit Creek
They call fields. You wake up. Comfort yourself. Cuddle your sheet and pretend it's a cat. Your cellie rushes to smoke a K2 stick (spice joint), to less feel the pain. Shit if you can. Sit. Get ready. You go outside, [...]
Another Suicide in Solitary: When is Enough Enough?
Gabriele was an upbeat cat for a prisoner with a life sentence. I remember the day that I met him. I was having a difficult day trying to navigate all of the negativity that prison has to offer when suddenly this [...]
Criminals Least Likely to Reoffend? Lifers On Parole.
Before 1977, ALL California prisoners were sentenced to Indeterminate sentences, a term that included “imprisonment for life” (i.e. five years to life for armed robbery). After serving a certain amount of time, a prisoner had to appear in front of a [...]
My Life on Death Row in San Quentin
From December 17,2003 to February 9, 2004, the prison guards and administration at this modem day plantation changed me, rearranged me, oppressed me, regressed me, repressed me, depressed me and undressed me in order to murder me. They had me bend [...]