Women here have pets or “babies” as they are referred to. These consist of frogs, turtles, mice, rats, and sometimes baby birds, I hear. The baby rats and mice are collected by the hoe squad workers when they are discovered in [...]
How do I begin to tell you about my crime and the insane, muddled mess I made out my life in just a few days? It feels like an enormous, devastating monster made from spontaneity, loneliness and regret came crashing out [...]
Sitting in a prison cell would make anyone look back and consider what went wrong, but for me it’s obvious. Don’t get me wrong, before that horrible New Year’s day, I had made a few mistakes, but nothing too serious. To [...]
Courtesy of Christine White As miserable as prison is, it can also be pretty entertaining at times. I remember one day when two women were about to “throw down.” One was in her late forties and the other was [...]