“Man, this shit is loose up there. One of these bitches is gonna go, but I think it might have to be a white guy.” I can still remember my friend Drew’s face when he said those words to me, an [...]
As I stared at the cell phone screen prompting me to register and start to build my own Facebook page, what was shining back at me was the light of opportunity. I had already done the impossible. Even I couldn't believe [...]
This is a look at prison life from both sides of the glass. I am a former corrections officer, now serving a 7-year sentence. I used to be employed by a private corrections provider. I worked for 3 years as an [...]
Gilbert Paliotta, Department of CorrectionsAfter almost 20 years of being in maximum, I’ve come to notice the types of individuals that choose to work in places like this. It’s the unmotivated, lazy types. It’s the failed at other career choices type. [...]
In one sense, prisoners with mental disabilities have the same needs as everybody else. But in a crucial sense, our situation is dramatically different. Let me tell you about it. In Texas, they put the MH/MR [mental health/mental retardation] inmates [...]