Goodbye My Friend
Today I was at work and I learned that my good friend, Edward Jones, had passed away 3 months ago from the Coronavirus. I was deeply saddened because not only had I lost someone that I had known for over 20 [...]
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Fighting the Coronavirus in Prison — And Giving Up
I watched my friend’s face with skepticism. No one in their right mind hoped for something so sinister. Yet his steady eyes only stared back at me, repeating what he had just said: “Seriously, part of me hopes I catch [...]
Social Distancing in Prison: Just for Show
Juan Mosquero was isolated in Sing-Sing Correctional Facility's infirmary on March 20, 2020, after suffering in his cell for more than two weeks with symptoms of COVID-19. He died ten days later, on March 30, 2020, at 7:43 a.m, after only [...]
Please God Let Me Die: A Tale Of Two Wishes In A Covid-19 Contaminated Prison
When prisoners tested positive for the coronavirus at my prison, Marion Correctional Institution in Ohio, they were sent to solitary confinement to recover and quarantine. The problem was, after this protocol was put into place, prisoners stopped reporting their symptoms to [...]
Covid News From Virginia
In the prison where I'm currently located, the River North Correctional Center in Independence, Virginia, everything is shut down. Inmates aren't allowed to travel to the chow hall, and only one tier at a time is mandated to wear a [...]
WTF: I Haven’t Survived Prison For 20 Years Only To Die of Coronavirus!
It was as regular of an evening as possible here at the supermax prison I live in. My cellmate and I were smoking a contraband cigarette and counting our blessings. The Coronavirus had invaded our prison like a thief in the [...]
Zombie Land In The Age of Coronavirus
Welcome to Zombie Land. Those are the words that rattle around inside my skull every time I step away from my cell during this Coronavirus meltdown. Here in the Great State of Michigan, some might argue that our Governor was a [...]
A Coronavirus Update from Inside a Texas Prison
January 20, 2020: Listening to NPR, I hear something about a mysterious disease that alarmed China into building 2 hospitals in 5 days to handle patients. After also hearing the Chinese government will let citizens fly all over for the Chinese [...]
Let Them Out: My Husband is 70. He’s Been in Prison 40 Years!
Now we are faced with the coronavirus pandemic threatening to wash through prisons nationwide like the Passover Angel of Death. What are we to do?