Justin Hightower

Prison Writers Staff2021-01-15T16:05:28-05:00Violence & Corruption|

Prison Gangs: Here’s Why We Fight

2010 was mid-roar. Springtime in Greenhaven [Correctional Facility] was marked by an uptick in gang violence. The night of June 10th could have been a case study. Under a sky so blue not a contrail drifted, iron weights rose and [...]

Prison Writers Staff2020-06-16T18:37:06-04:00Violence & Corruption|

How Corrupt Prison Guards Add Time To An Inmate’s Sentence

BY JUSTIN HIGHTOWER YOU OVERSLEPT. So you are rushing. Maybe to a call-out or program. You throw on your greens. Lace up your boots. A buzzer screams, long and grating. You glance warily around your cell; you may have forgotten something. [...]

By Justin Hightower