Rahsaan Thomas from Ear Hustle On Accepting His Crime
I came clean. "I struggle with feeling remorse for Frank because, if he didn't try to pull that move, he'd be alive and I wouldn’t be here."
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Paul on Death Row: I Was A Witness To Murder At Age 10
In the ghetto, there’s lots of improvisation. As young boys, we were very active and had loads of energy. We liked to play baseball, but lacked the equipment. No problem. For a bat, we used a broken broom handle. [...]
Heather D’Aoust With Prison Tip #1: Things I Wish I’d Known
I wish I had known what it was like to wear chains while walking to court appearances; the fact that if you don't wear several pairs of socks your ankles will get raw, the painful friction cutting to the white meat.
Who Killed My Cellmate?
I've always turned to literature as my means of escape, especially in the midst of painful situations and despair. So, it's only fitting that I would relate most with Virginia Woolf the night I'd find my bunky lying dead on a [...]
My Crime: It Got Me Two Life Sentences
Brutal Murders. Victims Stabbed 83 Times. Those were just some of the headlines above stories filled with truth and lies. Stories about a sociopathic monster. Surely a villain made for novels and movies. Those were the only places I [...]
It Takes Bigger Balls to Reform Florida Prisons
Courtesy: Charles Norman Prisoners beaten to death by guards. A prisoner boiled alive until he died. A murder contract taken out against a released inmate by racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) prison guards. Systemic brutality, widespread contraband smuggling, false statements, [...]
Murder On The Road To ADX Supermax
BY MUSTAFA ZULU "Pack your panties ladies!" I remember the prison guard yelling, while banging on the cell bars with his baton. "I've got two tickets to hell with your guys’ names on them." "Get your fat, greasy, low-life ass on [...]
Guards Gas Inmate — And Leave Him to Die
Courtesy of Jason Walker While this Texas prison, Clements Unit, has well over one-thousand documented mentally ill prisoners, its not considered a psych unit at all. In fact it has one small ward that has a program for [...]
My Life of Crime Started at Age Four
I started stealing when I was 4, from yards and shoplifting. I don’t know where I learned it, but I knew it was wrong. I stole mostly toys and mail. I was a kid. When we moved to Oklahoma, drugs and alcohol became a part of my life at age 11.
Prisoners Killing Other Prisoners: A True Story
This is a true story, a story of prisoners killing other prisoners, witnessed by me, Sidney Martin. It was a hot June afternoon at Lawrenceville Correctional Center in Lawrenceville, Virginia.
I Spent 20 Years on Death Row
I was captain of the football team. I broke many track and field records. I got good grades in school and even got a scholarship to college – how did it come to this? I found it hard to believe that I had sunk so low.
You Think YOU (or Maurice Clarett) Have Regrets…
One thing I’ve learned about myself is that there is no situation that is so bad that I can’t make it worse. The last time this thought popped into my head was seven months earlier, looking into the mirror at an [...]
Going To Prison? READ THIS FIRST!
Courtesy of Brad Simpson "Now Entering the Jungle" By Brad “Lou” Simpson I have only had a few overwhelming experiences in my life. Looking back, I can count them all on one hand. The first time, I was young [...]