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Prison Writers Staff2021-06-02T10:01:58-04:00Hope & Change|

The Alternatives To Violence Project Changed Me Forever

Finally, the next class is here and I’m finally going to attend an Alternatives to Violence Project class. When we all entered the room for the class, all the volunteers from outside introduced themselves to us inmates.

By Michael Winsett

Prison Writers Staff2021-01-15T15:44:10-05:00Editor's Choice, Hope & Change|

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.

By Frederick Paine

Prison Writers Staff2020-02-16T00:26:34-05:00Violence & Corruption|

Is It No Wonder Prisons are Having a Hard Time Hiring Prison Guards?

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. [...]

By Gilbert Paliotta

Prison Writers Staff2020-02-15T22:51:21-05:00Reform & Reentry|

Just Read This. Okay?

Just read this, okay? What does whatever I, or any other prisoner, have to say matter? We’ve “committed the crime, now do the time.” Yes, I mean that’s what I may be thinking too, if our situations were reversed.

By Gilbert Paliotta

Asst. Editor2021-01-15T15:49:52-05:00Fellow Inmates, Hope & Change|

I Knew OJ Simpson In Prison

When I first started to write this article, it was almost an easy choice because the most memorable person I got to know in prison is O.J. Simpson. We first met when I had to complete a 2-mile run for [...]

By Frederick Paine