Chain-Gang Mating Rituals
Courtesy of Charles Norman Big Willie Taylor came to my cell one evening after supper with a question. I knew it was a question because he never came to my cell unless he had a question that stumped [...]
prison love
My First Real Girlfriend in Prison: Aurora
The dark days we're stuck inside. The light is broken, and it's sweltering from the radiator-heater and no ventilation. Day- in and day-out, nights are the same. They don't have -never have had- a beginning. They'll never end on their own. [...]
How A Suburbanite Married A Prisoner
I don’t generally start conversations with the pronouncement that my husband is in prison; however, many of those who know this invariably ask me, with a note of incredulity in their voice, “How did you meet him?” They are questioning how [...]
Love Behind Bars: It’s Not For Everyone
BY KENYATTA HUGHES He tells her to leave when the D.A. offers fifteen years as the plea bargain. They're on a visit, at Riker's Island. You can’t take this, he tells her. It’ll hurt more when you leave later. She gets [...]