From A Childhood In Hell To Death Row
One day the neighbors heard screams coming from our house and called the authorities. When the police came, they found four grossly abused kids. A childhood from hell.
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Thugs Singing Jingle Bells In Solitary
First one voice joined in, then another and another. I repeated the Jingle Bells chorus, and more of the wing joined in, laughing like crazy, yelling, but not about drugs. “Yo, Mr. Norman, you know any more?”
Here’s How To Reduce Recidivism
The antisocial behavior of criminals is a symptom of a deeper illness that is not only the cause of crime but also the driving force behind untreated recidivism. The stated goal of incarceration should be to find programs or treatments [...]
Why Is This Car Thief in a Supermax Prison?
To torture a person is to cause intense suffering to punish or coerce by inflicting severe pain or anguish to the mind or body. I have endured several forms of torture in the Virginia Department of Corrections at the notorious Supermax [...]
This Was Not The Boob Job I Was Looking For…
I always wanted a boob job. In all my years as a stripper, drug addict and a prostitute, my first big dream was to have my breasts done and really make some money. I mean that’s what life is about, big [...]
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 [...]
Cerebral Palsy in Prison
"Hey, did you see that kid in the wheelchair today?" "No." I say. "When did he get here?" "I think he just rode in yesterday or today," said Greg. "He break his leg or something?" "No, he's, like, seriously in a [...]
Study: Police Treat Black Americans with Less Respect (Duh.)
I realize this is obvious as hell, but here's the data. Data confirms that police treat Black Americans with less respect. A Stanford University analysis of police bodycam footage from nearly 1,000 vehicle stops substantiates what Black Americans already know: police [...]
A Teenager’s First Day in Prison
Courtesy: Jermon Clark Walking into Receiving and Discharging for the first time, I felt what seemed to be a million butterflies bouncing off the inside of my stomach. Here I was, an 18-year-old first-time offender carrying a 50-year [...]
Some Thoughts From Solitary
After spending 3 years in a medium security Ohio prison, a friend of mine once asked me if the time spent there had institutionalized me. At the time my idea of what it meant to be institutionalized consisted of simply forming [...]
Solitary Is Torture!
After spending over five years in solitary confinement, I have finally come to realize that solitary confinement is known torture -- and the prisoners aren’t the only ones who know this. There have been extensive studies that have shown that lengthy [...]
A Very Simple Solution to Prison Tension: Communication
Simple communication could prevent so much trouble in prison. It is my experience that guards do not communicate with inmates effectively or at all. Guards seem to have a mindset that information is a privileged precious commodity and inmates aren’t allowed [...]
Thank You, Prison Writers!
Enter PrisonWriters.com. Here we have an organization that is going out of its way to make sure that our voices and stores are escaping this black hole we call prison to be published and posted on the internet for everyone in the world to see. Furthermore, each article written by each prisoner is labeled with the inmate’s name and Doc #.
I’m Coming Home, Mom! (But Is He Ready?)
When I walk through the towers to be processed out and I walk through the final gate, no, my mom won’t be there because...
A Prisoner’s Prediction: If Trump Is President
President Trump fulfilled his vow to relieve prison overcrowding, implementing his top secret Executive Order 62254 yesterday. Specially trained Federal Militia entered 486 state and federal prisons shortly after midnight, and by day's end 206,926 prisoners had been executed.