In the prison where I'm currently located, the River North Correctional Center in Independence, Virginia, everything is shut down. Inmates aren't allowed to travel to the chow hall, and only one tier at a time is mandated to wear a mask [...]
Courtesy of Brad Simpson Hello. My name is Brad but everyone calls me Lou. I’m in prison for killing an inmate while doing time for another crime. The reason I tell you this is so you’ll know, upfront, [...]
The one thing nobody knows about prison is that it can be fun. SAY WHAT?? I know you weren't expecting that, but it's true. Now I don't mean fun like a day at the water park, but more like an adults-only [...]
Courtesy of Brad Simpson Do you know what pisses me off? The fact that I can’t get it together. I’m trying so hard to build a future for myself outside of prison. One that will show people that [...]
I hate mail call. I dread it. So many people in my wing get mail every night, a lot of it. It is a constant reminder of how cut off I am. There are different forecasts for it too. At first, [...]
BY CORY PERRY I can remember far back at a young age people telling me, because of my anger, that I would end up in prison or dead. And I was seven years old at that time. I grew up in [...]
BY SIDNEY P. MARTIN It was a hot June afternoon at Lawrenceville Correctional Center in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Everybody was going to the yard for recreation. It was around 2:30 p.m. Now at Lawrenceville there are six different buildings that house inmates [...]