Have you ever thought about the origins of prison?
One day I was staring out the window with a smirk on my face as I looked across the farmland that surrounded the prison on all sides. Another inmate came…
Toughest Man in Prison
It was a morning like every other. Things don't change much here. Prison is routine followed by routine, followed by routine, followed by more routine. I'm up by 5:30 AM…
Reader Question: “What’s your plans for when you get out?”
Asked in a letter from Ammon, ID. Every one of us will make mistakes and bad decisions in our lifetime. Some of these will cause minor setbacks, while others will…
Reader Question: “What kind of jobs do they offer in there?”
(Asked in a letter from Linden, VA.) What goes on inside a prison (especially a minimum security prison camp like I'm at) is very much a microcosm of what goes…
A letter to my daughter
Following on the heels of my last post about "time," I thought this would be a good followup. Though it doesn't discuss "time," it indirectly causes me to reflect on…
Reader Question: “Have you changed your relationship to ‘Time’ since entering the system?”
Q: "Have you changed your conception of, or relationship to, 'Time' since entering the system?" (Question asked in a letter from Lansing, MI.) Time is a rather large concept, wherever…
An Open Letter to Readers
March 2021. This is the first time I am writing for this website and it took me a year and a half. I wanted to document my experience in prison…
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