Welcome To The Big House (Part 2)
It was my first day in prison and a guard had just made it clear that I must get to unit 2, range 6, cube 47, upper bunk. He also…
Welcome To The Big House (part 1)
***The day this post goes live (March 15th,2022), I will be leaving prison and heading for a halfway house in CT. I will continue to maintain this blog, offering stories,…
The Gift Of Coffee
With my third Christmas in prison arriving soon, I am reminded of how coffee can transform situations in life. The first thing I was given in prison was a clear…
Three Days (Part 3)
Monday 10:48 PM There's plenty of things I'm looking forward to being done with once I leave prison. Mostly, it's the smaller, day-to-day things I want to forget. Like the…
Three Days (Part 2)
Sunday 6:13 PM For my prison job, I clean the gym that the CO's (correctional officers) use. Above the gym are bathrooms and showers, a banquet hall, and a conference…
Three Days (Part 1)
Saturday 6:07 PM It's pretty easy to get tired of prison life. It's pretty difficult to find any reprieve from it too. Often, the best you can hope for is…
It’s prison, it’s not all rainbows and kittens…or is it?
When I first started this blog, my fiancé told me an old friend of mine reached out to her and said the stuff I write is sad. My first thought…
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…