Life in the belly of the beast is rough. Forget “OZ” and “Prison Break.” Read these true raw and brutal tales about living in the netherworld of corruption and violence.
With the announcement of ADX Thomson, a new federal Supermax prison opening within the next two years, the Bureau of Prisons will boast two ultra-secure Supermax facilities. These units often referred to as “Little Guantanamo’s” …
Federal prisoners are now allowed one very personal item that had been traditionally checked at the door when they began serving hard time: music. With the advent of the Internet, social media, iPhones and Facebook, …
More than 2.2 million Americans are incarcerated, 95 percent of whom will be released back to society. Hundreds of thousands are released every year and the majority is released without any form of transition therapy. …
I sat on the plane on my way to Victorville, a federal correctional complex in southern California. As I sat on the plane looking out the window, we flew over mountains and deserts just to …
“Mr. Judge, you’re very lucky to be alive.” These were the first words that came out of the Disciplinary Hearing Officer’s mouth. “Yes sir.” I said while sitting, handcuffed behind my back, in a blue …
You fucked up. You let your cellie know you were selling caps of weed and the next thing you know S.I.S. was pulling you up in front of the chow hall and escorting you over to the lieutenant’s office for a strip search […]
“Man, I knew Seattle was gonna lay down on me. I fuckin’ knew it. Something told me, ‘Don’t take Seattle on the road,’ but did I fuckin’ listen? Fuck no.” […]
As tobacco bans have spread across prisons nationwide, cigarettes have grown into a contraband item of choice, rivaling illegal and illicit drugs in their availability and profitability on the black market […]
Seth Ferranti, federal inmate 18205-083 and a writer for The Daily Beast, The Fix, and elsewhere has been held in the Special Housing Unit, or solitary confinement, at FCC Forrest City in Arkansas […]
Mexican cartels are identifying and recruiting talent in American prisons, seeking “free agents” to connect on their release with their south-of-the-border counterparts in the ever-expanding drug job market […]
