Gorilla Convict

  • Prison Stories

Prison Stories

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.

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  • May 4, 2015
Journey through the Justice System by D. G. I remember the day when my trip through the justice system “officially” began. The memory of this day ...
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  • April 26, 2015
A look inside British prisons I got caught up in the drugs game during my late teens, but back then like most kids my age, I was just playing gangster ...
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  • April 15, 2015
Ten Types of Inmates you Meet in Women’s Prison. Prison is a weird place. There are aspects of prison that are terrifying, depressing, and astou ...
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  • April 5, 2015
Seth Ferranti was a U.S. Marshal’s Top 15 Most Wanted fugitive from 1991 to 1993 before he was caught and sentenced to 304 months for a first-ti ...
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  • March 17, 2015
In light of Dr. Ben Carson’s recent remarks on prison, prisoners, and homosexuality I feel it is my duty to set the record straight on ...
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  • February 8, 2015
The dimensions of the cells in the Special Housing Unit at FCC Forrest City in Arkansas, a low security facility in the Bureau of Prisons Southwest Re ...
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  • January 25, 2015
It’s been a long time coming, but finally it seems our government is realizing that the War on Drugs has run its course and that we can’t inca ...
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  • January 18, 2015
A couple of years ago a media investigation revealed that the US Office of the Pardon Attorney was broken. The Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA) is ...
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  • December 21, 2014
In most states, convicted felons are not able to vote, even after they have served their time. While it’s a statistical fact that many felons recidi ...
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  • December 14, 2014
*Writer’s note- I wrote this shortly before I was released. In an upcoming feature I will discuss what I experienced and what the reality is for pri ...
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  • December 7, 2014
Over the last 21 years, 43-year-old Seth Ferranti earned a master’s degree, got married, launched a writing career and founded a publishing house. A ...
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  • December 7, 2014
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s fight to be heard from his prison cell takes a setback. http://www.vice.com/read/a-new-pennsylvania-law-tramples-the-free-spee ...