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.
“Is prison scary?” That’s a question people ask me all the time. And no, it’s really not. Or at least, in women’s prison it’s not scary in ...
“Yo Hipster, that knew guy is a fuckin cho-mo!” Stanley, a 60-year-old bank robber from Boston says to me as soon as I came inside from re ...
“I hope you rot in prison forever. Haha.” That was one of about fifty similar messages – from complete strangers — waiting in my Facebook ...
When I first entered the netherworld of corruption and violence in October, 1993 I had a 304 month sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense ...
Writer’s Note: My ideas and expressions, through my writings are not to discriminate or insult those who feel some sort of way because of my har ...
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has been fighting for fair and proportionate federal and stat ...
TRAP by Eric Boyd Allegheny County Jail – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first night was in the processing area.I desperately tried making phone ...
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-secu ...
Federal prisoners are now allowed one very personal item that had been traditionally checked at the door when they began serving hard time: music. Wit ...
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 a ...
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 f ...
