Only the Strong Survive
U.S. vs Ferranti: that’s how the case was styled. The United States of fucking America versus me […]
The World of Prison Tattoos
In the belly of the beast a convicts tattoos can define him. Being sleeved out or tatted up is a sign of respect or mark of belonging. In the pen dudes wear their territorial and gang affiliations on their sleeves […]
On the Inside: Rats and Snitches
When the feds prosecute a case they are vicious. Brutal even. Ain’t no pleasantries. They out to draw blood […]
A Day at the Bleachers by Robert Rosso
After unearthing a bag of wine from beneath one of several piles of dirt scattered about the yard, Gator Boy, Billy, Weasel, Swivel, and myself sought refuge on our cozy little perch, an area up in the far left corner of the old concrete bleachers […]
Supermax
The Abu Graib photos exposed torture, humiliation, degradation, sexual assaults, assaults with weapons and dogs, extortion and blood sports [… ]
When Fat Dixon Stabbed Rags by Robert Rosso
I was laying on my bunk, eyes closed, lost in an opiate stupor […]
The Boobie Boys
“It’s always a struggle, and it’s always a beginning point, and the beginning point is the inner city. That’s where the guns go bang […]
The Lorton Experience
In 1910 the U.S. Government acquired land along the Occoquan River in Southeastern Fairfax County, Virginia. This site became the Occoquan workhouse, designed first as a workhouse and later as a reformatory for the District of Columbia […]
The New World of Islam
In the 1960s and 1970s a quasi-militant Muslim sect, The New World of Islam (NWOI), emerged as a force to be reckoned with […]
The Boobie Boys
The amount of money produced by Miami’s coke industry in the eighties was unlike anything ever seen in the nation’s history […]