Thoughts on Prison Guards by Judge
The number one threat to a correctional officers safety isn’t the inmates they’re paid to oversee, it’s the actions of their fellow officers. Respect is a two way street. To get respect, you have to …
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Special Management Units
Special Management Units ADX Florence the Super Max federal prison in Florence, Colorado holds the distinction as the worst prison in the world. A certifiable living hell for the prisoners housed there that makes them …
The Odyssey of a Prison Journalist
The Odyssey of a Prison Journalist Everything these days is online and social media is at an all time high. A virtual reality updated by the second. Communication is instantaneous, and with email, Twitter, Instagram, …
The Intangibles of Prison Etiquette by Judge Broman
There are things that we do in prison that take some time to get use too. The intangibles of prison etiquette is very distinct. Little habits or quirks that don’t make all that much sense …
The Best of the Best by Judge Broman
The Aryan Brotherhood and Aryan Brotherhood of Texas have had a shaky truce going on for years now. The feud starting decades earlier over the ABT’s use of the AB moniker. Several years ago was …
How to Run a Drug Dealing Network in Prison
At every single correctional facility in the US, a drug network something like the one I’m about to outline operates and prospers. Take it from me—I was recently released from federal prison after spending 21 years of …
The Return of Clemency
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 housed within the Department of Justice (DOJ) and …
Prisons as Tourist Attraction
A recent USA Today headline touted, Prisons unlock mysteries at new tourist destinations. It went on to say how there’s new glamour in the slammer and how old prisons, from famous ones such as Alcatraz to lesser known state facilities are becoming tourist attractions […]
Drug Empire Continues Behind Bars: The Rayful Edmond Story
In the 1990s, when the War on Drugs was in full tilt, one of the most notorious abuses of phone privileges in American prison history took place at USP Lewisburg, a Pennsylvania facility ran by the Bureau of Prisons […]
Cell Phones in Prison
Cell phones are more common in prison than you would think. All across the country in our nation’s prisons, prisoners are using cell phones to run their criminal enterprises, conduct business and stay in contact …