Living Life: Crime, bikers, prison, and the future
Living Life: Crime, bikers, prison, and the future by LeRon L. Barton On a Tuesday in San Francisco, California, I was scheduled to meet up with Tony, a guy that answered an ad I placed on …
Tag: Prison
Street Boss of the JBM
Leader of JBM Gets Life, The Philadelphia Inquirer declared on September 16, 1992. Aaron Jones was sentenced to life in prison on charges of conspiring to distribute 100 million dollars worth of cocaine in Philadelphia between 1985 …
Prison in the UK by Niko
Prison in the UK People hate criminals. Understandably so, because as a civilian if someone put hands on you or someone you love you’d be pissed too. You’d want whoever did this to be caught …
Money, Money, Money
Money, Money, Money- That’s what Arthur J. Williams Jr. was about, counterfeiting money that is, but he turned his life around and is now a legitimate artist and clothes …
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 …
Inside a SHU Cell
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 Region are approximately 6-foot-by-9. The walls are painted off …
Drug Laws Changing
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 incarcerate ourselves out of the drug problem. During …
Penitentiary Justice by Judge Broman
“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 rec. “Who?” I ask, scanning the unit for the …
Rotting in Prison by K.L. Blakinger
“I hope you rot in prison forever. Haha.” That was one of about fifty similar messages – from complete strangers — waiting in my Facebook inbox after my arrest. Aside from the personal messages, there …
Independents- The Biggest White Boy Gang in the Feds
In the Bureau of Prisons, a variety of gangs exist, recruiting prisoners into their ranks like fraternities and calling shots on compounds across the nation. Joining a gang is not a prerequisite in the feds, …