Christmas in the Hole by John Broman
This will be my fourteenth Christmas behind the wall. Almost a decade and a half without a bunch of presents to wake up to and share with a loving family. Precious moments lost for a …
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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 …
Is Prison Scary by K.L. Blakinger
“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 the ways you’d expect. For the most part, …
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 …
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
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 and the majority is released without any form of transition therapy. …
Life Inside Victim-ville by Lanard Miller
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 flew over mountains and deserts just to …
Life In The Hole By Paul Rinn
You fucked up. You let your cellie know you were selling caps of weed and the next thing you know S.I.S. was pulling you up in front of the chow hall and escorting you over to the lieutenant’s office for a strip search […]