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Doing Time Well
Doing time in prison is a universally difficult experience, and the overwhelming majority of those incarcerated came in totally unprepared for life on the inside. As a result, most come out worse than when they went in, but a few defy the odds and overcome the prison...
Daily Prison Life Series: Florida Prisoner Michael Henderson
Continuing education in the Daily Life series would be incomplete without a lesson on the so-called health care that's not provided in the Florida prison system. I know from reading extensively about the health care management companies that this issue is not unique...
Daily life of a Prisoner in Florida
We will be periodically publishing posts for this series from Michael Henderson, a Florida prisoner serving a life sentence. Michael will be sharing about conditions of confinement, and theĀ stressors imposed by an overwhelmingly failing bureaucratic behemoth. Like...
Stories: A Cry for Help, Ricky Lee Hefner
We get letters sometimes which break our heart. This one came in through our contact page which we assume must have been posted by a friend. It has been edited for clarity. Besides a cry for help, this is a cautionary tale. Never let the police search your vehicle or...
A Darker Side of Disability: Prisons are the new Asylum
When we think of asylums it brings to mind images of poor medical care, unfair treatment and abuse. Asylums were the very real horror story of the 1800s and beyond. Now, they still exist, and prison is the asylum by another name. Each year in the United States 2.12...
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Whether you are for or against inmates being able to receive stimulus checks like rest of the country, the choice was made by a judge who cited her reasons very logically and with compassion for why she believed it was justified. ''Why should an inmate receive such a...