Trash bags are the Swiss Army knife of prison life. From tablet mounts to laundry lines to makeshift ovens, one sheet of plastic can become almost anything. In this first installment of #InmateIngenuity, Ray Corona shares the everyday creativity that helps people behind bars survive a world built with almost none of the tools the rest of us take for granted.
Token gestures make us feel righteous, but they donāt hold us accountable to change. What would happen if you reached down to someone in the pitānot as charity, but as a neighbor? You might discover a new and empowered version of yourself.
I used to breathe in lifeāmountain bike mornings, oil and rubber at the shop, the scents of youth and purpose. Now I breathe as little as possible. Prison air carries chemicals, suffering, and the scent of men waiting to die. Still, I pray for the day breathing feels like living again.
As soon as count cleared, I logged in to check my messages. "She's gone... " There it was, the message I was expecting and simultaneously hoping wouldn't come. She was found on August 25th and taken to the hospital where she was placed on life support. An infection...
During our 2025 Volunteer Bee Fest weekend, Leah opened a piece of writing from Dortell Williams, an incarcerated writer in California. His words, his transformation is a reminder of whatās possible, and why this work matters. Ā Ā
In this moving piece titled My Momma, one writer behind bars paints a vivid portrait of love, memory, and resilience. Read by a theater student in our Letters from Prison video series, itās a reminder that even from behind walls, gratitude and reverence still bloom.
On September 5, 2024 I celebrated 19 years of sobriety, and honestly, I'm of two minds. On the one hand, it feels great to be able to say I am clean and sober today. On the other hand, I do retain significant shame knowing that if I had been responsible and stayed...
Photo by FlyD on Unsplash Prison time can feel a lot like quantum physics. Sounds crazy, I know. But itās true. Quantum physics is an obscure, often confusing field of particle science. The short version explains that quantum physics involves the study of particles...
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash We are happy to share these courses offered by Wise Communications and developed by our featured writer Dr. Eric Burnham. The information in our home-studies is based upon the finest work done in the field by the National...
Hi everyone. My name is Bobby Bostic. Look me up to learn about my story. I came to prison at 16 years old for robbery and I was sentenced to die in prison although no one was seriously injured in my crime. The judge told me "Bobby Bostic you will die in the...