Convicts against the guards. When I first began my life within the prison industrial complex over 28 years ago, this maxim was a hard and fast reality. Since then, I have witnessed it fade into an often intangible concept - and I am grateful to see its decline. The...
On this day, which is almost nine years in the making, I wish to dedicate this AI blog post to Michael Henderson. Michael's hearing is today (finally!) and I am in attendance (we are finally in the same room!). I have known Michael for going on three years. The past...
What a name, right? When I intially read this title I thought to myself, "There's no way there's any truth to this statement!" Then I began to read and was quickly proven wrong. If you're familar with comedian, brash in-your-face radio personality Charlamagne, you...
Hello Everyone! I love that I get to learn something new every day no matter where I am in life or actuality. Today I learned that this topic (Hate Mail) is an ongoing series on the blog. Yea Missy! Just a reminder, I'm still housed at the county jail facility, back...
A review of The Universe in the Rearview Mirror. For a jolt of reality, David Goldberg explains in the clearest and most understood terms why those among us that have imposed self importance and insignificance have gotten it all wrong. If you've been afraid to try and...
So many people who become incarcerated have no idea that just because we are behind the fences doesn't mean that we have no rights. One of the most important rights is that of communication. We can, for all intents and purposes communicate with our lawyers and loved...
We couldn't be happier for our friend Shawn Ali, just released after 22 years in prison.
Inmate 1-2-6-6-4-1-7-5 — that's my other "name." The name I'm forced to answer to on a regular basis lest I be found in disobedience of a direct order by refusing to answer to a state-issued number, insisting on being called by the name my parents gave me at birth. In...
I'm still feeling a little down about last week's execution. They killed Mark Asay on the 24th. I had honestly expected him to get a stay. Florida was using a new drug, etomidate. Mark was the guinea pig. I sincerely believe the courts would let them shoot us full of...
Dear Martin, I write to you from the other side — the side that awaits you if you don’t change your course of action soon. I know you are going through an extremely difficult time right now as you seek independence while trying to figure out your identity. Most...