Prison is a place I have been for over half my life. I was 21 years-old when I stabbed a man during a fight that I started while...
Prison Is a Place
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Bobby Bostic and the Judge who sentenced him to 241 years in prison
Our friend Bobby Bostic has a familiar name for many with an interest in prison reform, and juvenile life sentences. Locked up...
From GED to PhD
Photo by Taha Mazandarani on Unsplash I have been incarcerated for over twenty years now, a lifetime for many. When I was...
Doing Time Well
Doing time in prison is a universally difficult experience, and the overwhelming majority of those incarcerated came in totally...
Unexpected Insight
Faith is the essence of being. Everyone has faith. Whether theistic, pantheistic, or atheistic, everyone believes in something,...
Don’t React – Respond!
This past week came with one of the biggest shocks of my fifteen years of incarceration. My unit ('incentive housing' with...
The Ripple Effect
For too many years of my life I assumed my actions affected me and only me. So what if I chose to drink away my pain? So what if...
Learn, Baby, Learn
I was on the yard today simply enjoying the 75-degree weather. I'd taken a seat on one of the metal benches located on the inner...