This site is a collection of blogs written by prison inmates. It serves as a platform which allows them to share their individual stories, opinions, talents, and their inner thoughts. I support, understand, and believe that writing can be a great source of rehabilitation, growth, and healing. InmateBlogger.com is managed by Suzie Bosko (suziebosko.com).
To want to be loved is that so wrong. To find someone so special You have your own special song. There’s love and then there’s LOVE One is in words and thought Then there’s the one that lifts you above No matter the cost No matter the odds […]
hello!My name is Johnnie Cook. I am writing this blog regarding having contacted covid-19 and the mistreatment that those of us face when we complain or tested positive. We are house in a unit where I have no source to reach out to the outside world. The prison […]
No matter how strictly-guarded a prison, the soul remains free. Some people may assume that people behind bars stop thinking, stop expressing themselves, and stop dreaming. Nothing could be further from the truth. In prisons all around the country, there are men and women continuing to live their […]
I’m bothered when I read how Blacks in the 21 Century are still enduring racial slurs, or suppressing their culture, via hairstyles, fashion, music, etc. just to fit into white America. I can’t believe I’m reading articles like this today. And it saddens me to say that a […]
How can I forget the olive tone of your skin?, your jet black hair dancing in the wind, the day that your sister Angie said that we couldn’t be friends, (sigh), even back then, your age never matched your maturity, truthfully, I still think of you more than […]
Babies are having babies, the nations are sick with rabies, It’s like the globe is Hades filled with fire, these days are shady; Potential’s dead & just maybe it never existed but lately, I’m feeling something kind of crazy; A glimmer of Hope flowing wavy, the Vision’s still […]
Out of the abundance of the heart a man speaks. What does your heart profess to others, is it encouragement, is what you say deemed to be truthful? Is your heart filled with love, empathy, and genuine concern? Are the people that you come in contact with encouraged […]
Poem what if these vaccines were merely poison and these books were merely lies imposed upon a child without heroes we desperately attempt to contrive searching for parallels which are similar they sinisterly use to divide with the addition of such misfortune our problems only multiply you see… […]
Okay y’all we back after a few setbacks and in the mist of c19 we pick back up LIVE from M.D.O.C. season 2 Damn Tre we getting hose! I ain’t seen my kids in almost a year says Tre yeah I know says Harv its really messed up […]
I look at the sky and see it needs sweeping. Dust clouds from mermaids of the past that mistakened the blue for the sea instead of glass. Trembling rays stuck in the future believing in fairy tales of hell trying to escape its flames beyond the names of […]
I’ve been fighting for my freedom since 2013 and without assistance I die in prison for a crime I did not commit so I’m reaching out to all who are willing to step up and help, so far I have two wonderful people Sophie and Cody for a […]
Never live a day of your life as if its a mistake and doesn’t have a purpose. Always do everything intentionally, be kind intentionally, Love on purpose. Never let your love be a “mistake” and never unintentionally love someone. Make this the day that you show that woman […]
Poem In a society which uses the media to define beauty, imposing twisted ideals of what a woman should or should not look like, it is difficult to define beauty at all. Similar to a dying rose. One may say… ”My what a beautiful flower. Fighting endlessly until […]
1 split into 2, then had to find each other & Reunite back into One, That’s the Holy Matrimony of Soulmates, One Destiny under the Sun; Eventually We found Our Way, though the Path was evermoving, Dedication & Persistence kept Us going despite the bruises; Our Journey has […]
There are many things, people, or scenarios that may put you out of the seemingly right direction that you feel your life should be heading. But I beseech you to stay the course. You will have both let downs and defeats. But the main thing is to realize […]
(Cont. of Chpt. One, The Holy Scriptures) (or not?). We left off with an in depth description of how the Hebrew Scriptures were preserved and protected, via the “Massorah,” and also we touched upon how a horrible practice of CHANGING the words of Scripture began. Sadly, modern day […]
Poem we envy what we believe that we can’t obtain and obtain what we most envy yet once obtained… can’t absolve the plenty which has left our spirits empty still we hopelessly strive to distance ourselves from the former which honestly couldn’t be truer watching a stranger emerge […]
We have elves at Camp Prisoney Land. They are assigned as dormitory workers. I am grateful to elves who clean the bathrooms and common room daily. I am especially grateful I don’t have to worry about my cell passing the white glove inspection every week because someone touches […]
I GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WITH TEARS IN MY EYES HOPING NO ONE NOTICE OR HEAR MY CRIES.HAUNTED BY ALL THE DARKNESS OF MY PAST,PRAYING THE TORMENT TO BE OVER,ENDED AT LAST.BUT THE PAIN IS STILL THERE,IT HASN’T GONE AWAY, THINGS ARE STILL CLOUDY EVEN ON A […]
The thing about Greatness is that it can’t be stopped, Opposition can strategize & scheme to initiate plots, Yet it won’t make a difference to the final outcome which is their own destruction, Because going against Universal Law leads to all systems’ malfunction. As it is written, “Who […]
Assalaamu Alaikum!! First and foremost thoughts and prayers to the families and everyone impacted by the events on #9/11….. So.. no disprespect to anyone.. ANYONE!!! just to get some things off my mind and chest I’m letting all who read know how I’m feeling today. I’ve made many […]
(Still corresponding…) Love has only a few levels, however, it has soooo many dimensions. Like there is Universal Love, Personal Love and Intimate Love. Universal Love is for all existence. Love for humankind, the land, the water, the air, the energy of life, etc. Personal Love is for […]
on Jan 21 2011 former Chicago police commander Jon barge was sentenced to four and half years in federal prison for perjury and obstru tion of justice because he lied under oath about his use of torture to ex criminal suspects; overwhelmingly black men. barge was fired in […]
It is difficult to say I am an occvltist or I am a spiritual individual when I have such basic earthly desires. I read manuscripts of occvlt and they shun the primitive desires which to me are apart of the occvlt experience. I had to get life in […]
My facility is treating us like we are the ones that are giving covid to them ( The facility’s staff) And the staff doesn’t wear there mask at all times like they should still, even after we’ve just had a massive outbreak here in El Dorado, Ks. Now […]
what is love? it may very well be the force that harms as much as it hurts. recently i lost my best friend and partner to a long fight with illness. she showed me that love is more paramount in our everyday lives than anything else. she woke […]
Why go to the stars? Because we are the descendants of those primates who chose to look over the next hill. Because we won’t survive here indefinitely. Because the stars are there, beckoning with fresh horizons. — James and Gregory Benford I don’t remember the last time I […]
The end of your past is the beginning of your future. Sisters and brothers, never let anyone family, friend, or foe dictate your trajectory of your path. Always remember you’ve moved on from the address of defeat, you no longer live in bondage to judgement of others. For […]
Poem: watching shadows of snowflakes dance beneath lamppost exhaling miserably she sighs… even amid such heartache she doesn’t feel alive as the debt of addiction bankrupts all cent’s of hope when you’re attempting to make a dollar before somebody drops a dime it is amid the echoes of […]
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY…. THE CSATF ADMIN. ARE TORTURING PRISONERS…DENYING US THE ABILITY TO QUARANTINE FROM PRISONERS WHO ARE POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS. WITHIN THE LAST 48HRS. THEY HAVE MOVED OVER 100 PRISONERS DURING THE FIRST WATCH STATUS SHIFT INTO THE HOUSING UNITS FORCING POSITVE SICK PRISONERS TO BE […]
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