HOPE
Pain towards Prosperity by Cordel Wilder
I have never been the kind of person to believe in hard work. In my Young minded opinion, hard work & effort was not worth the small fee's businesses...
PRISON JOBS
Two Week Notice by James Carlson
When someone knows you need your job to help pay for hygiene, necessities, and food, do they treat you as less human, or take...
PRISON JOBS
A 21st Century Slave by Christopher Ridley
My name is Chris R. I am currently housed in a minimum custody facility by the state of North Carolina. I have been incarcerated...
PRISON LIFE
Living In A Prison Dorm In Arizona: Record-Breaking Heat And A Swamp Cooler by James Carlson
Last year (2023) was unbearable, inhumane, and torturous living in a prison dorm in Arizona with record breaking heat and a swamp cooler. ...
PRISON JOBS
Normalcy, by Josh Blount
I started working in the prison warehouse a few days ago. Unloading trucks, pulling orders for the kitchen and sanitation departments, etc,...
PRISON JOBS
DOES PRISON SLAVE LABOR GIVE “VALUABLE, MARKETABLE EXPERIENCE”…OR IS PRISON SLAVE LABOR JUST VALUABLE TO THE MARKET? by Joshua Wood
One of the common themes among prison officials who justify the use of prison slave labor is that prison labor give inmates job skills...
PRISON JOBS
DORM FURNITURE IS OFTEN MADE BY PRISONERS. I KNOW BECAUSE I USED TO MAKE IT, by Joshua Wood
As I sit in an un-airconditioned prison and watch the news, I see a lot of college kids talking about criminal justice reform. That's...
PRISON JOBS
Risking My Life for 25 Cents by Greg Andreotti
It’s been an interesting week as a SLS (Supportive Living Services) mentor. For those of you who don’t know my job here in prison...
PRISON JOBS
WRITE MOM A TICKET, by Sean K Lancaster
I was at dinner tonight sitting with four guys talking about their prison jobs, and how when they tansfered here their pay was cut...
PRISON JOBS
IS ORANGE THE NEW BLACK, by Sean K Lancaster
Is it by coincidence that the prison system has become monitized, or is it just happen stance that the state of Washington projects prison...
PRISON JOBS
Work, by Nakeem Williams (Keem)
The work ethic is a whole notha level. I mean day in day out its music. So focus on music the time jus flying....