PRISON LIFE

Last year (2023) was unbearable, inhumane, and torturous living in a prison dorm in Arizona with record breaking heat and a swamp cooler. ...

This place went on full lockdown in March of 2023 and remains on limited modified movement. Media only reports a limited amount of what's...

A pair of nylon Reebok! For an inmate like me it's like four-months' salary. On the outside, these kix would be like ten dollars at the discount-dollar store. But these sneaks are the cheapest kix available; all others are over a hundo. They got you over a barrel -- if you want or need it, they are the only ones who supply, so pay it or go without.

I got transferred since my last installment. Went from a medium to a Max security. A disciplinary transfer, they call it. But honestly, I'm better off here. The officers treat us with more respect in a max compared to a medium. The food tastes better, and more of a serving. TV channels are better. Why, you may ask, would a max be "better" than a medium?

I came to be incarcerated during the Covid lockdowns. My (adopted) city, Chicago, was in the thick of things during this time. I got a little carried away and continued my 'looting'. That brings me to now. Sitting in segregation (well, standing actually, as I stand to write on the empty Top Bunk in my cell due to no desk for me to use) writing my first Blog entry.

A man had his whole face ripped open at first chow, at lunch he sat across from his attacker with his face stitched up and knowing by last chow he'd be attacked again. You have noone who shows care, only custody and control. Before, you were moved to another block and would be given protection. Now you're allowed to get jumped by 4 guys 2x's in one day and in the morning it repeats.

"Music Can Calm the Savage Beast," is a paraphrase of a quote by British Poet William Congreve, way back in 1697. Over 300...

As a F2M transgender incarcerated in Texas serving hard time in prolonged solitary confinement, my days are filled with much anguish, defeat, depression, frustration,...