Well I recently got in some trouble for some stupid stuff. I got an out of bounds infraction for going to the door of the other pod. Yes i knew it was wrong. However I needed to make sure that my bros went to druming. I was sanctioned […]
I know it’s difficult in here, since the tendency is always to group up, to find safety in numbers, etc. But individuality is the key to personal growth. The saying “Be your own man” is important because we ARE our own men. Human beings are individuals, not cogs […]
While this is going on another guard is going through our personal belongings. He judisciously disposes of anything that does not fit his and D.O.C. policy. If you were unlucky enough to think you could make it through. What is allowe will be put under the bus to […]
I entered the holding cell on the tenth floor. There were already other prisoners in hee. They too were on their way to prison. This holding cell was filled with other anxiety filled men. Some like myself had never been to prison. While others had been on numerous […]
It’s common for guys in here to hate being yelled at, having the officers tell them what to do, and so on. “I don’t like people barking orders at me,” they say. Well, who does? I know I don’t. The point is, however, is that there are times […]
PRISON LIFE YOU ASK, YEAH THATS RIGHT….UNFORTUNITY THERE IS SUCH A THING…AND FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS I HAVE BEEN KNEE DEEP IN THIS CRAP, AND STILL YET DISPITE THE CHALLENGES OF PRISON LIFE I HAVE LEARNED TO HEAD INTO EVERY WAKING DAY HEAD ON…AS BEING WHO I […]
When i was first convicted i had a 40 year sentence and i felt like my whole life flashed before my eyes. I was angry and felt as though there was nothing for me but to live the rest of my life in prison. But im not an […]
Do you believe in second chances? Do you believe that a person can change if given that opprotunity? Why is society so quick throw away the key to a young person’s life if everything is built on rehabilitation. I have struggled with question many times over. They only […]
No matter where you are in life you can find people that are willing to go to some extreme measures to escape their pain, to escape reality. Prison is no exception. Instincts tell us to flee from pain instead of looking for its source. Rather than search introspectively […]
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