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Not long ago, I met Commissioner Catherine Purcell of the California Board of Parole. She was the first member I ever met, and I was intimidated. To many inside, parole board members are killers of hope with too much power to deny us a second chance at freedom.
But she said something that struck me.
“Everything I think, everything I feel, everything I s...
They woke me up at about 2:15 a.m. and took me to a holding tank where about 10 other prisoners were already waiting. There were benches on the side walls and a toilet and sink in the back corner.
After 5 p.m., they finally handcuffed us and took us to the bus. They drove us to a prison about 10 miles away, where we would spend the night and pick up the other pris...
In May, on the day decorated Gulf War veteran Jeffrey Hutchinson was to be executed, I was working at the license and tag plant at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida.
My friend Cisco appeared next to me. In a ...
Prison life can be tricky and hard to adapt to.
I recently asked some fellow incarcerated people to think back on when they first got to prison. I wanted to know: “What advice would you give your former self as you entered prison?”
Here are their paraphrased responses, divided into three categories: general advice, relationships and health.
Gene...Over the years, Texas prison administrators have tried various ways to keep drugs out. They have moved to scanning and digitizing all incoming personal mail. They have prohibited staff and volunteers from bringing liquids inside. They have used search dogs. And they have instituted an anonymous tip line for prisoners to report suspicious activities.
In September 2...
