Life on the Inside remains a mystery to many but too common for way too many citizens who spent time in prison. Jason writes about starting his day and fighting fatique.
Category: Prison Living
How Much to Send Prisoners Varies
If the free citizen needs to pay rent, buy food, or otherwise take care of themselves and family, in my opinion, as a former prisoner, I’d rather have gone hungry than for my loved ones to have sent me money that was needed to provide for themselves. My comfort came in second compared to theirs.
ONE MORE FROM THE ROAD
I knelt down on one knee but did not turn to face the wall. An injured Hispanic participant had came from the Battle Zone with blood running down his head from different angles and dripped blood on the floor in front of me. The violence was still in progress twenty-five feet away: I knew not to expose myself to flying trays by turning around when the two dummies did not even notice that those of us standing against the wall were docile.
Bullet Proof, Tough Guy Mask
The Sun magazine, Charlotte, North Carolina, published a clip I sent in response to an article in Readers Write. That was a decade or so ago. In the published clip, I shared about the experience I wrote about in response to the Quora question: Is it true that people get sprayed with water in prison…