Holidays and birthdays in prison can be challenging times, as you can imagine. Even though there are many amazing people in prison, you are not surrounded by lifelong friends and…
In prison, dealing with my mood swings was a major challenge. Other inmates regularly tested my patience, and I was confined to a negative environment. The lows felt so low…
Life since my release from prison seven months ago has been anything but a walk in the park. Even so, one constant through home confinement is my one-hour walk —…
Writing Poetry to Save Your Life by Maria Mazziotti Gillan Picture Credit: Amazon I don’t care if you have zero interest in poetry, this book is about writing, period! Whether…
It’s said there are only two types of people in the Bureau of Prison system, those who snitched and those who wish they would have. A snitch is defined as…
Prison is full of rules. Unfortunately, the written rules will only keep you from conflict with the staff. If you want to make it through your sentence, the most important rules to…
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