When someone goes to prison, we don't expect it to be like attending a country club. The media often paints famous prisons like a stay at summer camp. The truth is that Texas prisons are FAR from any vacation. In fact, they are a business established to keep people in as long a possible and consider it a victory when someone returns.
These letters are written by those who have first-hand experience as a prisoner to the atrocities going on each day. They tell of inhumane treatment by those in charge to people that were entrusted to ensure basic rights as a human.
I’ve written a few chapters called great escape, where I made fun at some crazy moments in my life. These moments were not funny at the time because I should have been killed, or sent to prison for ...
From my personal experience the last thing the Texas prison wants to give someone is hope. They talk a good game when they speak about rehabilitation,...
Many times I have wondered how anyone can come out of the Texas prison system and not have some type of sociological damage. I do get that present is supposed to change us, but one would assume that i...
Inside the Texas prison system “all of your senses are assaulted here, especially your sense of justice.” I can’t imagine a better description of my time here. From the moment I got off the bus ...
Has anyone ever thought about where our country would be today without drugs? In my last two chapters I talked a lot about how things used to be before the industry age. And explained why I thought th...
My life of crime began when I was just a pup, and it sparked at the intersection of two tendencies I’ve shown since before I could remember. First, I was a born wander....
All through my life I have heard my great grandfather, my grandfather, then my mom and dad say, “times are changing.” In the past, I never gave this much thought. But now that I am 56, I finally u...
In the world we are taught from the time we’re children to trust police officers. Even if we weren’t taught this, I believe most people learn that it’s natural for most people to have trust in t...
Not many people will ever understand the effects of prison life, or what it does to someone to lose years or decades of their lives. Why there’s many who will say it’s just, and some cases I would...
Has anyone ever thought about the importance of family? In your minds go back in time to when you were a child, go back as far as you can remember. Think about your entire family structure, your grand...
