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Down Ocqueoc Road
By Darrell JarvisWhen visiting America, Charles Dickens was heard to say: “There’s only two things that I wish to see, the Niagara Falls and Eastern State Penitentiary.” Like many others, this...
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No Mercy For Dogs Chapter 25
By Thomas Bartlett WhitakerTo read Chapter 24, click hereI returned to a city at war with itself.After leaving Juan the Chivero’s ranch in the mountains of Chihuahua, I drove through the night. I had...
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Judgment and Humiliation
By Wayne DotyNo matter who we are or where we’re at, as humans we have all been victims of judgment and humiliation. We all have our own perspectives and beliefs about issues surrounding our own lives....
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Fight Another Day!
A Short Play by Larry StrombergStaged at Pennsylvania Convention Center on Monday, June 8th, 2015 for Philadelphia Fight´s Institute for Community Justice Presents “Freed Truths: Short plays from...
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Staying In Touch
by Wendell GrissomHello again to everyone out there who encouraged me to “stay in touch” with you. I wanted to write about a few more concerns of mine, the first being my good friend Richard Glossip....
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Are You Hurt? Part Two
By: Terry Daniel McDonaldTo read part one click hereBy the first week of April 2010, I was in a cell with a concrete floor riven by what looked like a chaotic ley—line. Pits and chipped stone lined the...
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Before This Place
By Kyla ZiegenhagenI remember driving down the road a few years ago and thinking, after a tough day at least I'll never be in prison for murder. Because, in comparison, nothing I was going through at...
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Parole Could Save My Life
By Miguel MoralesI write this piece today, Christmas morning, while thoughts of family, freedom and hope are hitting me harder than usual. I told myself that I wouldn’t ever write anything personal on...
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War in The Meadows
A Story by Michael MooreMy heart thumped against the inside of my ribcage like it wanted out. My shoes slapped the pavement, one after another. My lungs were on fire.Don't stop, I told myself. Don't...
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Charley’s Pub
By Jeff Freeman“It’s the damned Supreme Court,” J.D. said. “What’s it matter who’s president, or not? The Supreme Court has all the power nowadays – they make the decisions that really matter to this...
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Dispatches from a Further Purgatory
By Thomas Bartlett WhitakerTo My Brothers on the Row,Greetings from the loony bin. By the time you read this, it will have been a year since I departed from our infamous fraternity. I’ve tried to...
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Fighting for My Life
By Damon RichardsonThis is my experience of living on Texas Death Row for seventeen years of my life for a crime that I did not commit and had no knowledge of whatsoever. When I was found guilty of...
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Doing Life Without Parole in the Missouri Department of Corrections
By Z.A. Smith"What did you hit your cellie with?""I didn't hit him with anything," I answered, standing there buck-naked."Who did?"" You'll have to ask him about that," I answered."You used something....
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Meditation on Living With The Other Death Penalty in Washington State
By Amber Fayefox KimRecently the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty and juvenile life sentences are unconstitutional. This is massive news, earth shattering for everyone in the...
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Six Pack
By Anthony EnglesBarefoot and FeralWe leave so much behind when we transition from childhood to adulthood, that often we don’t even notice when things are no longer with us – things such as the...
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Months Before Six - Part Three
By Billy TracyTo read Part Two, click hereDeath Watch Update May 1, 2019Death Watch is a special section on Texas Death Row where the Death Row inmates are housed once they are given their execution...
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Something in COMMON
By Michael Manjeet SinghLeading up to concert day, October 18, 2018, people would ask, “Is Common actually gonna perform here?” On the tenth, I came out at noon (for insulin) and saw that a real...
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There is a N***** in the Holding Cell
By Jeremy BusbyPrison, like life, is filled with unexpected events. One minute you could find yourself feeling all enriched about where you are personally, and the progress you have made. Then, the...
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Awakening
By Vernon RobinsonIt's July 14th, and for some reason I feel compelled to write down my feelings. I'm lying in bed, and I've just watched Serena lose her Wimbledon championship match. I'm locked in...
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My Testimony
By Sonny SlayGod can change you – he did me. I was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on November 11th, 1989. My mother was a single mother and a drug addict. My biological father was incarcerated after my...
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