Letters From Inside the Prison

Prison Guard vs Thugs In my last few chapters, I have been talking about the abuse and all of the madness that goes on here at the United States penitentiary, and at the federal correctional institution in Hazelton West, Virginia. This November I have been here for two years, and I cannot begin to explain […]

I Am a Grown Ass Man I cannot even begin to tell everyone reading this how many times I have heard people in prison say this phrase, “I am a grown ass man.”, without any exaggeration, I have heard this phrase at every single prison I have been to over the last seventeen years. It’s

Gangs in America 6 I wonder why there hasn’t been more done in our country to put a complete stop to America’s gang problem. I really have thought about this and for the life of me, I cannot understand their inability to take drastic measures to stop any form of gang activity. All anyone has

Gangs 5 In this chapter I want to talk about what has happened across our country because our government’s lack of intervention in eradicating the gang problem that has plagued our country. I was wondering before if the states and our government at first just didn’t care because it was a prison thing, and I

Gangs 4 When I look at all the United States has accomplished throughout its history, it’s amazing at how far we’ve come. I mean this county is only two hundred and forty something years old, we’ve been through battles here and world wars abroad. We have fought enemies with overwhelming odds and America has always

Gangs 2 In my last chapter, I explained how some of the different gangs got started. Now, I want to continue explaining how they grew and expanded their gang. Like I said, they began by training men to leave prison and help them take their organization to another level. But, while grooming these men, they

Gangs 3 What’s really amazed me through the years is how our government has done little or nothing to combat the gang problem that’s plagued America. I mean there has always been gangs as far back as I can remember. I am fifty-seven and I always remember hearing about gangs. Of course, gangs from the

State of the Art Prison 3 In my last few chapters, I have talked about our country building a state-of-the-art prison system and I was thinking, I might explain myself better. When I talk about state-of-the-art prisons, I am not trying to insinuate that prisons should be ran or operate in such a way that

A State of the Art Prison 2 I’ve just finished s chapter called State of the Art Prison System, and as I was writing this, I couldn’t help but think of several different things. One, why hasn’t anyone in Washington done this? Two, what has kept someone from doing this? I mean it’s not a

One Gives You Life, the Other Gives You Death By Jay Goodman Sometimes it seems like every conversation I have with people in here it’s negative. When you live in a cell Block with 128 people, eventually you will get to know each other. Maybe not on a real friendship level, but on a casual