7 Results in the "Surviving in a U.S. Prison" category
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US 2 Part 3
When the pastor’s sermon ended, the warden’s sermon began. At some point, I had frozen like ice. I rolled my eyes around and asked Curtis. “Hey. My face is pretty noticeable right now, isn’t it?” “Of course. If you wanted to put a picture in the encyclopedia for the meaning of ‘black and blue,’ your face right now would be perfect.” “Yeah. Right.” I felt relieved after that foolish confirmation. Because our eyes kept meeting. His and mine, that doctor guy’s. It was a…-
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US 2 Part 2
Sunday. It was the first Sunday since my admission. The day of the week with the longest free activity time. The day I dreaded most had arrived. I was holed up in my cell. I was confident I could stay put forever, but then Tony Kenner stood up. Even though there was no work duty, he left the cell and walked the same path he did on weekday afternoons. Of course, I followed him. Freedom of entry and exit was just as Curtis had told me the day before. If this were a game, a new map had just been…-
55.8 K • Ongoing
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US 2 Part 1
Be quiet in the common bathroom. I'm no stranger to vicious prisons, but I was still cornered, and hard. By a group of rapists in the corner of the shower room. I thought I had timed it right to shower safely, but there are always those who don’t give a shit about other people’s calculations. “Ack.” It started with a vile blow to the back of my head. My skull was slammed against the tile. My brain rattled and my vision spun. No matter how much I shook my head, there was nothing I could do…-
55.8 K • Ongoing
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US 1 Part 2
When I came out empty-handed, Curtis’s mouth started chattering again. “Anyway, what I’m saying is, I’m the one who redistributes over-the-counter medicine here in H-block. If you need anything, just say the word. That’s the offer I wanted to make, but the conversation went in circles.” Calling psychotropic drugs ‘over-the-counter medicine,’ and you’re redistributing the drugs the infirmary gives out to individual inmates. “Don’t they make you swallow it right there and check…-
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US 1 Part 1
Two weeks passed while I waited for a cell to open up in a residential unit. I’d heard that it wasn’t just the prison, but the intake center that was overcrowded. In fact, even before that, the amount of time I was left to rot after the warrant was issued and I was locked up in holding… Let's not even talk about it. But I was definitely impaired by it. The Federal Bureau of Prisons should admit to injury due to administrative negligence and pay me damages! It was because of the Russian guy I…-
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US 0
Prologue According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics’ recidivism data, 30% of released prisoners reoffend within six months, and 44% within one year. There was a time, since the 70s, when the ideology of rehabilitation slowly faded and a tough-on-crime approach became national policy. The early 2000s, when new drugs and gang problems hit. But what problem arose from reducing indeterminate sentences and parole? Prison overcrowding. Well then, let's just build more. Building new…-
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The world’s most charming murderer is obsessed with me.
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1.8 K • Jan 21, '26
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