Earning Freedom

How To Run A Prison Sportsbook

This is a repost of an article I wrote for Vocativ.

A former prison bookie shares his stories and reveals how this underground economy work

Convicts will gamble on anything, it doesn’t matter. Sports are no exception. Roll up on the TV room of…

Private prisons could be the charter schools of incarceration

What 26 Years in Prison Taught me About Self-Improvement

On August 13, 1987, DEA agents arrested me. I started selling cocaine when I was 20, and by the time I turned 23, the run ended. At the time of my arrest, all I cared about was getting out of jail. Yet after a jury convicted me of…

25 Years in Prison for a First-time, Nonviolent Offense

In 1991 I got busted by the feds for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense: selling LSD at 15 colleges in five states. I was a kid, barely out of my teens, and was determined to be a great American anti-hero. Facing 20 years to life…

Rep. Bass introduces bipartisan legislation to curb recidivism, increase opportunities for ex-offenders

WASHINGTON — In light of President Obama’s work to stem over-incarceration, Congressmember Karen Bass (D-Calf.), a member of the House Judiciary…