Prison

This community-based program does great things, but more work is needed here in the United States. — “We imagine a world without prisons, and then we try to create that world.” — Homeboy Industries While we would love for prisons here in the United States to all implement at least some of the Scandinavian model and programs far and wide, we are aware that is a sweeping…

This tends to be the first question that comes to mind when people meet me. Or rather the first question they whisper the second my back is turned (yes, I do hear you). I’ve heard it all. From gasps of complete horror at how ‘normal’ I turn out to be…

Yeah, I know, they call it Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous, but there is plenty of stuff I took home with me, which I’ll respectfully share. Danny Trejo is a Mexican/American actor. But like most of us who were flying off the handle in our youth and never grew the f*** up as…

At seventeen, when someone tells you your uncle took a hammer to the head of your aunty, that he rained 19 blows down on her, and then sat in his car and tried to extinguish himself, while his 3 children looked on, there are several options open to you. There…

If San Quentin can make it work, any prison can so let’s get started. — What does this photo have to do with prison? Considering how much I talk about the horrible food we’re fed inside, you wouldn’t think anything other than teasing myself, but if you were lucky enough to be someone who is participating in the “Little Scandinavia” unit in SCI Chester, this…