It is no secret that the world has become a much different place, in the space of a very short time, due to the corona virus. Quarantine,...

In 1972, the Supreme Court struck down the existing capital punishment laws in this country as unconstitutional, and halted all...

No series dealing with this subject would be complete without my favorite gang related story of all time. It is a bit different than the...

During the 1980's, a movie called Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze, was released. The premise was rather ridiculous: Russia launched a...

My most recent encounter with the bizarre attitude of the Special Investigative Services (SIS), and their unthinking insistence that...

Every federal prison has a Special Investigative Services (SIS) division. They are in charge of investigating most internal problems in a...

In the late 1990's, when I was fresh to the prison setting, I saw a film which touched me deeply. A true story of a teenage girl dying of...

Some readers may doubt my veracity, as to the ineptitude of many prison administrators, and believe I exaggerate. But it should be...

Although many prisoners never learn, and continue to waste their time and effort in trying to reason with prison administrators, I...

Every Thursday, at the United States Penitentiary Terre Haute, the administrative level staff of the prison do a tour of the lockdown...

In the course of everyday life, the average person avoids problems with others by application of common sense. Even when dealing with...

The final entry in my Catfish series is a story which has always amused me. After all, isn't everything funnier when it happens to...

In all my years in prison, I have never known of a prisoner catfishing anyone and making them believe the prisoner was actually free, be...

Posing as someone who is not incarcerated would entail a great deal of difficulty for a prisoner. Some would still be willing to do so,...

One of my closest friends lives in the U.K. In the years we have corresponded, I have become familiar with her entire family. Her younger...

The holiday season has arrived once more. From all sides, everyone is inundated with cheery Christmas music, and advertising which tells...

Throughout the course of my incarceration, I have encountered my fair share of troubles. Truth be told, more than my share. Some were...

Research into sleep deprivation has shown that it can engender irritability, mood swings, and depression. It can cause individuals to...

The things which have the greatest impact in prison, which are the most difficult to endure, are usually psychological in nature, rather...

Horror stories about violence behind bars are never lacking. They proliferate like flies, rising from the bloated corpse of the prison...