Prisoner X
#21 Federal Death Penalty Update
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,...
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PRISON BLOG
Life Lessons from Death Row
Prisoner X
- May 18, 2020
- 5 min
#20 The History of the Federal Death Penalty
In 1972, the Supreme Court struck down the existing capital punishment laws in this country as unconstitutional, and halted all...
Prisoner X
- May 9, 2020
- 4 min
#19 It’s Not Always About Gangs – Part IV
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...
Prisoner X
- Apr 24, 2020
- 3 min
#18 It’s Not Always About Gangs – Part III
During the 1980's, a movie called Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze, was released. The premise was rather ridiculous: Russia launched a...
Prisoner X
- Apr 3, 2020
- 4 min
#17 It’s Not Always About Gangs – Part II
My most recent encounter with the bizarre attitude of the Special Investigative Services (SIS), and their unthinking insistence that...
Prisoner X
- Mar 21, 2020
- 3 min
#16 It’s Not Always About Gangs – Part I
Every federal prison has a Special Investigative Services (SIS) division. They are in charge of investigating most internal problems in a...
Prisoner X
- Feb 25, 2020
- 4 min
#15 You Can Only Laugh - Part V
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...
Prisoner X
- Feb 11, 2020
- 3 min
#14 You can only laugh - Part IV
Some readers may doubt my veracity, as to the ineptitude of many prison administrators, and believe I exaggerate. But it should be...
Prisoner X
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
#13 You Can Only Laugh – Part III
Although many prisoners never learn, and continue to waste their time and effort in trying to reason with prison administrators, I...
Prisoner X
- Jan 28, 2020
- 2 min
#12 You Can Only Laugh – Part II
Every Thursday, at the United States Penitentiary Terre Haute, the administrative level staff of the prison do a tour of the lockdown...
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