The sun rising over a prison didn't hold the same enjoyment as sitting under it outside. That's my first thought, yawning, as everyone...

My cell's door rattled open and closed. Red rushed to the door, peering out at the booth, waving his hand through the tray slot. The...

I watched numerous men departing from Nottoway Correction Center due to transfers. This change has shifted everything in my life before....

Nottoway Correction Center decided to focus on reentry, so they cleared out two housing units from population. That's nearly 150 men...

I've spent decades roaming the Virginia prison system and made more friends than I could ever count because of it. That's why when I...

I spent the day learning how to do marketing research for a product that I wished to bring to the consumer. This came courtesy of my...

The early hours arrived, and I realized we were on lockdown again. Great. I lay awake for a few hours, trying to figure out what caused...

I spent the better part of my day in a seminar for becoming a CEO. This was a unique experience due to my decades of incarceration and...

They told me that on Thursday I would be in a program for Peer Mentoring. I was excited about this news, because my mentor, Calvin, had...

I experienced a program that helped me grow mentally. It was presented to us by Christopher Walton. He's been a part of the Department of...

Recently I discovered that I'm alone in my pursuit for freedom. I honestly thought that I was imagining this, but when I had time to...

When I first started making friends in prison, I did it on the premise of them having a life sentence. If you didn't have one, we didn't...

We're on lockdown again. I'm sitting on my bunk, wondering how long we'll be trapped in our cell. As I did, I'm already reaching for my...

It's Wednesday and I'm eager to get my in-grounds job done. My crew and I were informed that our boss would be arriving around 8:30 AM. I...

It's snowing again! I'm outside, hands stuffed in my thin layered jacket. My head down as I turned the corner, meeting the breath of Mr....

A young man sat on the steps in the day room chanting confidence, strength, and God over and over. He was having a mental break, and it...

The biggest sporting event of the year, and in prison it's considered a day to party, talk crap about football teams, and gambling. For...

The moment I said WTF, my celly and I had a great conversation about why I said that. It started over a book I began reading a few days...

My mind felt the cold breath of Mr. Frost as I huddled under my blanket. I hadn't been that exposed to the outside elements since I was...

I'm dreading my workday duties. We have to mow the facility's grounds, and it's a headache in the sun. Still, I'm off. My crew and I...