It's 6:30 AM and I'm stepping into my beat-up Fila sneakers. The roar of the exhaust fan is swallowing up the early morning conversations...

His name is Chucky. A little man with anger issues, and dealing with being molested as a child. He's been on the juvenile-to-prison...

When you think of Romeo and Juliet, their ending was tragic, and so is this story. Taz and I met during our numerous trips to the...

My first week of college was after a weeklong lockdown. The sour taste of what Strike Force did to my cell had to vanish as I sauntered...

In the 27 years of incarceration, I've been through more than my share of turmoil. Now I endured, survived, and grew through some intense...

A close friend asked me what it means when someone says you have potential. I gave him my response: "It's when you have something in you...

Monday morning, I'm gearing up for a new week of college classes and facilitating Managing My Life. I'm eager, because it's been nearly a...

Most times, I read a book that gives me a few thoughts to ponder on, then I move on to another book. This time I couldn't. I read Jump by...

The day had me smiling because I learned that I'm back in college. A yearlong battle with screwed up paperwork that I'm finally claiming...

We're being quarantined for the weekend, thanks to another outbreak of Scabies. This again had us trapped in our housing unit, only this...

Breakfast was called while the men and I watched the local news. I marched out with my housing unit, heading for another crappy meal....

Education is key. That's the truth for most of us who grew up in the inner cities. I, like most who lived in Housing Projects USA,...

My day always started off relaxed, then my cell door opened. Out and about, the world came fast, and with it numerous interactions....

Someone yelled for us to turn the day room TV to ABC's local news station. We did, and that was when we all saw a report on 8 prisons in...

As someone who has spent decades incarcerated, hearing stories of men and women being locked up becomes commonplace, but not when you...

A powerful story of a father's love took me deep into my thoughts, making me remember some emotional times with my father. This was when...

As a man who lived in his own hell for so long, the only thing I dwelt on was my release from it. This was a lifetime of reflecting on my...

Sunday, I'm up early and eager to begin my day. The reason why was I get to call my mother. This was our Sunday ritual. Shoot, all my...

In my journey from going from one prison to the next, I made bonds with men that have impacted my life in great ways. I'm thinking about...

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...