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...

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...