Prison Writers

Prison Writers Where prisoners have a voice. What happens in prison doesn't stay in prison anymore. What happens in prison doesn’t stay in prison anymore.

The most forgotten segment of our society now has a voice.

Prison Writers
06/02/2026

Prison Writers

Journalist and academics debate over whether we should call imprisoned people "inmate" versus "convict" but Ignacio Carrillo says someone should just ask them.

Prison Writers
05/30/2026

Prison Writers

As Bryan Hunter explains, when in prison, it's out of sight, out of mind. Something shifts that people on the outside don’t always talk about.

Prison Writers
05/24/2026

Prison Writers

Jerry Metcalf recounts the terrifying moments of a deadly fire in prison, when guards fled through choking smoke and locked inmates were left to suffocate—until one officer chose to risk everything to save them. [reposted] Smoke Signals of Desperation "Whaaamp ... whaaamp ... whaaamp ..." boomed t...

Prison Writers
05/21/2026

Prison Writers

Kenneth Lyle entertains us from prison with his descriptions of the inmates he knows with the most suiting nicknames and why.

Prison Writers
05/18/2026

Prison Writers

Troy David’s story shows how peer pressure and juvenile crime can intersect, when a teenager desperate to fit in makes a life-changing decision.

Prison Writers
05/15/2026

Prison Writers

Chris Dankovich reflects on peace as something that can exist even in prison, challenging the assumption that freedom alone determines joy or fulfillment.

Prison Writers
05/10/2026

Prison Writers

"The time to worry about your reputation is before you have one," I remember Hasan Shakur, a friend on death row, telling me when I first entered into prison.

05/05/2026

Prison Writers

Marcellus Smith writes about how child incarceration shaped his life long before he ever stepped into an adult prison. A Childhood Behind Locked Doors Growing up, I never had my mother or father in my life. I never met my father, and because my mother was using drugs while she was pregnant with me,....

05/01/2026

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