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A guy in a wheelchair that walks, a blind man who reads, a woman born male, and an inmate who works for the feds. Welcome to The Program where nothing is as it seems. I joined this community thinking prison would be getting much more serious. I should’ve realized from my prison experience that everythingContinue reading “The Program”

Who’d have guessed I’d meet my best friend in prison? With TJ, it’s like we truly were born to be bros. He was part of what G, Eli, and I referred to as “The Suboxone Boys.” All I really remember about him from the camp is that he was decent at HORSE and loved drugs,Continue reading “Born to be Bros”

Here I sit. Room 316, bunk 1 lower, unit 5852 of Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution. Another New Year’s Eve behind bars. I’m not watching the ball drop. Not because I don’t want to—I do—but because the MP3 player I use to listen to the T.V. died, and I have to charge it overnight. ItContinue reading “2021”

This is a transcription of the letter I just received from Adelina. The institution sent it back to her house twice before finally allowing it through: Dear Dada, I miss you sooo muchI wish you were out of prison.Are you going to be out of prison soon?every time at school that I see the nameContinue reading “Adelina’s Letter”

The Residential Drug and Alcohol Program, established by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, is the next step in my journey through prison. Referred to as “The Year Off Program” by inmates all over the BOP, this is the only educational offering that offers inmates any actual time relief. Despite the fact that I’m in prisonContinue reading “The Residential Drug and Alcohol Program”

I’m sitting at the prison computer with tears running down my face, using this keyboard as an outlet to keep me from turning around and showing the men around me how badly it hurts to write my daughter. She sent me a bookmark with her second-grade school picture on it. She’s the perfect balance betweenContinue reading “The Bookmark”

I want to feel my daughter’s hand squeeze mine while she looks up at me as we walk down the street. I want to throw her in the pool and do backflips at the trampoline park. I want to go to her gymnastics competition and root her on as she shows how good she hasContinue reading “Birthday Wish”

Prison Daddy Prison Daddy was actually the creation of two girls who used to send me videos on SnapChat of them fucking each other and themselves. They referred to me as their “prison daddy,” and I was all in. When I decided to create a persona account and start writing stories of my dating experiences,Continue reading “Prison Daddy”

Having forty thousand dollars confiscated by Homeland Security at the airport really threw off my life plans. I suddenly needed a job again. I hit up my old friend, Zach “The Nature Boy” Richardson, and he hooked me up with a bartending gig at Bar Louie. After only two training shifts, I broke my handContinue reading “Black Strip Club”

I met Tavis in my federal drug class that consisted of three individuals. I was awaiting my sentence for the horrific crime of selling cannabis to consenting adults, and the other two guys had finished their sentences and were on probation. They had to take the class because they failed drug tests for marijuana. IContinue reading “Dirty Myrtle”