Posts by sophieprisonerexpress
J.S. Slaymaker, March 7th and 9th, 2013
3/7/13 These clowns have some witch doctor (i.e. psychologist) walk around every so often to ask us if we’re okay. They can care less one way or another; it’s just for their own paperwork. You say “yep” and they’re on their way. I wouldn’t really actually discuss anything with them anyway, and certainly not at…
Read MoreDon Brown, December 2nd, 2013
The Saints play tonight, they are having a great year, that makes me happy. I don’t really care about football although I enjoy watching the game. I could not tell you the names or states of most players yet nothing in the world of football makes me happier than seeing the Saints win a game.…
Read MoreSonny Reeves, September 29th, 2012
Dear Journal, I’m not sure how all of this works, but I would like to become involved in your program. Guess I can start with my name, which is Sonny, and I am 39 years old. They give out a lot of time in Texas, especially if you make ‘em angry. This is my third…
Read MoreTimothy L. Wade, May 17th, 2013
It seems like every time I get started with my writing, something always comes up or prevents from writing or stopping me. And when I stop it’s hard for me to jump right back into it, but here I am again, with a thought in mind. I woke up today and everything around me seems…
Read MorePhillip J. Marberry, January 11th & 15th, 2013
1-11-13 Start 5:35pm Well, it was back to work today. Man I need it. We were in the woods and I found out just how out of shape I am and how much I miss that type of work. Cutting down trees with an axe, cutting it up, dragging or carrying it out. Hard, rough…
Read MoreC.F. Villa, Excerpt from “California Elegy”
On July 1st, 2013, California inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison ignited a hunger strike to call attention to the inhumane conditions in the state’s Security Housing Units (SHUs). At the height of the hunger strike, July 8th 2013, two-thirds of the state’s 33 prisons and 4 out-of-state prisons participated: 30,000 inmates refused meals; 2,300…
Read MorePhillip J. Marberry, December 29th, 2012
7:28 pm start Well, I thought that I would do something good for my life and start writing more. I meant to start this earlier, but I got tied up with a few things. I decided to join some programs that Prisoner Express offers and I have already started on them. My stories might not…
Read MoreWilliam Hill
“Searching” When I was a young man I thought I had all the answers. I thought I knew who I was, what I wanted out of life, how I was going to get those things. Nobody could tell me differently. When someone would give me a piece of advice I would think yeah, but those…
Read MoreHenry Haro, August 3rd, 2013
… With good fortune the Hunger Strike will produce favorable outcomes. People shouldn’t have to starve themselves in America to be treated with some civility and humanely. Psychological torture mustn’t be a principle the United States holds on to just because the targeted are prisoners.
Read MoreScottie Brown, October 2nd, 2013
Well I have arrived on a new unit. I am here for computer aided drafting. It seems okay here. Just really crowded. Lots of people in a really small place. This is before the instituted standards for minimum living space for offenders. This place is old. Life is still going pretty good. Not much excitement…
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