Violence

Essays / Timothy Pauley (WA) / Violence / Washington State

Dialing 911

By Timothy Pauley “One´s scared and the other´s glad of it,”  Johnny declared in disgust as…

by Timothy Pauley (WA)

Clemency / Crime and Punishment / Essays / Steve Bartholomew (WA) / Violence / Washington State

Roots Between the Stones (Part One of Two)

By Steve Bartholomew Big Chuck plucked with great deliberation his final wooden tile and, placing it…

by Steven Bartholomew (WA)

Essays / Everyday Life / Illinois / LC Gatewood (IL) / Lifers/Long Term Sentences / Violence

Prison Life

By LC Gatewood Prison is a complex and demanding environment that can take a toll on…

by LC Gatewood (IL)

Essays / Everyday Life / Steve Bartholomew (WA) / Violence / Washington State

When the One–Eyed Man is King

Please make a donation to support Minutes Before Six By Steve Bartholomew I glanced into my…

by Steven Bartholomew (WA)

Essays / Samuel Hawkins (WA) / Violence / Washington State

The Turn Out

A Story by Samuel Hawkins Note from Author: Please allow me to begin by saying that…

by Samuel Hawkins (WA)

California / Essays / Michael Wayne Hunter (CA) / Transitions / Violence

Blindsided

But first, a note from the admin:A heartfelt thanks to all who visit Minutes Before Six…

by Michael Wayne Hunter (CA)

Essays / Lifers/Long Term Sentences / Mwandishi Mitchell (PA) / Pennsylvania / Violence

Waste Warfare

By Mwandishi Mitchell On November 28, 2013, Thanksgiving Day, I was placed in administrative custody, or…

by Mwandishi Mitchell (PA)

Essays / Everyday Life / Lifers/Long Term Sentences / Mwandishi Mitchell (PA) / Pennsylvania / Violence

A Vicious Assault

By Mwandishi Mitchell Being incarcerated in a maximum-security penitentiary is a very dangerous thing. One is…

by Mwandishi Mitchell (PA)

Crime and Punishment / Death Row / Essays / Memoir / Violence / William Van Poyck (FL)

My Turn

By William (Bill) Van Poyck    On a quiet day almost twenty years ago I watched two…

by William Van Poyck (FL)