Where Our Hearts Are – The Ballad
The prison tried to steal our hearts the summer of 2014. Maybe it began in 2013. Nobody is…
February 2, 2025
The prison tried to steal our hearts the summer of 2014. Maybe it began in 2013. Nobody is…
February 2, 2025
“We arise from deeper forces, but our choices cannot be known in advance–so we have free will as…
January 26, 2025
Act 1 Scene 1 – Arrival: Tuesday, 6pm, I arrived at Foothills Correctional Institution on the same day…
January 19, 2025
It was 1986, earliest January. I know because the poofy coat I got for Christmas was still poofy…
January 12, 2025
The last time I had hugged my Dad was in April 2011. The final Saturday of September 2024 I…
January 5, 2025
Episode One: Seriously Out of Place When the end finally arrived, it was almost disappointing in its brevity.…
December 29, 2024
It was almost twenty years ago today that I walked a Level Four yard with an old-head named…
December 22, 2024
Prison is really, really hard on families. Lawyers, ex-offenders, and people who watch a lot of movies told…
December 15, 2024
It was the summer of 2014 on the Wynn Unit. The day is so hot, the heat waves…
December 8, 2024
A holiday message from Thomas Bartlett Whitaker, founder of Minutes Before Six: I have much to be thankful…
November 24, 2024