Ali Mattar, Author at Minutes Before Six

Rehabilitation before Reintegration: Education greatly empowers individuals to break free from the cycle of incarceration and build a much brighter future.

In the vast, complex landscape of correctional institutions, the role of higher education for an AIC…

I got married for all the wrong reasons. I know a lot of people say that;…

To have not walked in my shoes, you will never understand my gripe or plighted mind…

I’d be standing on the sidewalk outside my office, traffic teeming with cars, trucks, vans, and…

Scene: the darkest corner in the world. Setting: Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Camp Hell (Hill). It’s…

Silence KillerBy Jeff Freeman When I lie down at nightMy silence is broken intoRhythmic whirs of…

To read Part Six click here “Okay,” I breathed into the home-made microphone, trying to imbue…

I believe my judge game me twelve years for a reason: It made me eligible for…

I Am….By Jeremy Mulligan I am a dog. Not in the sense of my bark, my…