The Dance
My mommy stayed quiet, a stabbing in my chest, as Mama Pera, my father’s mother, matter-of-factly…
by Ignacio Carrillo
Ignacio Carrillo M55630
East Moline Correctional Center
100 Hillcrest Road
East Moline, IL 61244-1159
On top of his award nominated and winning (Pushcart, PEN America, Best American Essays, Today’s Christian Living, Mend Journal, etc.) writing Ignacio Carrillo volunteers as a certified Healthcare Peer Educator, Yogi for Special Needs Individuals, Civics Peer Educator, Bilingual Translator, and GED Tutor. Carrillo sits on the board of various social justice advocacy groups: Prison Health News, College Guild, among others. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and Lawyer’s Guild (incarcerated member group). He is studying for his Bachelor’s degree through the Augustana Prison Education Project. His first book, “Convict Chronicles: Welcome to the Mindfuck,” (a how-to-avoid-institutionalization-self-help guide) is scheduled for publication in late 2024. As a decorated veteran and devout Christian he hopes his work, in some small way, can begin to make-up for some of the harm he’s caused.
My mommy stayed quiet, a stabbing in my chest, as Mama Pera, my father’s mother, matter-of-factly…
by Ignacio Carrillo
Dedication: Anger Management is dedicated to my Scrabble nemesis and long-time cellie, L-dog. He’s Evergreen’s notorious…
by Ignacio Carillo
I never wanted to be a writer. I didn’t start writing in prison because of some…
by Ignacio Carillo
Rambo was an old school inmate I knew from County (Jail). He had a Frankenstein scar…
by Ignacio Carilla
“Look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you.”…
by Ignacio Carillo
2019 Preface: There are chunks of time missing from the year I spent caring for Lefty…
by Ignacio Carillo
They are only made for special occasions. They are expensive (by inmate standards), time consuming, labor…
by Ignacio Carillo
* This is based on some true shit. Holy shit, I think to myself, I haven’t…
by Ignacio Carillo
