A Troubling Thought
Are illiterate inmates a high security risk for the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)?…
December 17, 2023Are illiterate inmates a high security risk for the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)?…
December 17, 2023Read earlier parts of this series here. The arrow of time wobbles a bit in solitary confinement. There…
December 10, 2023Put them in a place, a dark place, so their violence no longer destroys the innocent. And they…
December 3, 2023A heartfelt thanks to all who inspire and conspire to make Minutes Before Six a light in the…
November 26, 2023“So at a knockI emptied my cageTo hide in the worldAnd alter with age.”– Robert Frost, excerpt from…
November 19, 2023Over the past year, I have worked on being more grateful. My mindset has tried to see things…
November 12, 2023I. The knuckles of the index and middle fingers are called the ram’s head, Bobby Lee had said.…
November 5, 2023It was in the early 90’s and I was a few years into a 35-year bit at a…
October 29, 2023In 2016, I was housed at Sierra Conservation Center in the California foothills where six days a week…
October 22, 2023As the years go by, I feel like ‘m fading more and more into the darkness. Every year…
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