Abuse of Authority
Crockett had a relatively legitimate complaint, but he went about seeking relief for his issue in the entirely wrong way. First, he began by cussing out the two C/Os who refused to let him out of his...
View ArticleJust Bitting
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. My world was turned upside down, and I wasn’t really sure how to navigate the strange new terrain in which I found myself. My...
View ArticleAnimal Tendencies
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. I have spent time in a foreign country that in some areas literally had Third World toilet facilities. Those far-off...
View ArticleRocco and The Hamster
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. For all his woofing, I honestly don’t think The Hamster actually expected Rocco to answer his challenge. His surprise slipped...
View ArticleShower Deprivation
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. “You don’t even know me!” Even as I spoke, I could hear the wild, angry hysteria in my voice—but I couldn’t stop. “What are...
View ArticleHurting
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. I was caught in Healthcare, stuck there during a scheduled institutional count. What’s worse is that my visit was an...
View ArticleQuality Healthcare
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. I thank the good Lord above from the depths of my heart that I’ve never had to deal with a hemorrhoid. Of all the various...
View ArticleEverything in Its Right Place
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. Watching Anthony make his bed was almost hypnotic. I had a rough time looking away, mesmerized by my own bewilderment....
View ArticleRazorblade Horace
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. It was strange and surreal to have a selfless act of kindness return to try to stab me in the face. As Horace swiped the...
View ArticleWindow Seat to Freedom
This excerpt is from Candy and Blood. Available for purchase on Amazon now. My starving eyes saucered as they attempted to watch it all at once. They’d been deprived of simple beauty and had grown lazy...
View ArticleNeglect
I wish I could say this type of thing is anomalous, but instead it borders on commonplace. “Okay, I gotta get outta here, but the fresh sheets for Bryson in five are in his room on the desk. You just...
View ArticleWanton Waste
This past Christmas season was filled with gifts of kindness and generosity from various businesses in the surrounding community. I’d never seen anything quite like it before in nearly fourteen years...
View ArticleA Misguided Love
Empty bottles stood at attention in tidy lines like toy soldiers at the ready. Eight, ten, a dozen—the number continued to grow by increments of two each time his mother returned to the table. My...
View ArticleMedical Emergency
The Kill With a sonorous smack, Whitey smashed the spider and squished it between his palm and the white brick wall. This act was preceded by a yelp of surprise and disgust at the presence of the...
View ArticleOversharing
An Attack “I’ve got it figured out. You know what I’ve been doing? I’ve still got a roll and a half of toilet paper left. You know how? It’s Friday already, and so we get a new roll for the week...
View ArticleInjustice for All
Sonny was an older black man, in his mid-sixties, and walked with a slow, loping limp. He didn’t move very swiftly. This particular stint in Segregation for Sonny was because he had mouthed off to...
View ArticleCribbage Madness
Seeing my buddy raving like a lunatic and watching him get handcuffed and hauled away was a shocking and brusque introduction to the hard realities of prison. Common Ground Phil was tall and skinny as...
View ArticleKing Pong
Tipping the scales past three hundred pounds, with much of it settling in an unsightly mass around my midsection, I was far from the picture of athletic prowess. With a dome that was kept gleaming by a...
View ArticleAbnormal Appetite
“Hey! Stop that! Cut it out. You better leave it alone before it falls off.” CO Bogey grinned to himself at his consummately clever witticism. He believed he had caught an inmate masturbating. He was...
View ArticleUnexpected Caregiver
Misunderstood Ms. Thurman seemed to rub most people the wrong way. She was brusque, no-nonsense, and completely professional. From inmate to CO alike they largely thought she was just mean and bitchy....
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