Happy International Women’s Day to all the strong, intelligent, talented and simply wonderful women of this world. Presently in the United States, nearly 976,000 women are under the purview of the criminal justice system, with 190,600 among them incarcerated. Notably, the rate of female incarceration has surged at a disproportionate pace compared to men. From Read More
Author: PrisonBaes LLC
This morning I awoke at 5:15am to a 85 pound fur-ball jumping onto my bunk and ever-so-kindly plopping himself down on me. His name is Big Boy Beefstew. We all call him Stewie for short. One, because he’s got a big head like that baby on the Family Guy cartoon. Secondly, few people wish to Read More
WOW! So I am getting ready for yet another resentencing. I won in the appeals court over a year ago so the sentencing court must give me less time than what I have remaining now. I am suppose to go back on the 22nd of this month. I’m nervous. About a few things actually, I Read More
It almost sounds as if I’m talking about legislators and senators meeting at a baseball field, right?? Trying to swindle more of the tax payers money into their own pockets. Not quite. I mean….most prisoners are pretty knowledgeable about the concept anyways. You can only imagine how this would physically look like if you visualized Read More
One of the fastest growing populations within prison is transwomen. However, the prison system was originally designed for cisgender men, making it a cis-male-centric institution. Due to the twofold understanding of gender within our legal system, prison/corrections centers do not have proper training and procedures for dealing with trans bodies. Therefore, the court systems depend Read More
Silence not often heard here, in societies cattle pen. Neighbors up coughing and hacking toilets, flushing throughout the night. A constant buzz – security lights, a constant tension attributed, to sleep deprivation. The whirl of tattoo guns, the acutely heard jingle – “Keys on the tier!” The whirl dies away, the tension remains. Collective sighs Read More