Prison Place

Essay: "How I Got Here" by Ruben N. Barrios Ruben N. Barrios #1129229 Neal Unit 9055 Sour 591 Amarillo, TX 79107 How I got here What I'm about to say may sound unreal. Believe me, I wish it wasn't real, but it is! I'm in prison for a crime I did not commit. If you don't understand...

To those with loved ones in prison When your loved one goes to prison. How do you deal with the idea of a loved one going to prison? Most people would never think about it because that kinda problem always happens to “those other” people. You know, the broken families in poor neighborhoods…isn’t that...

#492 Credit in prison Credit in prison? So now then, is there such a thing as credit in prison? Of course. Now, by “credit” we are not talking about gain time or merit time, we are talking about inmates who lend or borrow money and/or items. There is no question that this exists in prison, but the person...

Regrets in prison? Regrets in prison After being out for several years, I have had plenty of time to look at the past, and with the help of all the journals I have written while in prison, I can easily go back and look at that snapshot of life I had in prison. By no means was it a treasure, but in an...

Home for an inmate The title of my blogs is "The Prison Cell", so maybe I should talk about what it actually looks like. I have been in several prisons (no bragging, that was part of my incarceration), from Craven Correctional, Pasquotank Correctional and others, and in each situation the actual...

Tell me about prison.... Often times I get this request when I join a group online, but never in person. That's because I don't talk about my incarceration much unless it is through the magic of the internet. I have been asked to actually speak at a couple of prison support meetings, I have certainly...

When does incarceration stop? I get around to reading other support groups and sites, and I often read where loved ones say, "I can't wait until he gets out, then it will all be over"...... Really? I think sometimes we need to understand that incarceration is not a short time punishment...

This letter was sent to me earlier this week by a friend from FAMM. I thought I would share it withh everyone. For two hours on Sunday night, I sat on a cold bench at the jail in Omaha, waiting to get in to see a client (the mechanical doors had malfunctioned, and there was nothing anyone could do until...

My first day in prison There are actually a few ways to talk about this, because when I say my first day in prison, most people confuse that with jail. For a small percentage of people, they don't really go through the jail system if they are fortunate to have money for bond. In my case, and about...

Guilty Dogs! Isn't that how most people feel about prisons and jails? I admit that I used to think that. It is the foolishness of humanity to think that life itself only exists in only day and night; black and white; on or off. Sometimes the dumbest people on the planet are the ones who feel they...