In 2011, at the age of twenty-four, the author began a twelve- year sentence for downloading child pornography. Throughout his incarceration, he documented his experiences in handwritten essays transcribed and published by his father. With unflinching honesty and unexpected humor, he captured the stark realities of prison life, its social dynamics, and institutional abuses. Since his release in 2021, his writing has continued to explore reentry, probation, sex offender treatment, and life on the registry. The author lives in Dallas, Texas.
Social and Racial Dynamics
Prison operates by invisible codes that determine who lives, who dies, and who survives. These accounts expose the racial territories, sexual politics, and power structures that govern life behind bars—where inmates, not guards, control the system and one wrong move can destroy you.
The Meeting On Inmate Law and Order
Game Nights Football, Food, and Racial Territories
Newcomer Navigating The Social Hierarchy As A New Inmate
Bitch Sexual Politics and Survival Behind Bars
Weakness vs Meekness Prison Extortion and the Cost of Survival
A Place At the Table A Prison Cooking Class Reveals Social Hierarchy
Bubba Sexual Tensions Between Cellmates
Bring the Hot Sauce How Condiments Create Community
Static Prison Tensions Rise as Rival Groups Face Off in Near-Riot
The Hole A Month in Solitary Confinement