If a family member or loved one has been sent to prison, you might be wondering how to find them. Probably you want to write to them and stay in touch while they do their time. I used to be able to display a form on this page that let folks search for inmates within TDC but the...
Mary Jordan
Another major factor in the prison experience is the crime that the inmate is locked up for. If you are in for a crime of violence or sexual assault against children, you are the lowest of the low in prison society. Often, prisons will segregate the “cho-mos” from the rest of the ...
“Prison is an experience that is intentionally designed to be debilitating. Coming back is difficult. But when you’ve experienced something so intimidating and frightening, it’s what I call ‘a trump card of failure.’” Now when she tries something new, she said she reflect...
to that of 1904, he was able to cultivate an intellectual image. This inspired him to write for various social periodicals including L’Avvenire del Lavoratore. He was even able to serve the whole Italian army. This occurred for around two years. After a while, he resumed his career of ...
Joining the staff of the New York Times in 1972, Hersh did groundbreaking reporting on the Watergate scandal, though most of the credit for that story went to Carl Bernstein and Hersh’s longtime rival Bob Woodward. Nonetheless, Hersh’s investigation led him to write The Price of Power: Kis...
to church. It was a special service outside, and there was a chain link fence between Ramirez and the choir from General Population —“GP” — but it was still a first for death row. Afterward, The Tank [the prison radio station] aired the best bits for the whole prison to hear.”...
Dahmer was sentenced to 15 life terms in 1992 but was murdered in prison by a fellow inmate in 1994. Today, there’s a vacant lot where Dahmer’s apartment was located at 924 N. 25 th St. in Milwaukee. La Bianca Murder House: Then ...
One of my last post I was very open about my mental health struggles. I have been working on best ways to manage this. I have had my ups and downs but I know this is an ongoing process. What I am here to write about is something that is NOT helping my mental health at all at ...
28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get through to three people who were close to Gund--his brother, widow, and younger mistress--so he can get authorization to write the biography. Wri...