With all OUR might, BROTHERS and SISTERS, if necessary WE must strain to see beyond the limits that have held US back for a lifetime. Until now OUR minds and OUR vision have been near-sighted. The perception of WE being beyond hope has placed US nowhere near the potential, which WE truly own. OUR growth and development has become arrested by OUR very own thinking. WE have continually, time and again, used unjustifiable explanations as to why WE as a people remain stagnant. WE fixate our...READ MORE
Early A.M. the racket surrounding prison life has yet to rise. For only now do the worries of many kind rest. In just a little under a hour all will have risen and danger will proceed. The sounds of cell doors opening and closing, knives being sharpened metal to cement, back and forth, intercoms blaring movements (rec, chow, education and work), and the sounds of thousands of men attempting to stay occupied. The reality is mind wrecking. The only escape is keeping busy. It’s harder to hit...READ MORE
Knocked. The Free World no longer mines to roam. Instead, I must now become accustomed to glaring out of prison bars wishing the hands of time could be turned in the opposite direction. All I have now is tick. Ironically, no time was wasted. Immediately, I was welcomed by the harsh realities and inhumane dwellings known to criminals and crooks as a home away from home. What lied ahead was certain to be one hell of a journey. A long stay seemed inevitable. However, in an instant, I knew I would...READ MORE
There was a time some 9-years ago when the money was rolling, rims were spinning and whenever I wasn’t high off life; it was nothing for me to light up, pull back and inhale deep; only to fill myself with a cloud of confusion. Not a worry at all. Nothing really mattered. Danger is who I was. The semi stayed on my side with one in the chamber. The vest was firm-fitted, adding to the illusion of invincibility. No day went by without The Streets being scolded by gunshots. No night do I...READ MORE
Get on the ground now! STOP! Drop the knife! These demands were blatantly ignored. One’s only mission had been to get his man and now that he had, simple screams of “Stop!” could never be enough to end the punishment, which was taking place. As death was sharing the pen, a dozen or so Corrections Officers stood around with unmistakable fear in their eyes. No heroes here… Prison is a place where the worthless and often vicious are held. Certainly not worth the...READ MORE
![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8295260150_7ec366c9ab.jpg "Tewhan "G-Mass" Butler")
