Browsing: Prison Writing

Why do individuals survive prison—whether gulags or supermax isolation? Usually, it’s through reliving the memories of a different life—and of the mistakes that could have been avoided, writes a former 40-year resident of Death Row.

A chance conversation with another inmate led an incarceree serving a life sentence to find inspiration in the promises of the U.S. Constitution and the stories of people who found hope in adversity.