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Huntsville Homecoming
He sits on the stoop outside the main door of the Walls, the oldest and principal administrative unit of the Texas penal system.Trembling, he clutches a worn and faded… More
The Horizon Rises
Wednesday. It is Wednesday, isn’t it? What happened to Saturday? Did it devour Sunday and Monday and Tuesday, and was it now hungrily eyeing Wednesday’s infant morning? This savage… More
Prison Sexuality
Many will consider this a perverse subject, one they would rather ignore than discuss. To do so is to deny nature. For those concerned with the health and well-being… More
Fifty Percent
I stand beneath the eaves at the back entrance to a prison school classroom watching the rain. A double row of chain-link fencing topped by spools of razorwire separate… More
Countdown in Fear
We call him Little Z. Today he received in the mail the news he had been fearing, word from the trial court that he has been assigned an execution… More
Made in the USA
The pictures that came out of Iraq told a brutal story. No, not the ones to which the public has grown disturbingly apathetic, those of American soldiers in action… More
Prisoners & the Wizard of Oz
For over sixty years no movie has capture our imagination like the movie The Wizard of Oz. Viewing it once again had me reminiscing how me, my sister, and… More