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
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
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
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
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
LIVE! From Texas Death Row!
I just got off work. I hate my job I never want to go back, but it’s not an option I can't quit and I can't get fired. I’m… 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
Free Speech Wars
Ozzy Osbourne is notorious 'round these parts for once watering down our shrine of liberty, the Alamo. On April 2, 2004, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice did worse… More
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