Jennifer Rich

I am 25 years old and am serving a seven-year prison sentence—one of the many terrible consequences of my addiction to heroin. I have been incarcerated for four years, and my two passions within these walls are training service dogs and talking with today’s youth about the realistic dangers of drugs and alcohol.


Articles by Jennifer Rich

Prison and Justice Writing
Tuesday June 24

Dad’s Poem

In bed surrounded by humid darkness, Hand-carved hearts above and below. Your snoring echoes across the hall, Halls vapor clings to your breath. My tired belly full of hunted venison. My head full of word problems hashed out in our garage, Amidst aroma of curled pine shavings littering cement floor. Our garage where you stash