Engaging in prison correspondence and establishing a connection with a prison pen-pal can provide prisoners with a sense of belonging – something many have been without for years. They might even develop trust in you if they feel safe enough to be themselves and express their inner most feelings. This opportunity can create strong friendships Read More
Month: January 2024
I awoke deep in Midnight’s star studded blanket. Your name lying softly on my lips. I wanted to speak it yet then it would only leave. Leave me alone to fall asleep again, so I held on. Eyes shut vision twenty-twenty I saw you as I remembered you. Years past tense times’ caress faded. Youthful Read More
My name is Jeremiah James Gilbert. My Department of Corrections number is #709551. I was assigned that identifier when I was sixteen years old for crimes I committed when I was fifteen. Those tragic choices compiled into a sentence of Life Without Parole. Due to changes in sentencing policies for juveniles I now have an Read More
So, for all you young men and women or parents who need to tell you kids the truth, tell them this. The average guy who’s doing time once he or she gets convicted to baseball numbers, they have to fight the courts to get their sentences reduced. WHY?? Because, once you get caught the courts Read More
Prison is a world of its own with each facility having an arguably “functional” community, culture, and hierarchy structured by race, gangs, and/or crimes. The many men and women who make up prison communities hardly refer to themselves, and address others, by their “government” name – the name that’s on their I.D. To do so Read More
So today we are on lockdown as a result of several fights between the Hispanics. Allegedly the 2 Groups are the Sereno’s and the Norteno’s. Before I go further let me say that I have 20 years in and I’m not the guy on the sidelines. I’m always in the loop and I see things Read More