In 30 days, after 15 years of living inside the most violent penitentiaries the United States has to offer, I’m finally scheduled for release on July 31st. Just writing these words seem like a dream to me. When I first entered the system as a young 23-year-old junkie with a 16 and a half year […]
Prison Stories
The White Devil
The White Devil John Willis was in a parking lot next to a man whose number was up. The guy had a hit out on him, unbeknownst to John, and a gunman walked right up to the man and blew his brains out. As he fell to the ground dead, John looked at the big […]
Street Lit & True Crime
John Gotti’s German Enforcer
Suited up and sporting a pompadour, “the German” can be seen lurking menacingly outside John Gotti’s social club, the Ravenite, in FBI surveillance footage and news clips from the 1980s. A feared gangland gunslinger, Joe Watts played a pivotal role in organized crime as a strong-arm enforcer who wasn’t afraid to put in the “work.” […]
Publications
Almost Home by Judge
Winding down a prison sentence is like walking across a frozen lake. It’s painfully slow and you’re bound to bust your head, but eventually you’ll succeed…or die trying. I have been incarcerated for almost 15 years. Over the course of my decade and a half behind bars, I have either experienced or witnessed the violent […]
“TIME TO STEP YOUR GAME UP”
“TIME TO STEP YOUR GAME UP” ” Olivia…….this late…….got distracted on her way….to Grandmother’s house…… A wolf in lamb clothing came….blew her mind…and changed her ways…now she’s turned out……lost and turned out…….she’s lost and turned out”……”(Olivia) Lost and Turned Out”….The Whispers It’s 2017…..Men in prison must now step their game up….meaning their mental,…spiritual and potential […]
Dead Family in the Penitentiary by John Broman
Dead Family in the Penitentiary The enchanting days of traveling across the country hitting up every Dead, Phish, and festival show is almost a decade and a half behind me. Only a tour kid could see absolutely NOTHING wrong with being crammed tight into one hotel room with ten other crusty kids and two smelly […]
