The infamous pharma bro just asked to be placed in a minimum-security “camp” facility. Here’s what current federal prisoners think he has coming. Seth Ferranti Image by Lia Kantrowitz/Photo of Martin Shkreli by Peter Foley/Bloomberg …
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 …
Nate Craft, aka Boone, slid the door to the van open and let loose with a Mac-11, but as the gun jammed and Boone cursed his luck, the white Jeep got away. He’d been planning …
The documentary that I have been working on since I got out of prison to free Richard Wershe, Jr. aka White Boy Rick from his unjust sentence is premiering March 31 in Detroit’s Freep Film Festival …
Just like the rest of human civilization, I will be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday along with the rest of my inmate population. Inside the prison system we observe EVERY single holiday, as well …
The name Alberto “Alpo” Martinez tends to elicit strong reactions. He‘s been celebrated as a street legend of epic proportions—an iconic figure out of hip-hop mythology who was played by the rapper Cam’ron in the …
How Brazil’s Overflowing Penitentiaries could affect the Olympics by Niko I’m looking down at my phone screen. There are two burnt bodies, the aftermath of a prison riot. I’m told one of them was a …
Missives from the Canadian Underground at the Dawn of a New Age Hello. This is the Philosopher of the Black Market, an organized criminal. I mean someone who, tarot cards dealt, ought to make a …
*These are excerpts from the book Kathryn Kelly: The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly by Barbara Casey. Several years ago, thousands of our citizens shivered in fear of a kidnapper whose name had much …
Crime Beat Radio is a weekly show hosted by Ron Chepesiuk, a true crime author who has a bunch of books out on Colombian gangsters, Mafioso’s and inner-city drug lords. The show has been very …
