Community is difficult to build in prison, especially when manipulation and pitfalls abound
“There’s a reason some animals gnaw off their own limbs to escape a trap. That’s what jail and prison are: a trap”
Incarceration causes total and absolute loss—it is the absence of freedoms that compound punishment. Prison is the ultimate deprivation
The Department of Public Advocacy regularly submits a proposal to reduce Kentucky’s draconian sentencing guidelines to no avail. I still hold out hope for change
In my early days of imprisonment, I learned that pain was inevitable. An acorn must endure much before it becomes an oak
Every incarcerated person fears being out of sight and out of mind. Letters, phone calls, and visits are a vital support system
As part of a new column for Prism, incarcerated writer Derek R. Trumbo Sr. sheds light on the many obstacles people encounter “in the darkness of incarceration”
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