Prison Writing

To Write is Human

Ella Turenne | Posted 12.13.2011

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Ella Turenne

These men were not prisoners. They were writers, friends, teachers, creators, lovers, brothers, sons and fathers. In each of these stories lay the foundation of humanity. In word, inflection and intention was the truth: everyone has a story.

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The Power of Books in Prison

Kenneth Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kenneth Hartman

The first time I read Solzhenitsyn's The Cancer Ward I was in the hole for inciting a riot. At the time, I'd served only the first ten years of my life without the possibility of parole sentence.

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