I’m trying to quit smoking again, for the finances not for health or survival or actually for survival but the kind of survival where people tend to say it’s gonna be okay and they really mean it in their eyes, not like with cancer, how people tell people with cancer it’s gonna be okay and really what they’re trying to say is I will miss you when you’re gone
The 2025 “Prison Journalist of the Year” says Black history is the foundation her work is built upon.
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My dad is a U.S. citizen. His family immigrated to the States generations ago. But because he looks Latino, he’s worried he’ll be harassed or detained if he makes the six-hour trip to visit me.
Predicting inmate suicidal behavior with an interpretable ensemble machine learning approach in smart prisons pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Just like in the free world, we must establish a system of tidying up that works for us and our cellmates, writes Da'Shae. In that spirit, Da'Shae offers 5 tips to declutter your prison cell and improve your life.
"In 2017, when Ray’s throat started hurting, he just thought he needed to quit smoking. Although that was definitely true, the knot that soon developed in the side of his neck caused concern. He sought help from medical, and weeks turned into months then stretched to more than a year."
For #BlackHistoryMonth why don’t you check out my #poetry collection? #booksky
Imprisoned people are forced to drink and bathe with water they describe as over-chlorinated, slimy, and foul-smelling.
The Society for Professional Journalists and Prison Journalism Project are accepting submissions for the third annual Stillwater Awards. The deadline: Feb. 16. Nominate your favorite incarcerated writer!
Fuck! Fuck! Everything is so bad!! There’s an auction on dreams — Bonanza! Palooza! Extra- vaganza! Our one reverie sold for cents on the dollar. We got to be so good just to hold on to what we got — they have us rung like trees, growing half a centimeter a year and calling it progress. In the century it takes to see a difference, we’re all dead. Fuck. I just want to say something true that doesn’t hurt — palms and love handles say perfect ain’t the only way to stay alive. If I’m wrong, let me down easy.
Fuck!!!!
Lucky Jefferson’s new “Bond” issue features an excerpt from my memoir, Violent Offender. Thank you for publishing this piece and the other writers impacted by incarceration. Read the full issue here: luckyjefferson.com/bond/
UPDATE: I’ve changed my mind.
I ask: where is our voice? where are the ghosts wearing our lips and our sound? so that we can do something about this amnesia calling: all ghosts who spit with fury at our fear of being awakened from this coma calling all ghosts. calling all ghosts …
Leslie Reese
[from “Upside Down Tapestry Mosaic History” printed by Detroit’s Broadside Press, 1987]
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Lucky Jefferson’s new “Bond” issue features an excerpt from my memoir, Violent Offender. Thank you for publishing this piece and the other writers impacted by incarceration. Read the full issue here: luckyjefferson.com/bond/
"As a prisoner performs a spinning jump-kick, another crouches, summoning the power of the ancients to deliver the fatal blow. The two prisoners are playing a video game while a group huddles around them. In the background, a dog barks."
Check out another excerpt from my memoir-in-progress, Violent Offender, and read the full issue: luckyjefferson.com/wp-content/u...
The cover of Lucky Jefferson’s 17th issue Bond. Orange moths gravitate around a light. The word “bond” is hand drawn with a barbed wire style
Our THIRD release of the year is here!
In our 17th anthology, #Bond, we partner with Juan Hernandez, a currently incarcerated artist, to bring together the poetry, prose, and art of 18 currently and previously incarcerated creatives, as well as those connected to them and the system.
A special thank you to The Awesome Foundation Chicago for funding this work and supporting the publication of writers and artists around the country and world!
Enjoy the issue at luckyjefferson.com/bond
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The first chapter of my memoir, Violent Offender, was published by @oysterriverpages.bsky.social back in 2024. This month @clmporg.bsky.social featured it on their #BlackHistoryMonth reading list. Thank you! Read it here: www.oysterriverpages.com/violent-offe...
My new collection of #poetry is out now! www.wayfarerbookstore.com/product/subh...
February is Black History Month.
We’re honoring the writers whose work continues to shape how we read, write, and understand the world.
Comment below an inspirational black author who everyone should be reading! ⤵️
The first chapter of my memoir, Violent Offender, was published by @oysterriverpages.bsky.social back in 2024. This month @clmporg.bsky.social featured it on their #BlackHistoryMonth reading list. Thank you! Read it here: www.oysterriverpages.com/violent-offe...
First Person: ‘They ban books by Black authors. Then they tell us to celebrate Black History Month.’ Story via @opencampus.org.
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