KEY TO INSTITUTION ABBREVIATIONS:

MaCI (Madison Correctional Institution)
WTSP (West Tennessee State Penitentiary)
TPW (Tennessee Prison for Women)
NHCW (New Hampshire Correctional for Women)
WHV (Women’s Huron Valley)
SOCF (Southern Ohio Correctional Facility)
TCI (Taycheedah Correctional Institution)
SDWP (South Dakota Womens Prison)
DCI (Dayton Correctional Institution)
NCCI (North Central Correctional Institution)
ORW (Ohio Reformatory for Women)
CCCF (Coffee Creek Correctional Facility)
MCF (MCF Shakopee)
LVCF (La Vista Correctional Facility)
DWCF (Denver Womens Correctional Facility)
EMCF (Edna Manon Correctional Facility for Women)

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–Christopher

2019
Monsters Exist
Rehabilitation & Punishment
How We Choose to See the World
What It’s Like To Be Incarcerated
The Quality of Your Thoughts
They’re Your Friends and Neighbors
Wrongful Convictions
Watching Children Grow Up In Prison
The Director of Ohio Prisons
Purpose
Cry Baby, Santa, and the Easter Bunny
Buddy
Angels Among Us
Dr. Q
Who Do You Love?
A Conversation With Bubba
I Haven’t Killed Anyone Yet
Hotel California
GroundHog Day
My Day With Kyzer
A Cat Called Bump
The First Day
“So it was, so it is, and so it will be”
It Is What It Is
16 and Forever (*)
The First Fight
Ivory Soap Eagles and Hummingbirds
He Would Have Lived
First Time Grapevine
Captured Clientele
For The Love of Dog
The First Visit
Prison Hustles Make the World Go Round
Peck, Peck, Pecking Order
Inmates Should Have Access To Higher Education
3 Great Questions
Grieving In Fast Forward
Same Old Song and Dance
The First Cellmate
Visiting Your Children While Incarcerated
Ryleigh Payne — An Angel Returns Home
“I’m D.E. A Sex Offender” (*)
Happy Holidays!
Why Your Letters Matter

2020
When I Fail
The First Time Going To Medical
Enforcing a Red Line
Are You Being Served?
What Is Happening With the World
Are You Being Served? (Pt. 2)
An Unpopular Path, but The Right Thing To Do
Coronavirus Pandemic Is Here
Coronavirus: What World Governements Know and Aren’t
Saying
Monday: Training Murphy, and A Perv Strikes
Coronavirus: Why We Are 3 Weeks Behind Italy
Letters From Christopher Turns 1 Today!
Coronavirus: The Darkest Days Are Coming
Two Cats and A Prison Yard
The First Major Lockdown
The Promise of Psychedelics In Rehabilitation and A
Proposed Alternative (By Scott Quimby, Ph.D)
The Lives of Women Behind Bars (Pt. 1) (By J. Fetty, ORW
OH)*
Tuesday: Mouse Racing and Social Distancing
Wednesday: La Isla Bonita
The First Time Going To Commissary
Thursday: Religion Is The Smile On A Dog
Friday: Moonwalking With Einstein
Are You Being Served? (Pt. 3) Pen Pal Ministries
Saturday: If I Could Save Time In A Bottle
Sunday: “Christopher, I know I’ll die in prison.”
The Lives of Women Behind Bars (Pt. 2): COVID-19 & Doing
Time. (By Wendy, CCCF, OR; Michelle, MCF Shakopee
MN; Melissa, SDWP, SD; Brandy, DCI, OH)*
The Lives of Women Behind Bars (Pt. 3): An Essay By A
First Time Offender (By Brandy, DCI, OH)*
The First Hole Shot
Coronavirus: A Letter of Worry
This Land Is Your Land (By Underdog, MaCI, OH)*
Nowhere To Go But Up (By Justin A., MaCI, OH)*
PTSD and Justice (By L.R., MaCI, OH)*
“Feed me Seymour. Feed Me!”
Video Friday Temporarily Ends
Please Wash The Towels
Inmate VS Convict or The Prison(er) Mentality (By Justin A.,
MaCI, OH)*
The Week The Apocalypse Arrived
The Lives of Women Behind Bars (Pt. 4): The Daily Struggles
(By Tara, ORW (OH)*
I Survived The Apocalypse
The Lives of Women Behind Bars (Pt. 5): Of Girls &
Women (By Felicia, ORW, OH)*
To Ponder (By Victoria, WHV MI)*
To My Brother, Always My Little Brother
Wind Beneath My Wings
Thanksgiving Day
What It’s Like to Be Disabled While Incarcerated (By
Dorothieann Werstler, ORW, OH)*
Prisoners Do Need Covid Stimulus Checks
Christmas In Prison (By Felicia, ORW, OH)*

2021
A New Year In Prison
Love & Prison…Do They Belong In the Same Sentence?
(By Felicia, ORW, OH)*
Near Death Experiences, (By Scott Quimby, Ph.D)*
Valentine’s Day 2/14/21: Love, Covid, Life
Of Mice and Men
The Thunder of Silence (By Felicia, ORW, OH)*
The Lives of Women Behind Bars (Pt. 6): From County
Jail To Prison (By Jennifer, TCI, WI)*
My First and Only Time Being Arrested (By Felicia, ORW, OH)*
I Got Covid Vaccinated!
Ohio Prisoners Lose Earned Credit Due To Covid (By Tara
Snyder, ORW, OH)
The Lives of Women Behind Bars (Pt. 7): Poetry (By
Victoria, WHV, MI; Jennifer, TCI, WI)*
The Lives of Women Behind Bars (Pt. 8): Brutally Honest
(By Felicia, ORW, OH)*
“The fleetest beast to bear you to perfection is suffering”
I Found Love While Being Recorded and Monitored (By
Felicia, ORW, OH)*
Happy Father’s Day (By Felicia, ORW, OH)*
Superhero
Rehabilitation Isn’t A Dirty Word
We’re Free Again
I’m Sorry My Son (By Felicia, ORW, OH)*
Prison (By Kyle, SOCF, OH)*
The First Day In County Jail
What Goes Around Comes Around (By Underdog, MaCI , OH*
Going to Prison Is A lot Like Dying
The First Year Without My Dad (By Ashleigh, WHV, MI)*
Freedom Is A State Of Mind
I Am The Library Guy (By Underdog, MaCI, OH)*
Sugar & Spice (Pt.1)
Sugar & Spice (Pt.2)
Sugar & Spice (Pt.3)
The Lives Of Women Behind Bars (Pt.9): County Jail (By Felicia, ORW,
OH)*
Criminal Justice & The Prison System Inside Out
The Timeline (By Cameron Dunn, MaCI, OH)*
Ear Hustles & Random Thoughts (Pt.1)
Til Death Do Us Part
Ohio’s Broken Parole Review Process
We’re Not Alone

2022
Difficult Things (By Cara, ORW, OH and Felicia, OH)
The Integrity of Grievance Procedures
Letters to Mom (By Justin A., MaCI, OH)*
The Gold Star
Prison to Me (&) The Month of May (T. Brozell Sr., MaCI, OH)*
We’re Gonna Ride Again
The Incarcerated & Higher Education
Being a Mother in Prison (By Felicia, ORW, OH)
People Leave (By Felicia, ORW, OH)*
The Trauma of Incarceration
Administrative Power
Turkey Patty Night (Scott Strothers, MaCI, OH)*
Trans Trip (Pt. 2) (Lynn, MaCI, OH)*
Stronger Together
To My Incarcerated Child (Anonymous)*
Generational Shame (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)
Indicted (Tara Snyder, ORW, OH)
Second Chance (Felicia, ORW, OH)
The End of a Beginning (Cara, ORW, OH)
Surviving Another Holiday In Prison (*)
Strength (Felicia. ORW, OH)
Secret Santa (Scott Strothers, MaCI, OH)

2023
Behind Bars We Still Find Joy (*)
Be Their Voice, Not Their Echo (Felicia, ORW, OH)*
The Struggle (K. Lawrence, FL)
The Barbarity of the Death Penalty (Pt.1)
Gangs on the Inside (Felicia & Robert, OH)
What Caused His PTSD? This Prison Right Here
Forlorn (Tara Snyder, ORW, OH)
The Barbarity of the Death Penalty (Pt.2)
The Irony In the Integrity of Convictions (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)*
Struggle (T. Brozell Sr., MaCI, OH)*
Pain is Universal (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)
Response to Suicidal Behavior in Ohio Prisons (S. Quimby, Ph.D)*
Ear Hustles & Random Thoughts (Pt.2)
Six Months (T. Brozell, Sr., MaCI, OH)*
Against the Grain (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)*
Compassion & Empathy Can Go a Long Way (Jennifer, TCI, WI)*
Parenting From Prison (Tara Snyder, ORW, OH)*
It’s All About the Hustle
This Is Who We Are, We Incarcerated
Gangs on the Inside (Pt.3) (Felicia, ORW, OH)*
Recovery (T. Brozell, Sr., MaCI, OH)*
131.25% (Justin A., MaCI, OH)*
I Went to a Women’s Prison & Found Harmony
An Update on Integrity (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)*
A Heart on the Wall (Scott Strothers, MaCI, OH)*
The Duality of Time (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)*
8 Incarcerated Parents on Caring for Kids From Behind Bars
More Than a Mug Shot (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)*
What Caused His PTSD? This Prison Right Here

2024
In Prison Christmas Still Brings Me Joy
Is Belonging Survival In Prison? (Rachael, WHV, MI)*
And the Hurricane Raged On
The Asset (Sonny J., MaCI, OH)
Truth In Sentencing Laws Harm the Poorest Incarcerated (Jennifer & Christopher)*
The Unexpected Hustle
The Asset, Chapter 2 (Sonny J., MaCI, OH)*
The Healing Power of Horse Therapy
Ohio’s Incarcerated Celebrate Second Annual Fest
Coping With Incarceration Borne PTSD the Canine Way
The Prison Murder of Damico Watkins
How I Navigate Life In a Women’s Prison (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)*
The Awe Inspiring Sight of a Solar Eclipse From a Prison Yard
Yet Another Update on Irony (Ashleigh Smith, WHV, MI)*
Survival of the Fittest: Me, Myself and I (Rachael, WHV, MI)*
Rebranding a Stereotype (Ashleigh, WHV, MI)*
My Life Inside: Photograph
Why We Don’t Have Razors In Women’s Prisons Anymore (Ashleigh, WHV, MI)*
WWRD?
Will America’s Next President Abandon Ukraine?
“Point to What Hurts” (Justin A. MaCI, OH)*
The Asset, Chapter 3 (Sonny J., MaCI, OH)*
Poor Widdle Inmates
Poor Prisoners Struggle for Basic Necessities (Sarah Beaudoin, CO; Christopher, OH)*