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Death seems to Robert "Ziggy" Zigstrom to be the only option left in his worthless life. He's been kicked out of the Navy, served time in the brig, lost his job, and worst of all, lost his woman. Then in the middle of a suicide attempt in his beat up… Read More

Tags: prison, amsterdam, marijuana, quualudes, steve-earle

Prison literature has existed for as long as writing has. Something about the old saying that the pen is mightier than the sword rings very true. Book burning, suppressing writers and journalists, incarceration of creativity and the death of creators litters human history. But they are the ones who are… Read More

Tags: ghosts, prison, nightmares, dystopian

This is a sequel to Eye of the Hurricane, showing the "villain" from that story in prison and other characters from the past story. Read More

Tags: heroes, prison, escape

Essay / Non-Fiction

August 27, 2020

Reads: 123

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is an essay written for a research project in my nursing program. The project asks us to write about a movie depicting mental illness, and to speak about the relevant DSM-5 criteria. Following the essay, I've included a letter written to the commissioners of justice in the state of… Read More

Tags: prison, justice, mental-illness

Poem / Poetry

August 18, 2020

A short poem I wrote about the passing of my step-son's biological father and the errosion of our relationship. Read More

Tags: poverty, prison, health

He is in jail . A number of strange things are happening. When will the sun finally shine? Read More

Tags: love, mystery, prison, escape

Twenty years in prison for something you didn't do... Read More

Tags: murder, prison, false

Book / Romance

May 22, 2020

Reads: 112

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I just got out of graduate school, it was my first year at a law firm. I was the rookie. The underdog, the firm that I worked for didn't let me do major cases just yet, so I have been looking into cold cases that have been piling up in… Read More

Tags: love, prison, innocent, jail, break-free

Author Julius Kimya Humphrey, Sr.’s “The Chocolate Man: A Short Story,” is intended to give readers a deep glimpse into his upcoming series The Chocolate Man. While their narratives are fiction, it depicts segments of American history that actually affected the country’s Black race and the way millions of Black… Read More

Tags: prison, end-of-world, african-american, scientists

join Michae N. as he journeys from feral abandoned child to ward of the state to human trafficker, prison inmate to wild feral adult homelessness and international watch list. Read More

Tags: prison, homelessness, human-trafficking, feral-adults, group-homes

Poem / Non-Fiction

March 08, 2020

In Kimya's poem, "What If?" he reminisces about how his life may have been different if we lived in a world without racism. Read More

Tags: prison, racism, profiling, afrika

This is one of many stories that I've published on Quora. I have nearly 3- million views on Quora, so I decided to try this to show off my stories. Read More

Tags: prison, addiction, true-experiences

UNIQUE CHARACTER, DEATH, RAW, PRISON, LIFE, HUMOR, SORROW A young Public Defender works to help a unique inmate, caught in the inescapable grasp of a vicious incompetent Parole Officer and a broken justice system. Read More

Tags: death, raw, life, prison, unique-character

Bringing the inside, outside the prison wall. Our effectiveness in the public can improve if we rethink the scientific, social, legal, and ethical ways of an issue instead of trying to articulate our case on Scripture alone. Christians should develop effective ways to communicate biblical morality to our secular culture.… Read More

Tags: prison, rehabilitation, recidivism, re-entry-program

There’s scientific evidence that implementing healing modalities prison and parole programs can reduce recidivism 15 to 20 percent meaning that, we could reduce the number of repeat offenders by nearly 100,000. Read More

Tags: prison, rehabilitation, recidivism, re-entry-program

Author Julius Kimya Humphrey, Sr., recently sent me information to insert into Chapter One, “The Offspring of Revolutionists,” in his book I’m editing titled, “The Evolution of Neocolonialism from Plantations to Prisons: The Ramifications of the Ball and Chain.” However, I found this excerpt to be so profound I would… Read More

Tags: drugs, prison, racism, hood-life

Kimya's journey from the streets to prison to finding redemption. Read More

Tags: drugs, god, islam, prison

A life sentence in an alternating hellish prison brings him ever closer to death Read More

Tags: fiction, prison, dystopian

Gerald is back but his plan to escape prison is in effect and now the police are forced to find him and execute him. Read More

Tags: crime, prison, chase, police

A man on the brink of being freed from prison, finds himself housed with a violent cellmate from whom there's no escape. Read More

Tags: fiction, violence, suspense, prison

Short Story / Science Fiction

July 26, 2019

Reads: 183

Comments: 3

The Abandoned House

It is a prison with no escape, even death doesn't free you from this place. Set in the Kitten and Mutt universe. Read More

Tags: prison, computer

Featured Review by hullabaloo22

"A well-developed combination of scifi and dystopia, Ian, with a good few true facts thrown in. Excellent work." Read More

A young girl meets a prison boy and without knowing why he is in prison, she volunteers to bail him out. What she does not know could lead to tragedy. Read More

Tags: love, death, prison, the-unknown

Just a few things I jotted down. Something i hope to be part of something bigger related to my sons incarceration Read More

Tags: family, life, prison, trauma

Rilee Bridges confesses to her boyfriend mistakes she made when she lived in Los Angeles. JJ visits the man that murdered her father. Several hours after he ask JJ to forgive he is found deceased in his cell. Read More

Tags: prison, funeral-home

Tags: fiction, prison, wife, funny

A misdialed phone number brings Donovan to Sandia’s front door. He thought he was to teach Braille to a blind person, but she thought he was a disability attorney. When Donovan learns of Sandia’s and her grandfather’s dreadful circumstances, the Braille lesson is forgotten and he embarks on a mission… Read More

Tags: prison, wwii, dragonfly, polynesia, aberkerzambia

Enslaved by the Beast Read More

Tags: dark, death, insane, prison, addiction

Short Story / Fantasy

March 04, 2019

Reads: 805

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: prison, escaping

Poem / Poetry

March 03, 2019

Reads: 252

Comments: 9

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: bars, short, prison, perspective

Poem / Horror

February 27, 2019

Reads: 295

Comments: 5

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Trapped in a chamber of chrome. Read More

Tags: prison, trapped, dungeon, chrome, chamber

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