Travis W.
Travis W. is serving a life sentence in the Iowa Department of Corrections. He is a regular contributor to the Inside the Walls column.
Posts by Travis W.
INSIDE THE WALLS | Remember the Dakotas
Despite being a humanist for over fifteen years, my views can be misanthropic from time to time. For example, earlier this year I took... Read More
Inside the Walls: My Old Haunt
When I was a child, I loved going to haunted houses each October. In my town there was one in particular created in the... Read More
INSIDE THE WALLS | Reform 2.0: Love and Money
Officially the penitentiary has existed since the eighteenth century, although human beings have imprisoned one another since the beginning of recorded time. The concept... Read More
INSIDE THE WALLS | By Any Other Name
"Of all the practices that dehumanize prisoners, calling them “one who offends” is by far the worst. It sets the tone and is a... Read More