INSIDE THE WALLS | Escaping the Gang Delusion: No Priests Required
When I was a baby my parents had me baptized by a Catholic priest. In my teens I decided to get baptized again, but... 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 | These Words Unspoken
Dear Mom, I’ve known you forever. When I bring up some story about when I was born you like to joke, saying, “I know,... Read More
INSIDE THE WALLS | If Only More Atheists Robbed Banks
The Cell-Bunk Perspective on Forming a Humanist Study Group I’m sitting on my cell bunk poring over a small stack of stats in fact-checking... 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
INSIDE THE WALLS | Prisoners Are Stores of Human Potential Humanism may be the key to unlocking it
In 2011, two months before my fortieth birthday, my world was obliterated when I became incarcerated and began serving an eight-and-a-half-year prison term. Nothing... Read More
INSIDE THE WALLS | Rehabilitation Through Humansim
This is the first article under our new semi-regular column, “Inside the Walls,” featuring commentary and perspectives from incarcerated humanists. Most people who enter... Read More