Letter To Justice Peter Siggins Of The First District Appellate Court, Division 3 – Mediation In The Coleman/Plata Federal Three Judge Court Proceedings. Dear Justice Siggins, Your Honor, I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of all the reformist lifers here and our families, for the personal touch of your letter and assurance […]

Butler vs The Parole Board Case A139411 Welcome to In re Roy Butler controversy. My name is Rudy, and I want to share some facts and dispel some rumors about the Roy Butler vs Parole board case no. A139411, which are the result of some individuals that don’t understand our case, but love to write […]

Even in prison, there are bills to pay. Prison living has been far from easy for me. The probabilities of making it out alive are close to none, and yet all I try to do is to survive one day at a time so that I may one day die a better person than I […]

“I’m starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that’s like music or something.” (J.P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man) What are the alternative sexual practices in prison? This is one of the most common questions from curious women who have written me over the years is.  How does a man serving a […]

I fell into the fantasy, falling in love with her. As a desperate, sleepless in Soledad,  lonely man who felt accepted for the first time in years, I proceeded to see how far I could go with her. I began to write to the station every week and ask for hard-to-find songs, challenging her. As […]

The horrible reality of a failing system. Prison doctors are almost always in a hurry to shove medical files out, like a factory worker on a conveyor line. They are also skeptical of every inmate, on the defensive, to keep inmates from pulling a con on the prison health care system, manipulating them out of […]

Try spending a typical morning in the shoes of a prison inmate. During my incarceration, corresponding with people from all over the world, I’ve heard it all: bored, midlife, menopausal, neurotic, desperate housewives tell me how their husbands can’t get it up any more. College students complain about their sky-high debt from student loans and credit […]

If it’s prison food, it all tastes the same. When I first stepped foot into prison and read the chow hall menu, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven! Ah, I remember the days when I could eat whatever I wanted: Denny’s Grand Slam for breakfast, a cold Subway pastrami sandwich for lunch, a […]

Mischief in the Prison Chapel “Is there anyone out there whom the Holy Spirit has touched, who wants to be healed by the blood of the Lamb, who wants to accept Jesus Christ as their personal lord and savior? Raise your hands!” When it comes to religion, I personally believe that one can benefit tremendously […]

When there’s plenty of time to think about life inside and outside of prison. A prisoner has nothing but time on his hands to deal with while on lockdown — 24 hours until the next breakfast, eight hours until dinner. One Sunday afternoon, I was hanging out in the law library, reading new case law, […]