Pen Pals - Gang Bangin' Behind the Fence

Gangs have a lot do in jail, like smuggle ceramic scalpels in their butt-pockets. Full story

Pen Pals

Thinking Stinks

In prison, you are haunted by visions of your babydoll getting sodomized repeatedly, on film, and probably for free. Full story

Pen Pals

Getting $$ in the Clink-Clink

Not that braggadocio is my thing or that anyone will even believe me, but I’ve made at least 5,000 stamps gambling on football over the years. Full story

Pen Pals

Career Opportunities

I’m disappointed to admit that I haven’t been given the opportunity to even get a have-a-boss-step-on-my-head-and-pee-in-my-cranial-orifices type of jobby-job. Full story

Pen Pals

Prison Makes You Crazy

It’s awe-inspiring to imagine how I did over six years in jails without becoming completely nuts. Inside I saw the illest shit, it was like a psych ward with crazies everywhere yelling and drooling. Full story

Pen Pals

The People You Meet on Rikers

I sat face to face with a heartless murderer and realized we had some things in common. Full story

Pen Pals

They Gave Him Five for One

JerkFace HogSmack was sentenced to five years in prison for breaking one bottle over a douche bag's head. Full story

Pen Pals

My Bloody Valentine

Our prison correspondent wrote these poems. In the tradition of John Donne and R. Kelly, they are mainly about fucking. Full story

Pen Pals

Jailhouse Rap

Today, Bert Burykill shares some of his songs with us. Oh, you didn't know our prison correspondent was also a rapper? Well, he is. Full story

Pen Pals

Where Love Goes to Die

My ex-girl wrote this letter to me as she sat in a cell across the hall at the county jail. Full story