By Antony Bell #R60327 I saw Kim Petras win — the first trans-person to win the award –, and immediately heard complaints from my fellow prisoners about how the LGBTQ+ agenda is taking over the world. This has been a very topical conversation lately, as there has been an up-tick …
I was sitting in a classroom learning about a program IDOC wanted to implement, and the counselor explaining the program was about making promises, stated, “You’re trying to teach grown men who haven’t developed the moral aptitude for this subject…” That made me question, more than usual, how are we …
A question that has been reappearing in various forms lately is, “What do you want out of life?”; it is usually preceded by, “Keep in mind, you’ve spent most of your life behind bars.” This question has caused quite a few bouts of intense meditation, and thought I might share …
What constitutes healthy relationships? When I say ” relationships, ” I mean romantically intimate human interaction, and there are many ways these relationships are had. An array of needs must be fulfilled in our relationships to be happy, though the convention, it is difficult to have them all fulfilled by …
In prison we endure things no-one should, and it changes us. I don’t mean to say prison isn’t necessary, sometimes it is, but we must view its necessity through another lens. What we are subjected to today is because of a compilation of systemic failures over a long period of …
There was a time when I despised writing letters, though I really enjoyed getting to know people, the process became monotonous and tiresome. Over the years I’ve written to many people from a variety of ages, and an army of cultures; close friends, family and distant strangers. It seems as …
A Commentary on Gun Rights – Despite my circumstances, I try to stay engaged in the world; I watch a variety of news outlets and read what I can. I sit and listen to the different commentators and try to understand the perspectives on many issues–sometimes very difficult. The last …
