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Words from a Prisoner

Devin A. Giordano

Words from a Prisoner offers reporting and reflection from inside prison on policy, mental health, and the lived realities of incarceration.

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Latest Issues

No. 1: Picking Up the Pieces

“This is a small collection of thoughts, observations, and questions that tend to wander through my mind. Some may seem unusual, confusing, or even absurd, but each comes from something I’ve seen, felt, or wrestled with. Take what resonates...

24 hours ago
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2

It Was All Good Until It Wasn’t

I must’ve been talking for the better part of an hour when I realized how thirsty I was. I was standing behind the large metal cell door, speaking through the carved-out square to the man who lives in the cell directly across from me. I had...

21 days ago
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3

I Finally Got to Give My Mother Flowers 

I’ve been in prison for just shy of twelve years. During that time, I’ve done just about everything someone could think of to make a holiday feel special without physically being there. I’ve purchased all the cliché gifts one could think of...

2 months ago
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When Shelters Close, Prisons Absorb the Fallout

A few weeks ago, I was sitting in on a professional communication workshop led by volunteers from an outside organization. Somewhere during the conversation, the volunteer leading it mentioned that New York City was planning to close the 30...

2 months ago
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4

Before They Checked My Heart, They Stripped Me Naked 

A routine prison medical trip turned into one of the most humiliating experiences of my incarceration.

After nearly Twelve years in prison, I thought I understood the limits of humiliation that come with living inside a correctional facili...

3 months ago
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    I am an incarcerated writer who writes personal essays about the realities of life inside prison.

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