Tag Archives: #prison

The Fine Art of Cooking in Prison

By Daniel Genis I was a good cook before I went to prison. I’d cooked all my life, seducing girls with my culinary skills and impressing college ramen eaters by flipping and dicing without ever looking. I was also well-traveled and proud of having sampled an array of unmentionable organs and hideous fish. On better […]

Ex-Cons Turn Prison Workouts Into Real Jobs, Transform Lives

By Mike Enemigo When criminal defense attorney William Kroger visited his clients in California prisons, he noticed that just a few months behind bars seemed to whip many of them into shape. Because the state had removed all weightlifting equipment from its prisons over 20 years earlier, Kroger wondered: How were they getting those impressive […]

Stanley “Tookie” Williams: The Write to Redemption

By Mike Enemigo Stanley “Tookie” Williams cofounded the notorious Crips street gang in 1971, at the age of 17, with fellow teenager Raymond Washington. By 1981, Tookie was on California’s death row at San Quentin State Prison after being convicted or two robberies and four murders. While doing a seven-year stint in the “hole” after […]

The Confession: A True California Prison Story

By Mike Enemigo A prisoner serving a life term as California State Prison and Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran published his confession to the brutal murder in January 2020 of two convicted child molesters with whom he was housed. Jonathan Watson, 41, sent a letter in February 2020 to the San Jose Mercury News, […]

Pretty Girls Love Bad boys: Being in Prisons Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Set The Mood

By King Guru Guys, we all know how to set the right mood when it’s time to get our Pretty Girl’s panties dripping. We know how to clean up nice, light up some candles and run that bubble bath. I’m very confident all you MAC’s out there know exactly how to plan a romantic evening. […]

Prison Food Recipes and Techniques

By Mike Enemigo Prison food is notoriously terrible, and it’s not like you can go out to a drive-thru when you get hungry between meal-times. But prison inmates are famous for their amazing creativity – and when they’re not making shivs and other improvised weapons, they’re creating some truly bizarre food items. Here are 10 […]

8 Urban Fiction Authors Who Overcame Prison and Forged Lucrative Careers

By Mike Enemigo These former incarcerated authors turned their sentences into real-life experiences for millions of readers… Dominating the Essence and New York Times bestsellers lists, respectively, street literature, officially recognized as urban fiction, has evolved into a permanent part of American literature. Telling the often tragic stories of African-American men trapped in the gritty […]

The prisoner’s secrets and strategies to publishing short stories for promo & profit

By Mike Enemigo As an upcoming writer, one of the best things you can do is get something (of quality!) to market as soon as possible. But writing an entire book is a lot of work, will take a lot of time, and can be intimidating for the novice. However, you don’t have to start […]

California Ab Prison Gang Members & Others Indicted By Feds: A True California Prison Story

By Mike Enemigo On May 21, 2019, a 143-page federal indictment was filed that described criminal violations allegedly committed by Ronald Yandell, Daniel Troxell, William Sylvester, Travis Burhop, Brant Daniel, Donald Mazza, Pat Brady, Jason Corbett, Matthew Hall, Samuel Keeton, Michael Torres, Jeanna Quesenberry, Kevin McNamara, Kristen Demar, Justin Petty and Kathleen Nolan. The indictment […]

3 RECIPES FROM RAPPER PRODIGY’S PRISON COOKSBOOK, COMMISSARY KITCHEN: MY INFAMOUS PRISON COOKBOOK

By Mike Enemigo There’s any number of reasons why a man might learn how to cook in prison. On the inside, the food served during chow is notoriously low-quality, hopelessly bland, and served in meager, rationed portions. Cooking with commissary items like ramen noodles, canned tuna, and butter packets – as unappetizing as that may […]