“Christmas at Alcorn Correctional Facility” photographs by Gaetano Catelli
January 12th, 2023 | by Billy Joe Russell
Louis Bourgeois, hails from Slidell, Louisiana. He used to teach poetry at the University of Mississippi. But, he had a
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The View From The Balcony: “Hope Behind Bars”
January 26th, 2022 | by Randy Weeks
What difference does it make for someone in prison to have the chance to learn how to write poetry, and
Letter to the Editor: Prison Writer’s Victim Speaks Out
July 1st, 2021 | by TLV News
To whom it may concern, I’m writing this email in response to a story you guys published. Over the weekend
VOX & TLV Prison Writing Series: “Three Prose Poems” by Kenneth Dennis
December 9th, 2020 | by TLV News
Time Passing I have gone through my span of Life. I was given birth from my mother’s womb, learned how
Coming in January 2021: “Mississippi Prison Writing” Features Poetry, Essays from Inside the State’s Prison Community
December 9th, 2020 | by Nature Humphries
For the past several months, The Local Voice and VOX Press have presented excerpts from an upcoming volume titled Mississippi
VOX & TLV Prison Writing Series: “Dick Biscuits,” by Stephen Combs
October 21st, 2020 | by TLV News
I’ve named these personally seasoned specialty prison food items Dick Biscuits or Dick Cornbread. For years, while in prison, I
VOX & TLV Prison Writing Series: “Dead Man Walking,” by Roger Ewing
October 8th, 2020 | by TLV News
The subject for this paper has been on my mind for some time now. I hope I can give it
Mississippi’s Prison Writes Initiative: Changing Lives One Word at a Time
February 20th, 2019 | by Randy Weeks
You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet, you may even throw me into a dark prison; but
“Prison Writes Initiative: An Interview with Louis Bourgeois”
December 1st, 2014 | by Nature Humphries
Mississippi State Penitentiary, perhaps better known as Parchman Farm, is Mississippi’s oldest prison and the only maximum security prison for
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