Spoon Jackson opens a door into a life imprisoned in his new daily series for The Good Men Project.
Prison
New Technology Could Make Inmates Feel Like They’re Serving a 1,000-Year Sentence in 8 Hours
The future of biotechnology has arrived, and it is terrifying.
Storming the American Bastille
There is not a crisis of crime that fills our prisons; it is unjust conviction and sentencing. Can we re-envision the prison system?
Dreaming Beyond Prison Cell Walls
Spoon Jackson, an inmate without the possibility of parole, asks us to “Forgive for our own good, our own balance, our own love and light.”
Murderers Are His Life
Let’s make sure the wisdom of prison educators doesn’t get left out of a dialogue that has become water-cooler conversation across America.
Inspiration Wanes
A geese family, two youngsters, and a flute help revive Spoon Jackson’s inspiration.
Morning Parade
Spoon Jackson speaks of nature from behind bars.
Unnatural Desert: The End of Arts-in-Corrections
Spoon Jackson gives a glimpse into daily prison life and asks, “How can we heal without the arts?”
I Played Prison Football and Lived to Write This
A new section of grass opened up an invitation to play some Yard football.
Life Without Parole – Limbo
Spoon Jackson contemplates his life without parole
Ernie’s Auto-Erotic Wallpaper
Small tokens take on oversized importance in the small, lonely cells of Donovan Correctional Center.
The Struggle To Be
Loneliness is such a powerful feeling that it can often take away our desire to truly exist. Spoon Jackson reflects on this daily — behind bars.
The ‘Big House’ Isn’t Big Enough
A former consumer of corrections services, John Nelson knows a thing or two about prison overcrowding—and the men who hope to find rehabilitation when they get there.
New Folsom Prison Diary: April
Spoon Jackson’s view of the world from Folsom State Prison is framed by a 3″x3′ tall window.
Stolen: A Letter from a Prisoner Serving Life without Parole
Spoon Jackson does not define himself as a murderer, but by what he has done in the days since. How do you see him?
Locked Down for Having Dreadlocks
Injustices, large and small, abound in prison. California prison inmate Spoon Jackson, a teacher and poet, is wrongly identified as a gang member and placed on lockdown.