Vanguard Incarcerated Press

by Garland White My studies in the humanities have taken me on what seems to have been…

By Kenneth M. Key Many may wonder what really happens to a man once he comes into…

By Hollie Garret I sat in my cell alone at the edge of my bunk, sitting and…

by Silas N. Kanady Before I was born, my mother decided she would name me Silas. The…

By Ricky Ortega Placed under arrest for murder at the age of 19, I stood in the…

by Dymitri Harazewski As an out-and-proud anarchist, I’m sometimes asked how I can favor abolishing prisons entirely…

By David Holloman My name is David Holloman. I’ve been incarcerated for 18 years on a 34-year…

by Ellis Lund As I grew from a child into my teenage years, I witnessed that I…

by Marcel Invaka Roberson The first day of my feeling like a prisoner was when I was…

by Gary Salcedo I’m a 43-year-old ex-gang member who is sitting in a prison cell, teetering a…

by Justin Ennis When I tried to trace the events that led up to my crime, I…

By Sean M. Couch The first thing I ever stole was a pack of Skittles from the…

Note by Joan Parkin… It is with sadness that we announce the passing of La Shante Ervin,…

by Chi Chi Locci “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control.” Those are…

by G. Ruiz I would have to say that my life behind bars has been so painful….

Poems by Ismael “Izzy” García Santillanes love cannot fill the caesuras creased on my skin nor make…

With the Bang of a Gavel By Mpingo Uhuru  With the Bang of a Gavel… The life…

By Hollie Garrett Anyone who watches the news has heard about the conflict between the Israelis and…