and invitational look at the resilience and absurdity that can emerge from a world many of us never get to see. Penitentiary Built stands apart from other prison memoirs; instead of focusing on ...
“There’s a lot more discipline in this prison than we see in a lot of the prisons in the United States,” said Gaetz, then a congressman, now announced as President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
As he stood inside the echoing hall of the prison, Matt Gaetz seemed impressed. “There’s a lot more discipline in this prison than we see in a lot of the prisons in the United States,” said Gaetz, ...
Written by a current inmate who has maintained his innocence throughout his incarceration, this book offers a candid, funny, and invitational look at the resilience and absurdity that can emerge from ...
As one of only four territorial prisons open for tours (like the infamous Alcatraz), the Old Idaho Penitentiary offers a look at life behind bars. In 1872, it started receiving criminals to its ...