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If you or someone you know is writing a script from inside the system, share this article. Use the hashtag #MyPrisonScript to connect with a community of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers. No one writes alone.

You are not.

YOU pick up the pencil. You write the first word. my prison script

I didn't enter the system as a writer. I entered as a statistic. It wasn't until my 14th month of a 72-month sentence that I picked up a dull pencil and a legal pad and wrote the words that would save my life: "FADE IN: INT. PRISON CELL – NIGHT." If you or someone you know is writing

There is a common misconception that prison walls are made of concrete and steel. After five years inside, I can tell you that the strongest walls are made of silence, idleness, and the slow erosion of identity. You are no longer a father, a brother, or a dreamer. You become a number. You become a shadow. You are not

My story was about a young man who gets a second chance. He leaves prison, reunites with his daughter, and starts a business. Classic redemption arc. But as I wrote, I realized I didn't believe a word of it. I had never met anyone in prison who got a clean second chance. Most of the guys I knew went home and were back within a year.