Beautiful Quote by Rhys Ifans

I started seeing how I wanted my story to be told. Going to jail is one of the best things that happened to me.…

— Lil Tjay

Most incarcerated women have stories that are similar to mine. They suffered great trauma as children.

— Susan Burton

I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how…

— Fernando Flores

My buddy tells me a lot of interesting stories about what goes on in prison - it just makes my head spin about what…

— Aaron Douglas

My personal story is that my father was a heroin addict and a heroin dealer and has been in and out of prison my…

— Daniel Beaty

Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me.

— Kevin Gates

Incarcerated individuals want what most people want in a novel: good, honest writing and a story well told.

— George Pelecanos

I don't think I understood the full extent of the trauma experienced by people who churn through America's prisons until I began taking the…

— Michelle Alexander

I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.

— Anais Nin

I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.

— Freddy Fender

Prison opened my eyes to so many things. It was a great time. I met interesting people. I got to understand the behaviour of…

— Jonathan King

One story I've been trying to write for years, and haven't been able to finish, is about a face I saw, just a glimpse…

— Peter Orner