The Hard Times Review

(Author’s note: Prisoners were interviewed confidentially for this article.) Part 1: “Don’t Let The Time Do You“ “G” has been serving one continuous sentence in adult male Alabama prisons since age 16, […]

“X” has been doing time in Holman Prison for around three decades. August, he interviews with HTR on self directed learning, friendship, mental health, and dreams in prison, among other related topics.  […]

“G” has been serving one continuous sentence in adult male Alabama prisons since age 16, for around four decades. He has been transferred through almost every prison in the State while doing […]

(Contributions by T. Wilmot) (Author’s note: Prisoners interviewed on the condition of confidentiality for this article, and are identified by letters.) (Updated Thursday, August 6, with comments from the Alabama Department of […]

“God means everything to me, man,” says G, who has been doing time in adult male prison in Alabama since he was a child, for around four decades, and is currently locked […]

To X, who has been incarcerated in Holman Prison for around three decades, God “is Someone I can trust, Someone I can call on, Someone that have helped me in life in […]

(Author’s note: Prisoners in this series were interviewed confidentially, and are identified by randomly chosen letters to protect their safety and privacy.) Z has been incarcerated in Ventress Prison on nonviolent charges […]

Part Six – “Q” – Home In Mid May, 2020, the girlfriend of the source identified in this series as “Z” interviews about how mass incarceration impacts Alabama prisoners’ families. She will […]

(Part 4) “T” – Dehumanization “It’s wild” are the first two softly spoken words in an early May interview by a prisoner who is identified as “T” in this series. T has […]