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(Note: Â We’re following up our recent blog “The Story of Howard Atkins” with Howard’s advice to anyone headed to one of the worst prisons in
Gene Scott
11/13/2024
The Story of Howard Atkins
I met Howard Atkins in 2016 during a Kairos (Christian ministry) weekend at Northeast Correctional Complex near Mountain City, Tennessee. Later, when I began teaching
Gene Scott
10/16/2024
A Cry from Behind Prison Walls
Dear Readers, I teach creative writing two days a month at a local state prison: Northeast Correctional Complex, Mountain City, Tennessee. I wrote a column
Gene Scott
03/09/2022
The Tongues
You saw. With your own eyes. How lies. Allow crazies to thrive.
Gene Scott
01/29/2021
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Viral Humans
Whether we buy into the idea that humans are a virus or not doesn’t matter. What matters is how we react to the situation.Â
Gene Scott
03/17/2020
The Perfect Prison
When I was twenty-three, I found myself unemployed, and living in my girlfriend’s room in her parents’ beautiful brick house on the South Side of
Gene Scott
09/05/2018