Jack Abbott

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.

As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.

At age nine I began serving long stints in juvenile detention quarters. At age twelve I was sent to the read more

At age nine I began serving long stints in juvenile detention quarters. At age twelve I was sent to the Utah State Industrial School For Boys... at age eighteen I was released as an adult.

The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in read more

The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do read more

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape.