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.

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.

I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.

I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.

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.

I am at this moment thirty-seven years old. Since aged twelve I have been free the sum total of nine read more

I am at this moment thirty-seven years old. Since aged twelve I have been free the sum total of nine and a half months.