Derricks Prison Blog

The importance of Mr. Doelas Landes in my life. He is sent by God.

I thank God for giving me my daughter Shapheka

Food in prison is okay sometimes and horrible most times.

Work without faith is nothing. God will help you if you first help yourself.

Moving from darkness to what's good.

How can things change if no one opens up about getting railroaded into prison?

How I slowly built a loving relationship with myself.

Why do we use violence against each other?

My interview for Harper's Magazine about child incarceration.

Clean clothes are a must, even if I have to wash them in a toilet sink.

I try to broader my horizon here in prison.

In prison a person is NOT forced to get an education. It's all on the individual.

What happened to 'Thou shall not judge'.

My small plastic radio helps me get away from this place.

How to translate my educations to my interactions.

How can you say you love God whom you never have seen and hate men whom you see daily?

Riding horses gave me so much peace.

My pain caused by my mother's illness and I can't be there.

25 and 3 months ago,  in 1995 I was trialed and convicted of first degree murder in one day in less than a few hours. The following day I was sentenced to fifty years behind bars.

25 years of prisonlife for a crime that was never committed will cause people to open up and allow others a taste of 'that life'. Yes, I will definitely be discussing more than just the injustice.