My Story Archives - Prison: The Hidden Sentence

My Story: First Visit to Loved One In Prison

By Editor / 01/01/2016 / 2 Comments

The First Visit to Loved One In Prison: My Parents Son and My Brother We had no idea what to expect during our visit to our loved one in prison; my brother, their son. The first time my parents and I visited my brother in prison there was a wedding. It was Valentine’s Day, so on the outside that would be an appropriate time for a wedding. We saw families sitting together laughing and […]

My Story: Sunday Visit – Year Six

By Editor / 06/28/2015 / 0 Comments

Sunday Visit to my Brother During his Sixth Year of Incarceration Sunday Visit: I arrive at 8:00am today. There are already visitors waiting outside the office. The guards are changing shift and they walk by and say hello. One guard suggests that we sit in our car and wait because they won’t let us in until 8:15am. The gentleman that is waiting tells him that he just got dropped off and does not have a car. The guard […]

My Story: Saturday Visit – Year Six

By Editor / 06/28/2015 / 0 Comments

Saturday Visit to my Brother During his Sixth Year of Incarceration I get to the prison at 8:10am for my Saturday visit. I enter the building. There are two female officers in the control room. They take no notice of me. There are supposed to be officers at the check-in table at 8:15. They show up at 8:30. While I am waiting, a young woman walks in, she is smiley and bubbly. She tells me that […]

My Story: The Sentencing

By Editor / 04/28/2015 / 0 Comments

At the Sentencing My Brother Was Given Life In Prison and It Changed My Life This is my story and my experience as someone who had a loved one sent to prison. The trial lasted a few hours and life changed in one moment during the sentencing: GUILTY and sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON. When they announced the verdict that the jury found him guilty and his sentencing, I didn’t know what to do. The bailiff […]