By: Brad “Da MFn Hustla” Dodson Category: Redemption | Second Chances | Real Talk Published on: July 4th 2025 After 20 straight years in...

I've been around criminals every day of my life for the past nineteen years. And most of the conversations we have are centered around...

My experience with the Criminal Justice System began in 1998. It was four years into the Violent Crime Act Bill, so, police were EVERY...

by Kimmy Dodson Childhood is often portrayed as a time of innocence and safety, where the world is meant to be nurturing and filled with...

Poem by Kimmy Dodson, for Brad's daughter Jasmine In the cradle of night, when dreams take flight,   There's a voice you may hear, soft...

I didn't even know Chip’s name was Randel until he died in December of 1999. I first met Chip in 1995 at a corner store in Chicago, in my...

I am in a physical place where no one respects life. Not even their own. There is so much mental and physical death in here that if I am...

I always understood the purpose of assault rifles. They are nothing in comparison to hand guns, except that you can conceal a pistol...

In the nearly seventeen years I've been in a Federal Prison I’ve recently seen an unprecedented level of violence, assaults, and...

I was on the phone talking to my girlfriend Kimmy about social injustices, insane white killer cops, the criminal justice system and many...

The prison administration is passing out synthetic opiates to "qualifying" inmates. I wish they would have qualified me for a sip of...

I can not believe it! On all the days the inmates decided to do a strike, they picked the day we were having fried chicken patties??...

FATHER My father used to let me ride on the back of his motorcycle when I was barely five. "Hold on tight," he'd tell me. I'd squeeze my...

During the 35 days the government was operating under a partial shutdown, 800,000 Non-essential federal workers were furloughed or had to...

I've wronged myself. I took for granted the many sacrifices in the form of time, patience, and finance my parents, mentors, pastors and...

Lockdowns are a common and cruel necessity in prison. This kind of punishment serves to discourage inmates from behaviour that disrupts...

Back in 1988 when I was seven years old, I would make early morning store runs for my daddy to get his newspapers. He would want the...

A documentary film was made about my case back in 2010. It was called Crack House USA, here’s a link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch...

One of the most powerful and influential books I've read in my life is Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome America's Legacy of Enduring Injury...

A Conscious Brother with a Message The room where the brothers gather is adorned with their religious artefacts. Charters, flags and...