That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life. Jack Henry Abbott dayhurtinside Change image and share on social
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. Jack Henry Abbott dragescapeflank Change image and share on social
When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life. Jack Henry Abbott approximatedeadexperience Change image and share on social
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. Jack Henry Abbott actualemotionexperience Change image and share on social
Imagine a thousand more such daily intrusions in your life, every hour and minute of every day, and you can grasp the source of this paranoia, this anger that could consume me at any moment if I lost control. Jack Henry Abbott angerconsumecontrol share on social
I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks. Jack Henry Abbott escapefreetime Change image and share on social
Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause. Jack Henry Abbott contracteffectillness Change image and share on social
Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice. Jack Henry Abbott malice Change image and share on social
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there. Jack Henry Abbott difficultlongprison Change image and share on social
I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape. Jack Henry Abbott desperateescaperoutine Change image and share on social
