“The jail has, in fact, been my abode of peace. It has given me the opportunity to do some soul-searching and silent contemplation.” - Mahatma Gandhi

“My prison writings gave birth to my freedom. I wrote because I could not speak, and I had to speak.” - Jean Genet

“The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.” - Vaclav Havel

“I became a writer because it was the only way to escape the walls. The page gave me a kind of parole.” - Eldridge Cleaver

“Bless you, prison, for having been in my life. It was there I discovered that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor classes, but through every human heart.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. … I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

“I read and wrote letters as if they were lifelines; each word mattered. There, I learned the true value of thought and silence.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“In prison, you come face to face with time. There is nothing more terrifying. But also, if you use it wisely, nothing more powerful.” - Nelson Mandela

“All my major works have been written in prison… I would recommend prison not only to aspiring writers but to aspiring politicians too.” — Jawaharlal Nehru

One of my award winning short stories. #PrisonStories #Literature #SocialJustice #SupportWriters #SecondChances #PrisonReform #RedemptionStories #WritingCommunity #AuthorSupport #PayItForward #StoriesOfHope pen.org/consensus-of...

Another Prison Short Story posted on PEN America. pen.org/san-quentin-...

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“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Powerful, true-to-life prison short stories exploring redemption, loss, and hope. A gripping, unforgettable read. a.co/d/dBhvgZL

KRON 4 San Francisco reports on Metallica’s free concert in San Quentin State Prison (2003)

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

Well-written, poignant Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025 "A body lying in a coffin somehow didn’t seem so dead, but the image of your brother being burned up with fire told of a certain and final end." Raw, authentic emotions.

Just finished "The Distance Between Right and Wrong" by Ken Brydon. I highly recommend - you won't be disappointed! In one moment, "violence filled the space between us" and in the next, "there's a whole lot of forgiveness in God." @prison-stories.bsky.social #booksky #WritingCommunity

Prison Short Stories read at San Quentin by the Brother's in Pen Creative Writing Class. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...

I cherished the honor of voting. My years incarcerated exposed me to leaders much like Donald Trump, whose leadership mirrors that of a prison gang leader, who operates with fear and intimidation. I hope others recognize the gravity of their choices. #VoteWithIntegrity #Democracy #MoralLeadership

Thursday January 30 “Resentment, condemnation, anger, desire to see someone punished are things that rot your soul. Such things fasten your troubles to you with rivets. They fetter you to many other problems that actually have nothing whatever to do with the original grievances” - Emmet Fox

A comment on my writing. “Another theme of sustained suspense, the almost entirely coversational "Rat's Ass"by Kenneth R. Brydon, limns the exposure of a criminal con man/socio path in a staccato dialog reminiscent of David Mamet.” - Joyce Carol Oates

At the Entrance to High Desert State Prison this morning at 5:30. This fellow is a pup with only ten years served.

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Christmas morning I will be picking up a fellow who served 26 years. Mule Creek Prison.

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