“I’m doing my best, but some days are brutal,” says the 2nd floor, rear Glass House toilet, the…
These Are Humans : The Men You Meet in Prison
A collection of letters, writings & sketches by Ari Teman.
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“Everyone leaves prison with a million-dollar plan,” says Muslim Mike, as he’s affectionately known. “My plan is to…
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Earlier in the week I read in a commentary on the Torah, by Rabbi Boruch Adler, that the…
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Shavua Tov and Happy 3rd Night of Chanukah to all who celebrate. To those who celebrate “Hanukkah” or…
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In prison, seeing a flame is rare. Tonight, dozens of them adorned folding tables near the glass front…
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One of the simultaneously most-painful and most-beautiful moments in prison is watching a small boy or girl cling…
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Last night, I taught a drawing class to a room full of men accused of crimes ranging from…
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“What were your parents like?” I ask Doc. Asking an 85-year-old man about his parents starts your brain…
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I cannot overstate the amount of farts here. It’s like a French department store of farts, breathtaking in…
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Shavua Tov. This was a laid-back Shabbat with some nice highlights. “Bek” (Dennis Gogel), the German soldier who…
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In this week’s Parsha, our forefather Yaacov promises Laban to work seven years to earn Rachel as his…
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Pound, as he’s called, is big. Bigger. When you sit with him or stand next to him, it…
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Shavua Tov from the Glass House. It’s Saturday Night and the guys are in their teal plastic chairs…
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In the Glass House, there are no full walls around your cell, just cubicle partitions, about 5′ tall,…
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Rubinstein’s got a tinsel Magen David hanging over the entrance to his cubby, and a “Happy Hanukah” (Well,…
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Some days you wake up in prison and some days you wake up IN prison. Today was one…
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“Nobody with hope joins a gang,” says Brian Zater, the Lebanese Jewish Zen Monk of Glass House. He’s…
