7/1/15The Prison Break's Lovelorn Tabloid Villain Is No Mere "Shaw-Skank"Sometime on the night of June 5, two convicted murderers popped out of a sewer near Clinton Correctional Facility in…ByDaniel GenisPublishedJuly 1, 2015Save
6/10/15We Are All Escape Artists: What Night Is Like In PrisonEach of the approximately 3,740 days I spent incarcerated in the prisons of New York State was divided into three…ByDaniel GenisPublishedJune 10, 2015Save
3/18/15A 21st-Century Rip Van Winkle: What Changed In My Decade Behind BarsWhen the New World was two centuries newer, Washington Irving set a fable, "Rip Van Winkle," in the oldest parts of…ByDaniel GenisPublishedMarch 18, 2015Save
12/25/14Spend Your Holiday Season In PrisonIf Deadspin gave out Rookie of the Year awards, 2014 might belong to Daniel Genis, who finished a 10-year prison bid…ByDaniel GenisPublishedDecember 25, 2014Save
12/23/14The Prison Forger's Christmas Miracle I learned to love Christmas and see the good in all mankind on Christmas Eve 2006, which I spent in Greenhaven, a…ByDaniel GenisPublishedDecember 23, 2014Save
12/18/14Drugs, Chess, Books, Or Gambling: How To Fight Boredom In Prison Leisure time, unstructured and purposeless, generally makes up most of an American prison inmate's day. Most…ByDaniel GenisPublishedDecember 18, 2014Save
11/6/14Violence Is Currency: A Pacifist Ex-Con's Guide To Prison Weaponry The most common weapon inside is simply a can top. Pulled off a tin of beans and folded over, it doesn't even need…ByDaniel GenisPublishedNovember 6, 2014Save
9/18/14A Gentleman's Guide To Sex In Prison When I tell people that I recently finished serving a 10-year prison sentence for armed robbery, mostly in…ByDaniel GenisPublishedSeptember 18, 2014Save
6/5/14Forgiving The Club Kid Killer: My Prison Friendship With Michael AligAfter just a few recent minutes in conversation with Michael Alig, we'd fallen right back into the intellectual…ByDaniel GenisPublishedJune 5, 2014Save
5/20/14Chained Wimbledon: The Joys And Perils Of Prison TennisThe next time I commit a felony, I think I'll do it in California. It turns out that San Quentin has a fabulous…ByDaniel GenisPublishedMay 20, 2014Save
5/6/14An Ex-Con's Guide To Prison WeightliftingLifting weights in an American prison means joining a culture unlike any seen in a free-world gym, full of crudely…ByDaniel GenisPublishedMay 6, 2014Save