Jul 1 2015Save7/1/15The Prison Break's Lovelorn Tabloid Villain Is No Mere "Shaw-Skank"Daniel GenisSaveSometime on the night of June 5, two convicted murderers popped out of a sewer near Clinton Correctional Facility in…
Jun 10 2015Save6/10/15We Are All Escape Artists: What Night Is Like In PrisonDaniel GenisSaveEach of the approximately 3,740 days I spent incarcerated in the prisons of New York State was divided into three…
Mar 18 2015Save3/18/15A 21st-Century Rip Van Winkle: What Changed In My Decade Behind BarsDaniel GenisSaveWhen the New World was two centuries newer, Washington Irving set a fable, "Rip Van Winkle," in the oldest parts of…
Dec 25 2014Save12/25/14Spend Your Holiday Season In PrisonDaniel GenisSaveIf Deadspin gave out Rookie of the Year awards, 2014 might belong to Daniel Genis, who finished a 10-year prison bid…
Dec 23 2014Save12/23/14The Prison Forger's Christmas MiracleDaniel GenisSave I learned to love Christmas and see the good in all mankind on Christmas Eve 2006, which I spent in Greenhaven, a…
Dec 18 2014Save12/18/14Drugs, Chess, Books, Or Gambling: How To Fight Boredom In PrisonDaniel GenisSave Leisure time, unstructured and purposeless, generally makes up most of an American prison inmate's day. Most…
Nov 6 2014Save11/6/14Violence Is Currency: A Pacifist Ex-Con's Guide To Prison WeaponryDaniel GenisSave The most common weapon inside is simply a can top. Pulled off a tin of beans and folded over, it doesn't even need…
Sep 18 2014Save9/18/14A Gentleman's Guide To Sex In PrisonDaniel GenisSave When I tell people that I recently finished serving a 10-year prison sentence for armed robbery, mostly in…
Jun 5 2014Save6/5/14Forgiving The Club Kid Killer: My Prison Friendship With Michael AligDaniel GenisSaveAfter just a few recent minutes in conversation with Michael Alig, we'd fallen right back into the intellectual…
May 20 2014SaveTennis5/20/14Tennis5/20/14Chained Wimbledon: The Joys And Perils Of Prison TennisDaniel GenisSaveThe next time I commit a felony, I think I'll do it in California. It turns out that San Quentin has a fabulous…
May 6 2014SaveFitness5/6/14Fitness5/6/14An Ex-Con's Guide To Prison WeightliftingDaniel GenisSaveLifting weights in an American prison means joining a culture unlike any seen in a free-world gym, full of crudely…