How Florida Uses Unpaid Prison Labor to Run Its Military Asset Pipeline

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I was incarcerated by the Florida Department of Corrections on a ten-year sentence. When my custody status finally dropped to minimum, the administration treated it like I won an award. To me, it felt like a damn insult. The thought of stepping outside that main prison gate made me sick to my stomach. I assumed […]

Emmett Tatter is a writer, prison reform advocate, and certified yoga teacher based in Saint Augustine, Florida. He served a ten-year sentence in the Florida Department of Corrections and lectures on mental health, addiction, and criminal justice at colleges including Flagler College and St. Mary’s College of Maryland. His memoir COUNT TIME is seeking publication with endorsements from NYT bestselling author Les Standiford, Dr. Baz Dreisinger (author of Incarceration Nations), former Chief Judge Pamela L. North, former CNN editor John DeDakis, and others.