Arizona was a great penpal and I genuinely miss our conversations. Again, after a stint in solitary for sharing pizza with another inmate, our letters stopped. I am not sure if this was deliberate interference or if Arizona was too affected from solitary to continue communication. In 2008 in Phoenix, he was searching for drugs.…

San Quentin. He was the 3rd penpal I chose when I started writing. He was a 25 year old Cambodian living in California. He was involved in a notorious gang, and in 1995 he was convicted for 3 murders in Los Angeles. At the time of our letters, San Quentin was 40 years old and…

I had a penpal, my first one, a few years ago. I named him Florida. Long story short, Florida was a man in his early twenties. He persuaded a female friend to drive him to meet his girlfriend. Along the way Florida’s girlfriend phones him and says they’re taking too long. For some reason, Florida…

Tampa is a 31 year old white male, who is housed in Florida, on Death row. Tampa was originally serving time for false imprisonment and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in 2015. In 2018, upon learning that his new cell mate had been incarcerated for child molestation, Tampa decided to beat and strangle his…

Starke is a 53 year old white male who is housed in Florida on Death row. In 1991 he was caught for the rape and murder of a 28 year old woman that he was familiar with. In 1993 he was found guilty for first degree murder, burglary with assault, retaliation against a witness. He…