Author: Shahid Bolsen

My mistake of speaking openly about escape put me under extra surveillance by the prison authorities and their informers, and forced me to learn the necessary skills of secrecy and diversion. I became, by all appearances, an ideal, compliant inmate. Training Khalid how to box was, therefore, very conspicuous. The only way I could get…

Inmates who have been in prison for a long time are much like citizens who have learned to cope with harsh dictatorships for many years. They have settled into a routine of submission and, after many experiences with the brutality of the authorities, they cherish the calm and relative safety their docility secures for them….