I was recently made aware that there used to be another website at this same address, which dealt with the reality of an actual inmate in a real American prison. It seems, judging from what I gathered by searching online, that it was a very interesting site.
Unfortunately, however, this blog is in no way linked to it, and I do not know their owner; indeed, until someone pointed out to me that there was something else here, I simply had no idea. I registered this domain name in early 2015 on a whim, as I liked the name. Only recently I figured I could use it for an anonymous blog to talk freely about my own personal struggle with depression and all that’s related to it, because it does feel like a prison a lot of the time.
Anyone who comes here looking for the old site may be disappointed, and I understand that. If I could reach the previous site’s owner I would gladly do so, and I would happily add a link to their current site here if they made themselves known to me.
Update — the old blog’s admin reached out to me in a comment and said the following:
Thanks for the shout-out to the old site! I was the admin. Prisoner X will be so happy to hear so many of his readers have not forgotten him! He is still in prison, but I hear he is working with another admin to get a site back up. Check out our Facebook page to see stuff from the old site and for updates on X. It appears that everyone who was subscribed to the old blog is now subscribed to yours :). Congrats on the blog! I am very interested to hear about a different kind of a prison from your perspective.
If you find this interesting, you’re very welcome to keep reading. I am not committing to any post schedule, not I make any promise whatsoever about how long I will keep this up. I may write regularly, or I may only do so when I’m at my worst, using this blog as an outlet. I really just don’t know.
What I do know is that I hope that this blog, despite being first and foremost something I’m doing for myself, may help someone else out there deal with their own struggle. This is something that often makes us feel hopeless and alone, yet we are not. I promise.
Dear Inmate #840528,
Thanks for the shout-out to the old site! I was the admin. Prisoner X will be so happy to hear so many of his readers have not forgotten him! He is still in prison, but I hear he is working with another admin to get a site back up. Check out our Facebook page to see stuff from the old site and for updates on X. It appears that everyone who was subscribed to the old blog is now subscribed to yours :). Congrats on the blog! I am very interested to hear about a different kind of a prison from your perspective.
Comment by Old admin — 2016-01-18 @ 04:36
Hello Old Admin, thank you for your comment. I’m going to add it to the relevant post, which I also added to the menu on top, so that people coming in for the old site won’t be too confused. Best of luck to you and Prisoner X.
Comment by Inmate #840528 — 2016-01-18 @ 09:59