I can’t say how many times I’ve watched my favorite movie, “When Harry Met Sally…,” but it never gets old. I mostly watch it by myself since I know all the words and annoy the hell out of anyone else in the room as I talk along to the lines as they appear on screen […]
The state of Colorado and the Colorado Department of Corrections (DoC), with a population of 32,000 within its jails, prisons and immigration detention facilities, announced their COVID-19 plan. In this edition of Insight, Out, Dante Owens shares what inmates like himself have been told by the DoC about the changes taking place in the prison […]
Photo by Eduardo Sánchez on Unsplash There has been a lapse in posts from Insight, Out due to Dante’s transfer from Sterling Prison to the maximum prison, Colorado State Penitentiary. This was his punishment for getting caught with a cell phone, something that happens to inmates in every prison in this country and even in […]
The world is finally realizing that the focus on mental health needs to be prioritized in a much greater way than it has in the past. That anxiety, depression, loneliness – which is now categorized as an epidemic – and suicidal thoughts need to be taken as serious as the need to seek treatment for […]
This week saw the first hints of what’s to come from the annual British Music Embassy showcase at SXSW, now in it’s 13th year. Having attended every one of them going back to 2007, the BME has always been curated at Latitude 30, complete with a branded transformation that extends to the venue’s external brick […]
It was August in Scotland and my music-geek-buddy-in-crime, Shell Zenner (BBC Introducing Wales, BBC Introducing Manchester, Amazing Radio, XSManchester…woman KNOWS her music!) was driving us through the narrow roads, green hills and the pouring rain on our way from Glasgow to Sterling when she started playing me The Murder Capital. I had heard “Green & […]
Since the launch of Insight, Out, the lead voice of this series, Dante Owens, has been sharing his thoughts, feelings, and experiences of a man who came to prison as a teenager, having committed a crime that resulted in a life sentence. For the past 21 years he’s been on a journey of self-discovery of […]
This article by Dante Owens is a response to the New York Times article that came out over the summer, “Nipsey Hussle Was Hailed as a Peacemaker by the LAPD. He Was Also Their Focus in an Investigation.” As a former gang member Dante relates to the experience that no matter how you change and […]
To be challenged about the sincerity of your shift in thinking — replacing negative old ways with the new way of positive thinking — is deeply emotional. My past ways versus how I deal with situations today seem to be in question, as if I’m not allowed to change. Life is hard once you start […]
This new Insight Out blog is authored by Dante Owens, who is currently serving a life sentence at Sterling Correctional Facility in Colorado. He’s been in the prison system since 1998. Insight Out is a platform for Dante to share his personal stories, reflections from years ago to the present, and the programs taking place […]
