LockupLit.com

 

Inmate "Inside" Stories

in their own words

 

 

ARTHUR B. PULITZER

 

THE GENIUS BEHIND LOCKUP LIT

 CURRENTLY CORRESPONDS WITH 22 INMATES AND FORMER INMATES

 AND

 THE NUMBER IS INCREASING.

 

ABP ENCOURAGES THEM TO TELL THEIR "STORIES OF CRIME" VIA SHORT  

STORIES AND WORKS OF NON-FICTION.  IN DOING SO, PULITZER HELPS BUILD THEIR SELF-ESTEEM BY FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIDDEN TALENT, A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND MAYBE  EVEN THE REVELATION OF A MODICUM OF REMORSE.

 

 WHAT LED THESE CONVICTED FELONS TO A LIFE OF CRIME?  WHAT WAS THEIR CHILDHOOD LIKE?  WHAT WAS THEIR FIRST "WALK ON THE DARK SIDE?" 

WHAT ESCALATED THEIR DECISION TO PURSUE A LIFE OF CRIME?

THOUSANDS OF STORIES ARE WAITING TO BE TOLD. 

 

THESE STORIES ARE NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND HAVE NEVER BEFORE BEEN PUBLISHED. 

 

NOTE:  ARTHUR B. PULITZER DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH CHILD MOLESTERS, RAPISTS, OR TERRORISTS.

 

 

LOCKUP LIT:  THE BACK STORY

 

Arthur B. Pulitzer was first contacted by a former New York City mobster about the possibility of publishing his "story."  The idea of publishing a crime story told by the perpetrator himself intrigued Pulitzer.  The contact gave Pulitzer the name of an acquaintance, a 25+ year veteran of Death Row.  After some research, he located the inmate and wrote him a letter.  Trust developed, four years of correspondence passed and the two continue to write. 

 

 Word soon spread throughout lockup that Pulitzer might provide other inmates

 a much needed outlet for their stories. 

 

So evolved Lockup Lit.