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De’Wayne Maris

De’Wayne Maris is a writer incarcerated in California.

A prison commissary cart filled with packaged food is next to the open slot of a cell door

Posted inPerspective

Why I’ll Stand in Line for Hours at the Prison Commissary

by De’Wayne Maris May 30, 2023September 19, 2023

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