A Major New Writer Has Emerged (From Inside the Federal Prison Sysytem)

In January 2015, Barrett Brown, a journalist, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for the crimes of accessory after the fact, obstruction of justice, and threatening a federal officer stemming from the FBI's investigation into the 2012 Stratfor email leak.

Prior to 2011 Brown had ties with the hacktivist collective Anonymous.

My first tip off to the prison writings of Brown was from this Glenn Greenwald tweet.

Thrilled to publish our first column from Barrett Brown on life in a federal prison: cutting, insightful & hilarious https://t.co/0qaacjoCUh

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 16, 2015

I meant to follow up on the link, when I could find some free time. Then I came across this Justin Raimondo tweet:

Dammit, @TheInterview released Barrett Brown's latest letter from prison & now I have to drop everything to read it. https://t.co/kgUth9sJCq

— Justin Raimondo (@JustinRaimondo) July 16, 2015

Don't wait, the way I did, find the time to read this:

 https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/16/barrett-brown-review-prison/

-RW