Damien Echols

It was a different situation for me because I was on death row and death row is not like the rest of the prison. You know, there's there's almost a sense of like not exactly camaraderie on death row that you don't have in the rest of the prison, but a sense of unity in that we all have a common enemy. You know, we have someone trying to kill all of us and we are all trying to stay alive.

You know, like if they the guards, the administration, whatever, are doing something to you, even if I don't like you, I'm going to try to do something about it, because if they're doing something to you, they'll do the same thing to me. And you don't really have that in the rest of the prison. So it was like in a lot of ways, I was really fortunate in getting the death penalty.

You know, like if they the guards, the administration, whatever, are doing something to you, even if I don't like you, I'm going to try to do something about it, because if they're doing something to you, they'll do the same thing to me. And you don't really have that in the rest of the prison. So it was like in a lot of ways, I was really fortunate in getting the death penalty.

You know, like if they the guards, the administration, whatever, are doing something to you, even if I don't like you, I'm going to try to do something about it, because if they're doing something to you, they'll do the same thing to me. And you don't really have that in the rest of the prison. So it was like in a lot of ways, I was really fortunate in getting the death penalty.

I don't think there's anywhere in prison you can call safe. I mean, I think I had been there for, I think, maybe three months the first time I ever saw someone get stabbed to death. So you still have stuff like that going on. You're not, by any stretch of the imagination, in a safe place there.

I don't think there's anywhere in prison you can call safe. I mean, I think I had been there for, I think, maybe three months the first time I ever saw someone get stabbed to death. So you still have stuff like that going on. You're not, by any stretch of the imagination, in a safe place there.

I don't think there's anywhere in prison you can call safe. I mean, I think I had been there for, I think, maybe three months the first time I ever saw someone get stabbed to death. So you still have stuff like that going on. You're not, by any stretch of the imagination, in a safe place there.

But it's still like a completely different vibe from, you know, general population, say, where you're dealing with, you know, 2000 people that are there for everything from meth to stealing cars to killing old women, you know, whatever it is.

But it's still like a completely different vibe from, you know, general population, say, where you're dealing with, you know, 2000 people that are there for everything from meth to stealing cars to killing old women, you know, whatever it is.

But it's still like a completely different vibe from, you know, general population, say, where you're dealing with, you know, 2000 people that are there for everything from meth to stealing cars to killing old women, you know, whatever it is.

Huh. Honestly, I would have to say no, just because there was nobody that was like super hilarious. Yeah. Yeah. It wasn't like a deliberate hilarious. It's it's, you know, people that are so fucked up that you can't, you know, like I think I wrote about this, but there was a guy that had like one tooth and he wouldn't drink coffee because he said it would stain his tooth. Yeah.

Huh. Honestly, I would have to say no, just because there was nobody that was like super hilarious. Yeah. Yeah. It wasn't like a deliberate hilarious. It's it's, you know, people that are so fucked up that you can't, you know, like I think I wrote about this, but there was a guy that had like one tooth and he wouldn't drink coffee because he said it would stain his tooth. Yeah.

Huh. Honestly, I would have to say no, just because there was nobody that was like super hilarious. Yeah. Yeah. It wasn't like a deliberate hilarious. It's it's, you know, people that are so fucked up that you can't, you know, like I think I wrote about this, but there was a guy that had like one tooth and he wouldn't drink coffee because he said it would stain his tooth. Yeah.

He's not trying to be funny like he's dead serious. But if you have, you know, even average intelligence, you're going to find that funny.

He's not trying to be funny like he's dead serious. But if you have, you know, even average intelligence, you're going to find that funny.

He's not trying to be funny like he's dead serious. But if you have, you know, even average intelligence, you're going to find that funny.

But at the same time, looking back on that stuff now, you know, it really is like that was another person, you know, the person that did. in there, the person that survived that stuff died the day I walked out of prison. So it almost feels like when I try to remember these things now, it's almost like, you know, trying to remember someone else's memories or even a past life or something.

But at the same time, looking back on that stuff now, you know, it really is like that was another person, you know, the person that did. in there, the person that survived that stuff died the day I walked out of prison. So it almost feels like when I try to remember these things now, it's almost like, you know, trying to remember someone else's memories or even a past life or something.

But at the same time, looking back on that stuff now, you know, it really is like that was another person, you know, the person that did. in there, the person that survived that stuff died the day I walked out of prison. So it almost feels like when I try to remember these things now, it's almost like, you know, trying to remember someone else's memories or even a past life or something.

Yeah. Yeah, that's that's a really good way of looking at it. That's what it felt like. It's like you get used to living in hell. You get so used to living in hell that you get up and you don't even think about it in the day. And then when you get out, suddenly you're having a nervous breakdown because you've never used a debit card before and you're having to figure out how to do that.