Intertribal Life Newspaper -

My emotions were in a tangle. I wasn't mad or agitated; but I was sad and happy at the same time.

Waiting in Ad Seg (the Hole) to be transferred is nerve-wracking. An inmate in the Hole can wait up to five months-or more, in some special cases-to be put on a bus. Every day, we listen for our names to be announced from the weekly transfer list.

Ears perk up and the air goes still as we all try to hear the officer making the announcement. We hear whoops of happiness and cheers of joy from those on the list. But we also hear disappointment through the sighs and groans of those whose names were no...