Cell Door Magazine - Seth Ferranti

I have been incarcerated since October 1, 1993, when I was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri. I had been a fugitive from justice for two years at the time of my arrest.

I originally was arrested when I was 20 and charged with operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise. It was my first offense, but it carried a twenty-year minimum sentence and a maximum sentence of life. The thought of spending the rest of my life in prison for a nonviolent offense was a bit too much for this adolescent to handle. So I fled.

Later, in 1993, the feds caught up with me in St. Louis, and since then, I've been a prisoner of the war on drugs, serving this sentence of twenty-five years, four months. I'm scheduled for release in October, 2015. I'm 30 now, and if nothing changes, I expect to remain in prison until I am 44. A long time for a first-time, nonviolent offender.

During the time I serve, I expect to educate myself and write about the prison experience. Please review the information I provide through this Website, and consider engaging in a dialogue with me. if you have an interest in learning anything about the prison system, please write me . I'll give you the graphic details. And check out my poetic Terrorism and Prison Stories, which I will feature in the Writing Link of this site. Also, please review the national articles that describe my case. I will update this site regularly, and I look forward to building new relationships.

2000-Present The University of Iowa - Currently working toward a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies through correspondence.

1995-1999 The Pennsylvania State University, Associate in Arts Degree: Letters, Arts, and Sciences

NOTE: As a Federal prisoner. I have no access to Federal funds for my education. Accordingly, my parents pay for my tuition and books.

I have published over fifty poems and articles in various publications. My poetry and readings regularly appear in the following magazines:

G. Todd Stone publishes and edits this literary journal of dissident writing from his offices in Concord, Massachusetts.

This longtime running 'punk' zine out of Los Angeles features music reviews, interviews, and my poetry.

A hardcore-punk zine out of Boulder, Colorado features my poetry page, Poetic Terrorism.

Blind Man’s Rainbow

Alpha Beat Press

The Washington Times

People Can’t Drive

Spank

Inner Voices

Black Roses

Art times

Gemini

Razor Wire,

Lucid Moon

The Thought

Flying Horse

Thorny Locust

Struggle

I write about the prison experience and welcome opportunities to contribute to all publications.

Please view my personal website at PrisonerLife.com for more details on my professional writings. Also, see my Poetic Terrorism and Prison Stories sections.