Hell Awaited

Hell Awaited depicts the chilling, intriguing, traumatic and—to some—unbelievable story of a 19-year-old man sentenced to a life in prison and thrown into the corrections system where the murder rate is at times higher than some areas outside the very high, gothic-looking walls that surround. These walls imprison some of the most dangerous human beings alive. Hell Awaited presents an in-depth perspective of the personal and most private life one individual chose to live. It brings alive the humiliating, disrespectful and at times brutal treatment of human beings. Hell Awaited presents the highs and lows of life in prison and the struggles it takes to maintain one’s sanity in order to survive a barbaric system and to also keep up with the changes and turn around the system, graduated to in order to catch up and maintain modern-day standards. Presented throughout is the racism of the guard forces and the various prison administrations and the overwhelming racism of the inmate population. Here, between these pages, is a well-written story unknown and unseen by the average person. There are, however, many men and women alike who can identify and relate, because Hell and Mr. Hatfield awaited them upon entering the system between 1970-1990.