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Why do the disciplines of criminal justice and criminology persist in denying the harm caused by imprisonment? On a general level, perhaps one answer lies in the production of knowledge concerning penality (see Austin, 2003; Austin et al. 2007). There are no shortages of surveys and quantitative studies on imprisonment and its aftermath. This information, often presented mostly in numeric form, in large part comprises the penal knowledge base. Here, we present knowledge of a different kind. Convict Criminology (CC) highlights the importance of direct experience. It does so mostly because firstYperson accounts remain rare in criminology. Convict Criminologists understand that crime and the societal response to crime are complex phenomena. We aim to contribute to knowledge using our rare ability to draw from our own life experiences within criminal justice systems, and draw upon the ample and often …