I was incarcerated by the Florida Department of Corrections on a ten-year sentence. When my custody status finally dropped to minimum, the administration treated it like I won an award. To me, it felt like a damn insult. The thought of stepping outside that main prison gate made me sick to my stomach. I assumed […]
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Emmett Tatter is a writer, prison reform advocate, and certified yoga teacher based in Saint Augustine, Florida. He served a ten-year sentence in the Florida Department of Corrections and lectures on mental health, addiction, and criminal justice at colleges including Flagler College and St. Mary’s College of Maryland. His memoir COUNT TIME was named first runner-up for the 2026 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Nonfiction, and it’s represented by Kristen Terrette at Martin-Newens Literary Management. It carries endorsements from NYT bestselling author Les Standiford, Dr. Baz Dreisinger (founder and executive director of Incarceration Nations Network), former Chief Judge Pamela L. North, former CNN editor John DeDakis, international yoga teacher Jared McCann (2013 world asana champion), and others. Two of his essays have been accepted for publication in Inquest.
