Phil Garner

    Phil Garner is a pseudonym for a Georgia Tech alumnus and retired mechanical engineer who decided to match a life of written reports with writing on topics he actually cares about. He’s serving a life sentence in Georgia.

    If Suicidal Prisoners Should “Ask for Help,” Stop Taking Away Our Phones

    The National Suicide Prevention Hotline posters showed up around 2018, when the outside world ...

    I’m 79 and in Prison. Cigarettes Have Shaped My Life.

    Tobacco settles the nerves, relaxes the body, quiets the mind. A mild, pleasant high. ...