Cruel and Unusual Punishment with Memoirist Paul Smith

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Cameron Lee Cowan

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment with Memoirist Paul Smith

The Cameron Journal Podcast

33 minutes 56 seconds

2 weeks ago

Cruel and Unusual Punishment with Memoirist Paul Smith

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are joined by Paul Smith who is the author of Cruel and Unusual Punishment: A Memoir of the Psychological Realities of Federal Prison. He wrote this book after being arrested and convicted for healthcare fraud. This took is about his time in federal prison and the people he met along the way and the traumatizing nature of his experience. This one action completely changed his life in so many unfortunate ways.

Listener be warned, this is a quite sad interview. This is about very real experiences in a harsh environment. The mood is somber. Please be in a positive place when you listen to this as it may be depressing.

More about the book:

In Cruel and Unusual Punishment: A Memoir of the Psychological Realities of Federal Prison, clinical psychologist Paul Smith reveals the unfiltered truth of life behind bars. Sentenced to 51 months for healthcare fraud, he endured eight prisons during the COVID pandemic, witnessing firsthand how confinement erodes humanity. With rare clarity and honesty, his story offers a chilling yet insightful look into the U.S. prison system—making it essential reading for reviewers, journalists, and interviewers alike.

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