''Minutes Before Six'' (est. 2007) is an American blog that publishes articles, poetry and art from inmates held in prison in the United States. The website was founded by former Texas

death row Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting Capital punishment, execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of ...

inmate

Thomas Bartlett Whitaker Thomas Bartlett Whitaker (born December 31, 1979) is an American man convicted under the Texas Law of Parties of murdering two family members as a 24-year-old. Whitaker was convicted for the December 10, 2003, murders of his mother and 19 ...

with the help of volunteers in the free world. The name of the website refers to the hour (6 PM Central Time) at which (barring any pending appeals not decided) executions start to take place in Texas. The website provides a channel for prisoners (without access to the internet) to express themselves to the outside world. Prisoners send their contribution by

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to the Editor, Dina Milito. Volunteers then digitize them and post them online. Minutes Before Six is a nonprofit organization (EIN #82- 3422504). Milito, a victim of violent assault seeking to understand violence, wrote to Whitaker and other condemned inmates and is an opponent of capital punishment. Eventually the blog expanded to include other writers from prisons throughout the USA.Bell Gale Chevign
Minutes Before Six
Pen America, April 30, 2013, Retrieved March 24, 2018.

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