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Title
Alone with nobody
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2013-04
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
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ALONE WOTH NOBODY For many that are incarcerated, being alone hurts more often than any other pain we may experience. Having no one to share the ideas, thoughts and passions we have, slowly but surely destroys a person behind bars. Loneliness turns to self—destruction, forcing individuals to engage in behaviors one would be appalled by. My message to those incarcerated is for all of us to start seeking p0Sil'iV€ interactions with people out in the communities. Instead of focusing on how ...
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apw:12346059
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2016-10-24T23:12:41.737Z
Title
Bill HB-2386
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2015-02-01
Date
2015-02-01, 2015-02-01
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (FT)
Bill HB-2386 by Christopher Balmer GX-5754, SCI Forest In the summer 20 14 Correctional Forum, Bill HB-2386 (submitted by Rep. T .. Stephens, R.-Montgomery County). was printed for people to see. Happily the Prison Society opposes such a Bill. Rep. T . Stephens attempted to have a bill passed that would garnish at/east 25% of wages prisoners make working in prison, and 75% of all deposits made to an inmate's personal account. Apparently, Rep. T. Stephens doesn' t understand prison e...
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apw:12341433
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2015-09-27T15:55:52.72Z
Title
Confinement of the living
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
by Christopher Balmer People vs. the Animals: When we think of confinement, automatically prison flashes in our minds: 16 x 9 foot cells, unsanitary conditions, loud noise, loneliness, depression, etc. are all a part of solitary confinement in prison. Mass incarceration strips the freedom of every human being who becomes incarcerated. But what about human behavior that strips the natural habitats of animals across the world? In my eyes, animals have the natural right to enjoy the freedom of lif...
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apw:12346064
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:43.367Z
Title
Control your own future
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2015
Pages
3 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
CONTROL YOUR OWN FUTURE When I was ten years old, my family moved to Galeton in Potter County, Pennsylvania. Galeton was a beautiful country town filled with endless possibilities. During that move, I was locked up in juvenile placement. Three years later, I was released and sent home to my mom and dad, on October 21, 2001. I was thirteen. I started the eighth grade at Galeton Area High School and was placed in emotional support classes. My time out of juvenile placement was rough. I had probl...
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apw:12346046
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:39.31Z
Title
Department of Corrections? -Or- Department of Control?
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2014-12-24
Date
2014-12-24, 2014-12-24
Pages
3 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (FT)
. DepadllleDt of co..Jrectioaas? - o .. Depanaaent ol Control? by Christopher Balmer One of the main focuses involving the Pennsylvania prison system is solitary confinement, which will always be an issue debated amongst human rights advocates and even some mental health experts. Reality has proven itselftime and time again that solitary confinement has permanent psychiatric effects, especially when used long term. People suffer constantly in isolation. But why? An illogical individual would ...
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apw:12341438
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2015-09-27T16:04:02.226Z
Title
Discipline
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
1; Word defined as: 1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior. 2. Controlled behavior resulting from such training. 3. A state of order based on submission to rules and authority. 4. Punishment intended to correct or train. 5. A set of rules or methods. 6. A branch of knowledge or teaching. — v. —plined, —plinoing. 1. To train by instruction and practice. 2. To punish [<Lat. disciplina, discipulus, Disciple.] The American Heritage dicotionoary 3"" ...
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apw:12346067
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:43.805Z
Title
Finding appreciation
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2013
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
Finding Appreciation Our lives are filled with many things that we don’t appreciate. For instance, we rarely appreciate someone who yells and curses at us, or someone who talks down to us and belittles us. There’re millions of things that we can come up with in our live that we honestly do not appreciate. However, let’s take a moment to reflect on things in our lives that we do appreciate: our children, our family, our freedom, a nice home—cooked meal, a nice pair of shoes, someone to love us, ...
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apw:12346037
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:37.933Z
Title
God's essential purpose
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (TR_WF)
God’s Essential Purpose When human beings go against God’s essential purpose, they have decided to disregard God. We as Christians should never allow someone else’s evil to make our choices for us. Jesus walked this earth, never allowing the devil to control his decisions. Each and every temptation that was cast his way, Jesus stayed pure in following his essential purpose. The life of Jesus displays the meanings of life, providing all Christians with an idea of how they should handle certain...
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apw:12346056
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:41.022Z
Title
Ignorance as a social progress downfall
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2014-12-24
Date
2014-12-24, 2014-12-24
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (FT)
Ignorance as a Social Progress Downfall By Christopher Balmer "'The law must be stable, yet it cannot stand still.' The words are those of Roscoe Pound. They refer to the two ideals that must be harmonized and reconciled: stability and change. Stability requires a continuity with the past, and is necessary to permit members of a society to conduct their daily affairs with a reasonable degree of certainty as to the legal consequences of their acts. Change implies a variation or ...
PID
apw:12341442
Date Uploaded
2015-09-27T16:18:41.958Z
Title
In re: "they are not like us"
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
In Re: "They Are Not Like Us" By William M. DiMascio June 2013 Graterfriends As a man who sits behind these razor-wire fences, locked down inside in isolation 23 hours a day, alone, to deal with the psychological torment of prison life, I know completely how it feels to be a prisoner. The man who spoke out against the Pennsylvania Prison Society has a right to do so as outlined in the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution Freedom of Speech Clause. The same rights as this m...
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apw:12346094
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:48.467Z
Title
Institutionalism
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
INSTITUTIONALISM Many of us incarcerated individuals who are cognizant about the nature of prison life will have the ability to grasp the inner meaning behind this article. lnstitutionalism plays a tremendous role in controlling the minds of those confined to these prisons. Prison politics have a way of keeping a person’s mentality stagnated, only focusing on the here and now. All of which is irrelevant to one’s progression. For those reading this article, ask yourself how many times you have...
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apw:12346090
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:47.522Z
Title
Let change come
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
LET CHANGE COME On March 13, 2013, the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania filed a civil rights action in Federal Court against our new Department of Corrections Secretary, John Wetzel. They make claims against him, stating that he has been deliberately indifferent to the needs of mentally ill prisoners by confining them in prolonged isolation for months and even years at a time. The battle ofthe minds has begun. Who will win? The focus should not be “Who will win?” It should be “Who was ...
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apw:12346088
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:47Z
Title
Life after John
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
Life After John On May 6, 201 I, John McClellan, a 42-year-old Philadelphia native, committed suicide while being housed in the Restrictive Housing Unit at SCI-Cresson. On May 6, 201 I at around I 1:30 p.m., the pod lights popped on. I came to the cell door looking through the crack down towards 15 Cell where John was housed. Thinking it was an ordinary medical issue, I went to sit back down. But something didn’t sit right with me. John had his cell door windows covered and he didn’t eat most...
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apw:12346069
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:44.186Z
Title
Never-ending fight
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2014-12-24
Date
2014-12-24, 2014-12-24
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (FT)
Never-Ending Fight by Christopher Balmer GX-5754, SCI Forest People might believe that men and women incarcerated in the prisons around this country live with no reason for responsibility. Prison life is a never-ending fight, emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually, and psychologically. The never-ending fight in prison lacks no difference in the fight any average " free" American goes through. Our fight is just confined to a big building that has " state penitentiary ...
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apw:12341435
Date Uploaded
2015-09-27T15:58:23.308Z
Title
Obey or disobey? Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' corrupt realities
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
5 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
OBEY OR DISOBEY? Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ Corrupt Realities By Christopher Baliner Many correctional officers employed who work for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections are sometimes caught between a rock and a hard place in regards to making their own decisions. During their scope of employment, correctional officers are sometimes forced to engage in acts that violate the rights of human dignity. They must obey the orders of their superior no matter if they disagree with...
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apw:12346082
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:46.494Z
Title
One man's expression of love and support
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2011-10
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
One Man’s Expression of Love and Support As unexpected as you may find this letter to be, it was meant to find comfort inside the grip of your hands as you hold this letter. Please don’t hesitate, keep reading. I think you may find my words supportive, caring, honest and understanding. This letter is written for you to understand that someone out there realizes your pains and discomforts that swarm you during this time of incarceration. Both of us know nothing about each other nor do we know the...
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apw:12346096
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:48.886Z
Title
Positive psychology
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2013
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
Positive Psychology Definition: Positive Psychology. “The study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. It includes positive emotions, positive individual traits and positive institutions.” In this article, I want to focus on positive individual traits, positive emotions and the strengths and virtues you as an individual possess. Positive traits that you have must be nurtured and cultivated in order to materialize and grow. During our moments of despair...
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apw:12346040
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:38.552Z
Title
Reduce solitary confinement
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
REDUCE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Campaigning for the Confined I am calling members of my community to campaign for the reduction of prisoners held in solitary confinement for long terms. Many members of my community are unaware of the vast consequences associated with complete isolation of human beings. Let me provide some information to the readers in order for them to get a clear understanding how counter-productive solitary confinement really is. In an article examining solitary confinement as psy...
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apw:12346073
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:44.896Z
Title
Relationships
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2013
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
Relationships Many people look at the word “relationship” and connect this word to some kind of connection between two different individuals: male and female, male and male, and female and female, depending on what your sexual preference may be. What about relationship that we people have with ourselves? As humans, we are so in tune with others’ emotions, feelings and behaviors, that we at times, if not all the time, in most cases forget about our own needs. The relationships we have with our...
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apw:12346034
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2016-10-24T23:12:37.557Z
Title
Revival and reformation
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
As brothers and sisters in Christ, I ask all of you for a personal favor and a favor from God: to open your hearts to all brothers and sisters incarcerated. Those incarcerated need both encouragement and assistance from the Catholic community. As Catholics, we are at a time of spiritual warfare. Many of the religious foundations we stand upon have been attacked and ridiculed by multiple world views. These world views, many ifnot all, go against our religious foundation. We are at a time when ...
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apw:12346053
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2016-10-24T23:12:40.31Z
Title
To open the doors of confinement
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
TO OPEN THE DOORS OF CONFINEMENT by Christopher Balmer I hate these days when l’m all alone. . . Without anybody, so far away from home. Six years spent in complete isolation, never witnessing a moment filled without desperation. The begging and pleading, the torture of dreaming of the days when I’m free from all this crying and screaming. Did I deserve to be treated like a man without a heart? As if I were something another human could rip apart,? To be played with like a lioness before she m...
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apw:12346099
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:49.348Z
Title
Uniqueness
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2015
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
Uniqueness UN IQUENESS For many of us, the word “unique” is unrecognized. Through society’s standards, human beings have begun to act in conformity with how society thinks another should act. Parents, at times, raise their children as a “mirror of themselves”, not appreciating their child’s unique characteristics. Instead of learning from their child’s uniqueness, they ignore it, pushing their children to feel, act and think like them. Some parents even attempt to lay out their child’s future...
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apw:12346050
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:39.641Z
Title
Victims of crime
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012-09
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
VICTIMS OF CRIME By Christopher Allen Balmer When we suffer from the consequences of crime, we sometimes allow the rage of being victimized control the way we live or work. Our daily routines are disturbed by our own choices. Carol L. Lavery, commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of the Victim Advocate stated on July 12, 2012, before the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee in Harrisburg: “Victims who have learned of the potential release of the offender who murdered their loved one, talk of...
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apw:12346076
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:45.228Z
Title
When a man cries
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2012
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
WHEN A MAN CRIES By Christopher Balmer The last six years of solitary confinement have brought many emotions I’ve never been in tune with to the surface. Tears have fallen down my face many times as I sat in the solitude of my prison cell. Many ofthe times that I have shed a tear were for my fellow brothers and sisters who are locked behind bars, getting abused by prison officials. In prison, people look at a man who cries, seeing him as weak or as an easy target. When you become more in tune...
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apw:12346071
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:44.458Z

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