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- Title
- I received your letter on 8/8/17
- Author
- Clerk, Cedric
- Date
- 2017-08-13
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- APWA 8/13/17 I received your letter on 8/8/2017. Once again thank you for allowing us ( the forgotten men and women in America's penal system). I want to say this and give you guys a certain perspective. 95% of prisoners suffer from some sort of metal illness. 85% go undiagnosed. Physical incarceration only enhance the symptoms. Imagine taking a human who already has a fragile existence then depriving him of the simplest of human comforts ie. a sincere smile, a hug, concern an intimate t...
- PID
- apw:12350837
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-16T16:16:20.766Z
- Title
- The rain that didn't stop falling
- Author
- Clerk, Cedric
- Pages
- 4 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- The Rain That Didn't Stop Falling They say that concrete can drain a man's physical energy, but what about his soul? I ponder this fact as I lay naked and shivering on the concrete slab that protuded from the wall of my cell. Angry abrasions burn my hips from laying here. The rectangle window above my head is spray painted black. Letting no light in letting no light out. The clanking of handcuffs can be heard in the sallyport. The idle chit-chat of correctional officers is loud, but...
- PID
- apw:12350706
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-16T15:41:32.074Z