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- Title
- 16 years since inception.
- Author
- Martinez, Brandon
- Date
- 2010-08-25
- Date
- 2010-08-25, 2010-08-25
- Pages
- 3 pages
- State
- California
- Text (TR)
- 1 Brandon Martinez Word Count: 1,253 August 25, 2010 (NO TITLE) 16 years since inception. Been locked down in the department of correction entered the prison gate. Had no idea what would be my fate. Slangin the rocks from the triple beam. Was just a young buck having fun. Didnt realize what the cost of packing a gun. As I heard the iron gates rattle. Prepared for every twist and turn of the battle. For a life sentence surely I was doomed living in obscurity in a cocoon. Would I lose my mind. ...
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- apw:176
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T17:52:37.443Z
- Title
- 2014 legislative will prove whether policy makers have gotten smart on crime
- Author
- Marshall, Ronald
- Date
- 2014-03-19
- Date
- 2014-03-19, 2014-03-19
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- Louisiana
- Topics
- recidivism, mandatory sentencing, minimum sentencing
- Text (FT)
- 2014 Legislative Session Will Prove Whether Policy Makers Have Gotten Smart on Crime By Roland Marshall Only time will reveal whether the 2014 Legislative Session will mark a sincere effort by Louisiana's lawmakers to reform sentencing laws so that offenders can have a meaningful opportunity to get off the count. At the behest of the Jindal administration, four organizations joined in a collective effort to analyze criminal justice data/ statistics and offer options to assist Louisiana l...
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- apw:12341353
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-27T14:32:57.658Z
- Title
- 2nd class citizens assert 1st Amendment rights
- Author
- Arroyo, Bryant
- Date
- 2015-10-31
- Date
- 2015-10-31, 2015-10-31
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Topics
- Tom Corebett, Victim Crimes Act, HB2533, SB508, first amendment
- Text (TR_WF)
- 2nd Class Citizens Assert 1st Amendment Rights Col. Writ. 11/14/14 Copyright Bryant Arroyo In the dead of the night Gov. Tom Corbett huddled with the choir of the legislature and the rest of his cronies (FOP) whom introduced an invidious, unconstitutional 'Chilling Effect' tantamount to a 'civil choke hold.' Gov. Corbett signed both HB2533 & SB508 on Oct. 3, 2014, which is legally unprecedented and has far-reaching implications that specifically targets and impacts for...
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- apw:12341601
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-29T21:47:08.573Z
- Title
- A brief summary of the demise of the Colorado Dept. of Corrections and poor drug offender reform
- Author
- Darris, Stephan
- Date
- 2014-04-28
- Date
- 2014-04-28, 2014-04-28
- Pages
- 6 pages
- State
- Colorado
- Text (FT)
- A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE DEMISE OF THE COLORADO DEPT . OF CORRECTIONS AND POOR DRUG OFFENDER REFORM by: Stephan Darris While incarcerated in the state of Colorado I think it' s fair to say that your past dictates your future . I am not a lifer or a violent offe nder. I am a repeat drug offender that has witnessed some of the most vile atrocity ' s that the system can deliver. I think that most people in this institution live under propaganda, false hope, and make believe promises. It ...
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- apw:288
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T18:25:24.791Z
- Title
- A person cannot become who they need to be by remaining who they are!!
- Author
- Purkey, Wesley I.
- Date
- 2014-03-18
- Date
- 2014-03-18, 2014-03-18
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- Indiana
- Topics
- life lessons
- Text (FT)
- "A PERSON CANNOT BECOME WHO THEY NEED TO BE BY REMAINING WHO THEY ARE!!" By Wesley I. Purkey, Federal Death Row. My great Aunt Ga-ga who adopted me when I was kid, who didn't weigh a buck five soak and wet, inundated me with an assemblage of words of wisdom, which has left an indelible imprint on me. These "golden sayings" were generally flaunted when she was trying to school me on the importance of obtaining and continuing my education, and the need for learning from...
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- apw:12341395
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-27T15:04:38.45Z
- Title
- A practical approach to prison reform
- Author
- Whitlock, Mick
- Date
- 2010-02-23
- Date
- 2010-02-23, 2010-02-23
- Pages
- 9 pages
- State
- Indiana
- Topics
- Reform
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Practical Approach to Prison Reform As we progress further into the twenty-first century, one thing is clear: serious changes need to be made to the American prison system. America has become a society with the highest incarceration rate of any nation in the world. And with well over two million men and women in America's prisons, there are more people incarcerated in the United States than any other country. In an age of record budget deficits and massive national debt, it would appea...
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- apw:304
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- 2015-09-16T18:23:43.457Z
- Title
- A renaissance
- Author
- Whetzel, Stephen
- Date
- 2010-07-20
- Date
- 2010-07-20, 2010-07-20
- Pages
- 12 pages
- State
- Indiana
- Topics
- pen pals, psychiatric aid, confessional, personal story
- Text (FT)
- A Renaissance by Stephen Whetzel Page 1 of 12 It started with a visit to the psychologist. Behind the ominous, gray, concrete wall surrounding the Indiana State Reformatory, not many areas existed where one could go to in order to escape the late summer heat. That old maximum-security prison, a place born of a harsher time, was never known for comforts. Therefore, whether or not I felt the need for a counseling session with Eric, my psychologist and substance abuse counselor, I looked forward...
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- apw:12341322
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- 2015-09-27T12:48:43.808Z
- Title
- A vision for the future
- Author
- Whitlock, Mick
- Date
- 2010-08-25
- Date
- 2010-08-25, 2010-08-25
- Pages
- 7 pages
- State
- Indiana
- Topics
- Reform
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Vision For the Future By Mick Whitlock As the steel door slammed shut behind me, I realized that a new chapter in my life was about to begin. And though the uncertainties about my life and my future seemed enormous, deep in my heart I knew that I would be going to prison. My feelings of helplessness were overwhelming. What the future held for my young family was unclear. As my mind drifted between memories of the past and thoughts of what might have been, feelings of helplessness began to c...
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- apw:310
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T18:24:34.525Z
- Title
- An appeal to families of incarcerated loved ones
- Author
- Marshall, Ronald
- Pages
- 3 pages
- State
- Louisiana
- Topics
- appeal to families to help incarcerated individuals take measures to leave prison
- Text (FT)
- - Seventeen years ago, I arrived in Angola. I was assigned bed 43, next to an aging, frail prisoner who had been incarcerated longer than the 23 years I had been living. One day he said to me, "Youngsta, if you have family, don't waste their time and resources on bullshit. Doing time in prison is not for any one." Basically, he was telling me to use my family for one purpose: to assist in my struggles to regain freedom. In order to do so, I had to educate myself to educate my f...
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- apw:12341415
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-27T15:27:16.835Z
- Title
- Anger is
- Author
- Martinez, Brandon
- Date
- 2010-08-17
- Date
- 2010-08-17, 2010-08-17
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- California
- Text (TR)
- NO TITLE Brandon Martinez, California Aug 17, 10 Anger is such a vicious lil seed that can wreck havoc in any given situation. If you allow it to spring fourth. Theyll come a point of no return. In the heat of the moment theyll be no turning back. With your mind in a stage of rage. It often becomes too difficult to process anything by that viciousness. Lord have mercy. One episode, one scenario will be all it will take. The such tragic atrocities that will have become as a result of anger. Th...
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- apw:178
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T17:53:01.726Z
- Title
- As I write this short first hand account…
- Author
- Perry, Daniel
- Date
- 2014-05-13
- Date
- 2014-05-13, 2014-05-13
- Pages
- 8 pages
- State
- Oregon
- Topics
- rehabilitation, prison industrial complex, methadone, Hurricane Sandy
- Text (TR)
- Daniel Perry [No Title] Dear Readers As I write this short first hand account, I have a black eye, on the left side of my face. Its 10:30pm, the lights are out and lockdown is quit. US prisoners call lockdown The Hole, because its like someone dugg a hole and pushed you in. now try to think of sitting at the bottom of a hole for 6 months (180 days). I have been in the hole for 3 days due to a fist fight. Once I go to the hearing I will find out my fate. The max punishment is $200.00 fine, 180...
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- apw:12341592
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-29T21:43:06.892Z
- Title
- Beyond reform
- Author
- Bogen, Rik
- Date
- 2010-02-22
- Date
- 2010-02-22, 2010-02-22
- Pages
- 8 pages
- State
- Oregon
- Topics
- music, reform, recidivism
- Text (TR_WF)
- Rik Bogen BEYOND REFORM After the tsunami of arrest, jail, conviction and sentencing receded leaving behind the tangled sea-weed of my life I began to imagine that prison might be a new beginning, an opportunity to radically change, an educational experience. It most certainly is nut not in anyway that which I expected. The first discovery was the magnitude of the resistance to change inherent to the system. Example: The property rule said "one guitar-one harmonica..." so not being ...
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- apw:12341604
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-29T21:48:40.25Z
- 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
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-27T15:55:52.72Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Actions speak louder than words - entry 8
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Levert III "Sekou" Brookshire Arizona Word Count: 310 Author: Sekou Jamaa Askari date: 8-8-13 Celldweller Journal: "Actions, Speak Louder Than Words" "Black August Essay's" (Entry Eight) We can't afford, to underestimate the importance and value of building our future generations, 'school' systems. Inorder to prepare our young children, for tomarrow's challenges. Many of those young children are being 'pushed', 'enticed&apo...
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- apw:249
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T18:17:57.555Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Fractured mirror of society pt. 1 - entry 10
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Levert III "Sékou" Brookshire "Publish" Arizona Word Count: 296 Author: Sekou Jamaa Askari date: 8-10-13 Celldweller Journal: "Fractured Mirror of Society" pt. 1, entry 10 "Black August Essay's" (Entry Ten) Today when I look back in hindsight, it becomes clear to me now. Being the 'convicted' robber, banished to this 'cell' for these past ten1/2 calendars. I'm not here because I'm neccessarily more of a criminal, than ...
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- apw:251
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- 2015-09-16T18:18:34.846Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Fractured mirror of society pt. 2 - entry 11
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Levert III "Sekou" Brookshire "Publish" Arizona Word Count: 293 Author: Sekou Jamaa Askari date: 8-11-13 Celldweller Journal: "Fractured Mirror of Society" pt. II "Black August Essay's" (Entry Eleven) Whatever choice I made, however I decided to 'rob', obviously - turned-out, to be not smart enough, not organized enough and not clever enough. Like those 'suit & tie' wearing robbers, in executive offices, and politicians that...
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- apw:252
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- 2015-09-16T18:18:48.716Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Fractured mirror of society pt. 3, entry 12
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Levert III "S‚kou" Brookshire "Publish" Arizona Word Count: 297 Author: Sekou Family Askari date: 8-12-13 Celldweller Journal: "Fractured Mirror of Society" pt. III "Black August Essay's" (Entry Twelve) 'Cronies', 'Crime partners' or 'Comrades' whatever we call them, they 'Facilitate', 'coordinate', and 'Aid' us whenever we need them too. Those that offer me help in my caper's, or tho...
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- apw:253
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- 2015-09-16T18:19:04.689Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Fractured mirror of society pt. 4 - entry 13
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Levert III "Sekou" Brookshire Arizona Word Count: 307 Author: Sekou Jamaa Askari date: 8-6-13 Celldweller Journal: "Fractured Mirror of Society" pt. IV "Black August Essay's" (Entry Thirteen) Whenever they are complicit; then criminal geniuses like Bernie Madoff, are allowed to 'Yank" billions upon billions of loaves, from millions of working-poor citizens and tax-payers, and the genral public's window seals, for decades & decades. 'P...
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- apw:254
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T18:28:48.026Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Fractured mirror of society pt. 6 - entry 15
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Celldweller Journal: "Fractured mirror of society" (Publish) Author: Sekou Jamaa Askari VI date: 8-15-13 "Black August" (Entry fifteen) After being captured and convicted, Essay's I've been engaged in the adventure's of trying to understand how this world really truly works, every since -- being enrolled into California's Institutions of 'higher education'. Where my re-educational' journey first began at. We can all get an education at a ...
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- apw:256
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- 2015-09-16T18:29:12.423Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Fractured mirror of society pt. 7 - entry 16
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Levert III (Sekou) Brookshire Arizona Celldweller journal: Fractured mirror of society pt. 7 - entry 16 This degeneration, that I describe to you, Eventually leads us to their social garbage disposal system, They Have created for disposing of their 'expendable', 'non-contributing', 'non-voting', 'non-tax-paying' citizen's. Converting us into 'Livestock', 'cattle' herds, charging the taxpayers, 40k a head, for our upkeep and main...
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- apw:257
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- 2015-09-16T18:29:25.379Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Fractured mirror of society pt. 8 - entry 17
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Celldweller Journal; "Fractured mirror of society" 'Publish' Author: Sekou Jamaa Askari date: 8-17-13 "Black August" (Entry seventeen) Each and every one of us, cell dweller's has a personal and unique story to tell. In light of everything that I've said here in, my translation or interpretation of the black male's experience. Here inside these pages, I only attempt to lay-out the heart of the problems, and my understanding of the answers. There wi...
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- apw:258
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T18:29:40.352Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: I lost it all but found myself - entry 7
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Levert III "Sekou" Brookshire Arizona Word Count: 267 Author: Sekou Jamaa Askari date: 8-7-13 Celldweller Journal: "I Lost it all, but Found Myself" "Black August Essay's" (Entry Seven) Nobody sets-out, 'planning' to fail at what they do, yet we often set-out 'failing' to plan what we do? The consequences for that, can singlehandedly cost us our lives, or freedom, and all of our possessions, even those we lack. What I've learned is, ...
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- apw:248
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- 2015-09-16T18:17:30.299Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Man cannot live by words alone - entry 1
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- 1 Levert III “Sekou” Brookshire Arizona Word Count: 171 Celldweller Journal: “Man Cannot Live by Words Alone” “Black August Essay’s” (Entry One) I pick-up this ink-pen & paper, I become truly ‘free’, nothing limit’s me, restrict’s me or contains me. I rule this ‘dominion’. It can take me anywhere my mind will guide-it, it’s the one place that I become the true ‘master of my fate’ and the ‘captain of my destiny’. No matter the status assigned to me by the status quo. When, I am depositing ...
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- apw:242
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T18:16:25.345Z
- Title
- Celldweller journal: Power of words - entry 3
- Author
- Brookshire, Levert, III (Sékou)
- Date
- 2013-11-21
- Date
- 2013-11-21, 2013-11-21
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- Arizona
- Text (TR)
- Being a 'Celldweller University' alumni has been from, the 'beginning' and always will be a constructive, positive, alternative to the usual 'corrossive'; negative mindset, that permeates the prison environment. For years I walked these yards and looked at all these faces, contorted, twisted and full of anger. Everyday men, fighting and rioting, causing harm to each other, conflicting and competing for mere crumbs out of desperation. Prisoners 'sinking'...
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- apw:244
- Date Uploaded
- 2015-09-16T18:16:50.181Z