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A man died today
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Author
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Key, Kenneth M.
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Pages
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8 pages
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A Man Died Today By Kenneth M. Key It was about 12:00pm when I saw the EMTs run pass my cell house window to the adjacent cell house. The sound over the radio said, a man was down code 3 medical emergency. It would be less than a minute and a half and the E.M.Ts' would be walking back past. The word would come down he didn't make it. I would learn later in that day that it was a Friend of mine, whom we will simply call my Friend. They said my Friend had died of a heart attack, and a...
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apw:12353542
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Date Uploaded
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2018-09-27T00:38:09.74Z
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Title
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A sad truth
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Author
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Harper, Bednago
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Pages
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2 pages
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A Sad Truth Bednago Harper Black, White, Hispanic, race don't matter. None are exempt. Neither are the countless and rising numbers of innocent misfortunate people who have fallen tragic victim in their wake. The new breed of Grim Reapers are no longer the city gates.... They are in the city! If life was fair, this world wouldn't be such a violent and deadly place to live in. But since life isn't fair, you read about it every day, or hear about it in the news. Every day this ci...
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apw:12354697
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Date Uploaded
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2019-01-16T17:31:44.171Z
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Title
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A shitty situation
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Author
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Hastings, William D.
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8 pages
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"A Shitty Situation" by William D. Hastings As if I was observing some kind of sickening and sadistic scientific experiment, I watched the garbage bag I had wrapped around the toilet slowly rise as the unflushed feces emanated methane gas. I was fascinated by the sight of science in action and horrified by the knowledge that soon I would have to remove the plastic covering to take a leak - and in so doing, get a mighty whiff of my own shit. There had been a glut of rain, too much to...
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apw:12355261
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Date Uploaded
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2019-01-21T19:52:38.148Z
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Title
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A sporting chance
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Author
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Harper, Bednago
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Pages
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3 pages
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Text (TR_WF)
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Bednago Harper "A Sporting Chance" Much, much more than just sport and athletics to pass the time, after school activities like football, basketball, and baseball can go a long way in helping to instill responsibility, personal growth and many other life-shaping virtues in young people growing up in troubled areas of inner cities. When a young person knows better, that young person is more likely to do better. Let's just face it. A great many of our young people aren't bei...
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apw:12350715
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T15:41:32.966Z
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Age, nothing but an IDOC #
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Author
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Morgan, Jon R
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2 pages
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Jon R Morgan K60696 page 1 of 2 Shawnee C.C. 370 words 6665 State Route 146 E Vienna, IL. 62995 AGE, NOTHING BUT AN lDOC # BY K60696 I've been imprisoned since age 14 in 1995. Being a murderer, I've earned it. I'm serving 58yrs and 17yrs at the rate of 50% for good behavior, for a total of 37‘/zyrs, which will make me 52 before my release. And that's a blessing, since the maximum may have been 60yrs and 20yrs—-perhaps ifl had been a hardened adult, a career criminal, maybe...
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apw:12352987
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Date Uploaded
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2018-09-25T21:46:55.533Z
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An excerpt from my novel "neutral"
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Author
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Harper, Bednago
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Pages
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2 pages
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Bednago Harper An excerpt from my novel "Neutral" The Journey Manifest Book I "Not that it really matters, but I find myself very, very, Very disturbed by many of the things that I have witnessed during this time. I hope and I pray that this will be the last time that I will ever be incarcerated. I've grown to suspect that my incarceration was preordained by my Higher Power as a sacrificial expenditure for me to gain the COSTLY knowledge of which to measure the PRICELESS v...
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apw:12349638
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-15T19:51:39.919Z
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Title
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Betrayal
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Author
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Harris, Larry "Rocky"
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6 pages
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State
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Illinois
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Betrayal By Larry “Rocky " Harris Everyday across America, the innocent are sent to prison. This is an ugly fact that most citizens of this great country do not want to deal with. It is not a topic that will come up over cocktails with friends. I The segment of the American population involved in this nightmare is usually the poor, specifically a poor man sold out by the public defender appointed to the criminal case. The case I write about falls into this category: a poor man raising his...
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apw:12345327
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-23T17:20:46.928Z
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First amendment under attack in Illinois' prisons: the price of dissent
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Author
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Peter, George, Jr.
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11 pages
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State
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Illinois
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Text (O)
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FIRST AMENDMENT UNDER ATTACK IN ILLINOIS’ PRISONS: THE PRICE OF DISSENT Exercising one's first amendment rights is analogous to breathing; we only learn to appreciate it when our capacity to I do either is impinged upon. However, there are certain events which serve to heighten an individual's awareness to particular circumstances, and for those of us who are incarcerated, we quickly discover how tenuous our ability is to engage in first amendment activities that the average person ...
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apw:12345356
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-23T17:20:49.235Z
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Title
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Get out of our own way
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Author
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Freedom Sun
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Pages
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3 pages
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State
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Illinois
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Get Out of Our Own Way by "F'K*E‘E:"C> mw sum ['m not trying to be an American Idol like Reuben Studdard, Or glorify the streets to prove I'm gully. ['m simply trying to cut into young brothers out there thuggin' in the hustle, And show'em there's something better for'em than them gutters. The struggle turns like the dice roll Ice cold: Cold nights, cold cells, cold cases by hot shells from cold pipes. Jail's revolving door is absurb b...
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apw:12345374
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-23T20:47:42.594Z
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Title
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Hidden in transparency
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Author
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Scott, Jovon
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Pages
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2 pages
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Text (TR_WF)
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I have previous work filed Hidden in Transparency Written By: Jovon Scott Forever the Writer Prison creates a disdain of aptitude in the terms of adapting – a crucial aspect in regards to creating that balance to exist in an abnormal environment of controlled chaos. The up hill battle in efforts to sustain the conclusive elements in rehabilitation is at a high disadvantage, because there’s no pattern of reward for the individual subjected to the criminal state of mind since the adolescence of...
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apw:12353041
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Date Uploaded
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2018-09-25T21:47:45.713Z
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Title
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How long is it necessary
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Author
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Freedom Sun
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Pages
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5 pages
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State
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Illinois
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Text (O)
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Marvin Alexis #R—O7621 2600 N. Brinton Ave. Dixon, Il 61021 Pen: Freedom Sun APWA 198 College Hill Road Clinton, NY 13323-1218 How long is it necessary for a person to be incarcerated before they are considered rehabilitated? 5 years? 10 years? 15? 20? Does it depend on the nature of the offense? This is the essence of my essay. The structure of sentencing and incar- ceration is one which nee to be gutted, re-analyzed, then reapplied effectively. If the purpose of incarceration is applied &qu...
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apw:12345378
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-23T20:47:42.92Z
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I am a female incarcerated
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Author
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Tammy
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4 pages
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Dear APWA, I am a female incarcerated at Logan Correctional Center (LCC). I am detain on a unit that they refer to as housing unit that is full of asbestos, lead, and mold. There is even a raccoon that is crapping and peeing in the attic that staff will not capture. Upon starting out there were 3 raccoons. 2 were captures by a trap. Yet the one left has been in the attic over 6 months. Even though several has grieved it nothing has been done. Some ladies even took it upon themself to literarl...
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PID
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apw:12352489
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Date Uploaded
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2018-06-15T19:45:37.962Z
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I am an African-American male
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Author
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Jones, A.L.
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Pages
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6 pages
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State
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Illinois
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I am an African~American male convicted in trial for a non-violent drug conspiracy charge. Convicted from the testimony of co~conspirators who were proffered by the government to agree to law enforcement's version of alleged violations of federal laws, in exchange for a sentence reduction for supplying prosecution with uncorroborated JG 2/ hearsay testimony. I want to inform.enrwsommunrny about what I’ve witnessed in my experience being processed through the American criminal justice sys...
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apw:12345341
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-23T17:20:48.18Z
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I grew up in the slum society of Chicago
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Author
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Scott, Jovon
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Pages
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2 pages
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From: Soran "Forever the White" Scott I grew up in the slum society of Chicago, Illinois. My mother fell victim to crack cocaine and my father wasn't much of an influence that I followed. Rules are what create order out of chaos and I lacked the mental and constructural ability to ground me morally and socially. I never truly had any supportive family members except my older sister, Celeste Radcliffe, so I formed to the next thing that made me feel whole, the gang culture. Soci...
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PID
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apw:12352410
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Date Uploaded
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2018-06-15T19:43:50.776Z
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Title
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I thought to myself
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Author
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Kucinsky, Charles
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1 page
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I thought to myself it must have been something I did or said but it was probably for nothing at all. Probably the fear factor - that those officers strong armed me, choked me and beat my body like their gun & badge wasnt threatening enough. Did they just want to intimidate me? I blamed myself and tryed to justify their actions. Did they justify themselves by saying I was a gang member; that I wasnt innocent? Is that what I might have deserved? If that was my punishment who decided the pu...
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apw:12352439
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Date Uploaded
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2018-06-15T19:44:31.809Z
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Title
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I was born January 23rd, 1993
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Author
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Watson, Kevin
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6 pages
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NO TITLE I was born January 23rd, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois on the southeast side to a crack addict and a alcoholic. I grew up in Chicago's 2nd worse neighborhood-Woodlawn. I was raised by my grandmother who if it wasn't for her genuity and concern I would have been in foster care and wouldn't have the benefit of knowing a 8th of my family. To be quite honest I don't know if it is a benefit of knowing my family because the majority of family members I know don't seem ...
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apw:12348123
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Date Uploaded
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2017-11-02T20:07:50.211Z
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Title
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If the walls could talk
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Author
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Brethorst, Denisha
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Date
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2013
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2013, 2013
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10 pages
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State
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Illinois
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IF THE WALLS COULD TALK Words impact our lives. Some words impacting my life are change, strength, perception, fear, anger, and love. Because of these words I am surviving. It is very difficult and lonely at times. I find positive in all of my challenges and try to overcome them. Don't get me wrong, it is hard to find the positive in a lot of situations. My friends always comment on how strong I am, and how God gives you what you can handle. I should be Hercules, however I am not. I just...
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apw:290
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Date Uploaded
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2015-09-16T18:25:51.995Z
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Like father, like son?
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Author
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Winters, Romell
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2 pages
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Like Father, Like Son? My story is like a lot of others who grew up the way I did. I grew up in poverty in a single-parent home with four older sisters. My father went to prison when I was very young, so he wasn't in my life at all when I was growing up. Sometimes, I would get letters and birthday cards from him, but that was the extent of our relationship. When my mother lost her job, we moved from a bad neighborhood to a worse one where at the age of 9 I learned about gangs and soon af...
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PID
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apw:12350451
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T13:43:38.139Z
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Title
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Misplaced
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Author
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Moore, Joseph L.
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2 pages
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Text (O)
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As I lie in the bunk reading, I am torn away from the pages by the unmis- takable sound of gum shoes squeaking, property boxes bumping against the wall, and the thuds of fists crashing against bare skin. The occupants in the cell above mine are fighting. With my thumb between the pages of the book, I lay it on my chest and listen to the altercation. As the fight intensifies, I sit up and put my feet on the floor, and the book slides diagonally across my chest and onto the bed. I am staring up...
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PID
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apw:12350174
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T01:36:14.8Z
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Title
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My experience in prison has been brutal
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Author
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Foxx, Darnell
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Pages
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5 pages
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State
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Illinois
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Text (TR)
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Darnell Fox Illinios [No Title] My Experience in prison has been brutal on my Mental. Being away from my family is hard. My free will has been Stripped Away. I Am Not able to have sex, Eat properly, bath, guide my sibling, help my mother & Auntee. This Creates stress. I personally struggle Everyday because I would Rather be dead than live in my current conditions. Menard C.C. 10 [qal.?] East cell house. Two shower a week. Two Yard days A week. In the summer time It's gets extremely h...
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apw:12343348
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-18T00:54:16.935Z
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Title
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My legal name is Robert West
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Author
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West, Robert
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Date
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2015-07-23
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Pages
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11 pages
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State
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Illinois
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Text (TR)
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Robert West Illinois No Title My legal name is Robert West and I'm an inmate in the United States of America and of the State of Illinois and presently I am incarcerated in the Illinois Department of Corrections ("IDOC") under their alphabetical numerical identification system as B-03903. I was sentenced to an aggregate 60 years @ 50% for armed robberies and I have been in continuous incarceration since August 19, 1991, and there was no violence in those cases or my background....
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PID
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apw:12343354
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-18T00:54:17.697Z
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Title
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No place for kids
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Author
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Dostert, Mark
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Pages
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2 pages
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Text (O)
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No Place for Kids by Mark Dostert Christopher L. was 16. Had the Chicago media deemed his alleged crime salacious enough, they would have printed his full name. They revealed the full names of other kids at the jail where I worked as a guard in the late 1990s. Despite being younger than 18, those children — facing charges like first-degree murder or aggravated vehicular hijacking or armed robbery with a firearm —— had been charged as adults, not juveniles. Christopher hadn't killed or ro...
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PID
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apw:12352691
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Date Uploaded
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2018-06-16T02:32:04.824Z
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