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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...
PID
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...
PID
apw:304
Date Uploaded
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...
PID
apw:12341322
Date Uploaded
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...
PID
apw:310
Date Uploaded
2015-09-16T18:24:34.525Z
Title
An excerpt from journal dated Jan 20th 2020
Author
Kirkman, Travis D.
Date
2020-01-20
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
An Excerpt From Journal Dated Jan 20th 2020 First entry of the new year. Here in N Dorm. My bunky is still the same. A mexican surreno named "Diablo". Im actually surprised by how well we get along. I think it may me due to a slight language barrier, however, I think Im learning more spanish than he is english. We sit around watching the two spanish channels on tv. Its hard not to with all the beautiful women that these particular channels are known for. We just came off lockdown a ...
PID
apw:12361102
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:54:06.51Z
Title
An excerpt from my journal
Author
Kirkman, Travis
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
An excerpt from my journal: December 10, 2017 I witnessed the craziest shit last night. An inmate I know beat down a correctional officer right in front of me. To make matters worse, the inmate used a lock-in-a-sock and then took the officers mace and sprayed him with it. It all started when I came in from chow. As I made my way through the dayroom, Bama stopped me. He quickly said that he was about to beat the polices ass and to tell his bunky that he was sorry for taking his lock. At first ...
PID
apw:12358479
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:00:13.708Z
Title
Art is my truth
Author
Zamarron, Kenneth L.
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
-Art is my Truth- I am literally a men buried alive. Every morning I look into a mirror and burst within, insanity burglarizes my mind as I cry knowing this is my life, life at 16, 16 doing life. Now 27, the only thing true in my life is Art. It is my artillery behind these walls. And for you I promise to be as articulately artful as possible. This is how I can be true to you. By: Kenneth L. Zamarron Drawn Image: Eye in a box Above it reads: Child Lifer To the left reads: Worst Person To the ...
PID
apw:12358124
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:43:48.836Z
Title
Background: I came to prison with a 60 year bit
Author
Cooper, Charles E. II
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Background: I came to prison with a 60 yr bit for murder. I was 22 yrs. old with no education and from a family that was very poor. I'm now 46 yrs. old. Stress: When seeing a 40 ft. wall that is gray and dull. Walking into one of the hardest prisons in Indiana. If that wasn't tough enough in intake I was told how young men like me are raped or killed within the first 2 yrs. of prison. The third day in prison 3 men came at me telling me that I had to pay, fight, or f**k. So I started...
PID
apw:12358882
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:10:26.279Z
Title
Beneath the surface
Author
Riley, C.T.
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
Beneath the Surface By C.T. Riley Beneath the surface, the concept being purely commercial, is none other than a collusive campaign to keep one in prison longer & to return a parolee to prison soon as possible as the underlying basis for somm & the additional parole stipulations for the so called sex offender; is in fact a fabrication of theories expressive more of the bizarre than of rationality As you can see, from this is created a plausibly sophisticated structure intended for a t...
PID
apw:12354656
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T16:05:50.125Z
Title
Blessed with a curse
Author
Riley, C.T.
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
Blessed With A Curse By C.T. Riley A Miracle In Disguise) I am the instrument of destiny & fate. And through my being & becoming, destiny and fate became my instrument. I proceeded in this life cycle as an outcast amidst familiars, whom were strangers, and I a stranger unto myself. So, I began to labor afier knowledge of self, God & what this physical life entailed. Unknowingly, I walked in a dream within the confines of a system overwhelmed with manufactured minds indoctrinated w...
PID
apw:12354658
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T16:05:52.038Z
Title
Confussed
Author
James, Brittany
Date
2016
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Confussed Brittany James Boggle only there is no words, blank spaces unable to fill, empty an inside out, rung out and hung to dry, here but never fully aware, be in every moment, even if its only fractions, any part is worth hanging onto, my life in a closet, the door opens and you never come out, bleed out to know that your alive, without breath, thickness, you're un-able to catch-22. You never win, Russian roulette, how do you hit and miss, kiss of death, rise above this life, resurre...
PID
apw:12346674
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:44:42.835Z
Title
Crying in my sleep
Author
Kirkman, Travis
Date
43562
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
An excerpt from my journal. 4-7-19 Crying in my sleep. It's weird. I wake up and I seem to be sobbing really hard. I'm not sure what's going on. There are no tears or anything. Its been happening more frequently. Last night, I was dreaming of escaping somewhere. Here I was, crawling through what appeared to be a very thick mangrove. I had a couple of dogs with me. At one point, the shit we were crawling through got way too thick and it was getting dark. I think I gave up. Thats...
PID
apw:12359833
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:34:36.214Z
Title
Death penalty abuse
Author
Azania, Zolo Agona
Date
2015-04-01
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
DEATH PENALTY ABUSE (Tool Of War For The Rich And Powerful) The death penalty is a hate crime aimed at the poor of all nationalities. It is a means whereby the rich and powerful intim- idate and terrorize the poor and oppressed to accept their lowly lot in life. The death penalty, often referred to as capital punishment, does not protect the human rights of the innocent and the abused. The opinions of the powerless are ignored by the arrogent powerful. Injustice is an abuse of power against t...
PID
apw:12348986
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T12:35:29.026Z
Title
Deceptive justice
Author
Williams, Jerome
Date
2013-04-29
Pages
15 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Deceptive Justice By Jerome Williams, IN We have all heard or recited the United States Pledge of Allegiance, specifically that part which states "with freedom, liberty, and justice for all." I, however, submit to you that this declaration is no more than the line of a master con man. At first glance this argument may appear to be ludicrous at best. However, the truth is quite clear as it has always been present. It has just been suppressed by the continuous indoctrination and veili...
PID
apw:12347683
Date Uploaded
2017-11-01T19:34:15.402Z
Title
Different
Author
James, Brittany
Date
2016
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Different view, different you, different sight, touch, and feel, wheel me in center stage and have a quick glance, lance open your perception and see what keeps the thought whole; always falling apart, domino effect, we all fall down - a well and never come out, drowned by your own selfish ways, spoon yourself to death because there is no sharps, safety proof, always guarded, no concern for any rule, regulation, or even request, a test of my attitude and unstable thoughts, a constant accelera...
PID
apw:12346670
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:44:42.106Z
Title
Elkhart man seeks vindication from wrongful conviction
Author
McPherson, Jonathan
Pages
7 pages
Text (FT)
mkhart Man Seeks Vindication from Wrongful Conviction Dear Community at Large: My name is Jonathan Galen McPherson, I am 40 years of age, a single-father of (6) children, (3) boys and (3) girls, and I was born and raised in Elkhart, Indiana. I was wrongfully convicted at trial of (2) counts for dealing in Cocaine, (1) count of maintaining a common nuisance, (1) count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a Serious Violent Felon (SVF), and for being a habitual offender. The dealing in Cocaine...
PID
apw:12346680
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:44:43.331Z
Title
Excerpts from my journal dated 3-16-18
Author
Kirkman, Travis D.
Date
2018-03-16
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Excerpts From My Journal Travis Kirkman Dated 3-16-18 I already have a file! Some bullshit went down again tonight. My nerves are so bad that Im practically shaking right now. A little guy a few cells down was damn near beat half to death. When I discovered him, he was laying in a pool of his own blood. My first thought was that he was dead. Instinctly, I rushed to his aid. This particular incident happened around eight o'clock this evening. At half-time, I decided to step out of the cel...
PID
apw:12360896
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:47:22.237Z
Title
First sip of coffee
Author
Zamarron, Kenneth L.
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
-First Sip of Coffee- "108 words" Incarceration at times seems to be the only life I know. Few experienced that I could even recall... Now looking out my prison window realizing that I been here since the beginning of time and may leave this place when my hairs gray or my heart no longer beats. Then the aroma hits my nostrils. As I smell and close my eyes then taste remembering my first coffee experience. Looking at the lovely face of Mom. Asking for a sip, she say no... but persist...
PID
apw:12358122
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:43:46.407Z
Title
From times immemorial up to
Author
Riley, C.T.
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
By Clinton Troy Riley IN From times immemorial up to this present, the coven of the ill intended have been set afire and consumed by the mad pursuits of egregious endeavors cloaked under shadows of ambiguity. This is how they make them appear replete with the legitimacy for the good, safety & security of the public. Such is the case in crafting bad laws. When viewed under the scope of moral & rational examination it is overtly discovered that the affected rights being deprived as a re...
PID
apw:12354654
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T16:05:47.943Z
Title
Hate
Author
James, Brittany
Date
2016
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Hate Sedate me till its over, nail me to a chair and strip me of my thoughts, the feelings never die, I found the missing link in the chain, peddle my way strait to hell, fall down and never get up, a coffin with no escape route, who knows how to use a first aids kit? Resuscitate me, one, two, three, breathe...operation there is no pulse, a zombie from the walking dead, even they feel hunger, feed my uncensored need, for thought, my thoughts are never enough food, scale your way up the side o...
PID
apw:12346672
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:44:42.566Z
Title
Hello, a little about me!
Author
Ardit
Date
2016-12-20
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
12-20-2016 Hello, a little about me! Born and raised in a strictly Islamic religious family not very well educated due family control over me, I'm an Albanian. I was raised in a society where hate is not considered a crime, in school they use to teach us how to hate other religions (Christian, Jewish) and favor Islam. In the age of 10 until 18 yr old was residing in Iraq where my grandfather is, joined and supported terrorists and terrorist organizations (ISIS or Islamic State of Iraq an...
PID
apw:12349627
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T19:51:39.155Z
Title
Help!
Author
Zamarron, Kenneth L.
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Help! As a child not knowing how to speak those strong adult words - PLEASE HELP! When my innocence was snatched away at night. So much pain in my mind and heart. I quickly learn getting in trouble and acting vicious was a easy way to keep the boogeyman away. Then growing in my teenage years I had the same mindset, act out and no boogeyman can ever harm you. This line of thinking landed me a virtual life sentence in my adolescent years. Prison life I soon realize was full of weak men who neve...
PID
apw:12358129
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:43:54.732Z
Title
I cried again today
Author
Kirkman, Travis
Date
43057
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
An Excerpt from My Journals 11/18/17 I cried again today. The tears are beginning to form easily. It doesn’t take much. I guess I’m just super depressed. I truly miss my family. They are all so good to me. I wish I could shake my addiction. Maybe then I could be a better son. I haven’t heard from Samantha nor Draven since the last time they visited me. Maybe Draven really meant what he said. Right before they left, Draven blurted out that he hated me. At the moment I just shrugged it off and ...
PID
apw:12359825
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:34:24.544Z
Title
I don't know if it's because I write to you,
Author
Dodd, Richard
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Editors, I don't know if its because I write to you, or that I refuse to accept the status quo; but I write to you now from disciplinary segregation [formerly known as NICC] with a fresh 6 month of lock up time. Its probably a bit of both. You see when I got to be under 10 years, they shipped me to Westville Corr. Facility. It was clear to me that they didn't play fair. When I arrived I asked the law library supervisor to obtain my files from Pendleton Corr Facility [the reformatory...
PID
apw:12356282
Date Uploaded
2019-05-28T17:20:24.781Z

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