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Title
A day before my 18th birthday
Author
Marshall, Tandy
Date
2017-02-21
Pages
7 pages
Text (TR_WF)
No Title A day before my 18th birthday I was arrested in Milwaukee WI for possession with intent to deliver. I was sentenced to 9 years under the Wisconsin Truth in Sentencing Act. The judge ordered me to do 3 years inside and 6 years on mandatory supervision. Most of the 3 years was spent at the Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center (R.E.E.C.C.). At REECC I obtained my HSED in 2002. To get into the Office Assistant college course through Gateway Tech, I had to steal a cookie. My being empl...
PID
apw:12347879
Date Uploaded
2017-11-02T19:42:30.234Z
Title
A healthy ambition
Author
McCreary, Howard Lewis, III
Date
2019-01-27
Pages
8 pages
Text (TR_WF)
January 27, 2019 Time: 2:15 A.M By: Howard McCreary A Healthy Ambition [Part 1: Mentally Stimulation] I thank you all fore taking time out of your day to connect with my Diamond Thoughts on health. It brings me relief to know that people in society are concern or interested in the "condemn" and my salutation of the highest greeting goes to you all. What you all are embarking on is a three part dialogue on the three essential characteristics that make us human: mentality, physically,...
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apw:12356653
Date Uploaded
2019-05-24T16:37:46.419Z
Title
A professor once asked me
Author
Marshall, Tandy
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
No Title A professor once asked me if I believed in evolution or history repeating itself. I leaned towards history repeating itself, after all evolution just seems to be the same ole same ole with a few tweaks to make a thing modern. Take the U.S. history for instance, the slave trade and indentured servants are today called prisoners. When the Fore Fathers hammered out the Constitution in that hot sweaty room they had to compromise. The southern states wanted to count their slaves in the po...
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apw:12347996
Date Uploaded
2017-11-02T19:54:58.715Z
Title
A white liberal male federal called me (Fitch) a racist
Author
Fitch, Lamont
Date
43476
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
"A White Liberal Male Federal Called Me (Fitch) A Racist" I arrived from a kangaroo court to an awaiting trap here in the federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) over 21 years ago. The thing is for my jailers to pit their inmates against me, as well as their colleagues, and then prosecute me, or attempt to, after I defend myself. This has been the unrelenting hate that has followed me from jail to jail, non-stop. I documented the trap that awaited me at USP Leavenworth in 1999. My so-calle...
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apw:12358934
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:11:52.24Z
Title
Anywhere but here
Author
Cole, Emanuel Andrea
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Anywhere But Here by E. Andrea Cole I'm in prison, so of course I wish I were anywhere but here. The problem with that though, is that I, and all of my woes, are bound to go with me. So I often wish I were anyone but me. And the person I usually wish I was is my little brother. He's peacefully residing in an urn somewhere at my sister's house. No worries. No grieving. No nightmares. Yeah, sometimes, that's where I want to be. At my sister's house. No worries. No griev...
PID
apw:12349792
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T20:36:08.648Z
Title
As I sit in my cage
Author
Blackstarr
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
As I sit in my cage I wonder when they came up with the idea for this cage were they thinking of animals or human? I feel as if I'm in a chicken coop or a mini walk in closet without the clothes. There is a twin size iron bed mounted to the walls, it takes up half the walking room so you have as much as a door way space to living cycle. All the way at the back of the cell is a toilet with a sink connected. Today is just like any day bored with nothing to do besides think about the things...
PID
apw:12354852
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T18:29:30.946Z
Title
As if the world ended tommorrow
Author
Bobby
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
As if the World Ended Tomorrow #1 Sometimes I think what if the world ended tomorrow where would that leave us. In this age with HIV/AIDS and now the Coronavirus where does that leave society. Late at night alone in my bunk I think about my future as if the world ended tomorrow. This means I live for today and today I'm a nobody plain and simple. I have to admit at points in my life this nobody was very content because in my eyes I was the king of nobodies fixated on destroying my unexpl...
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apw:12361441
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:02:11.653Z
Title
At night I shake my foot or rock myself to sleep
Author
Bobby
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
#1 At night I shake my foot or rock myself to sleep which ever you call it. So deep down Im still a baby right? This thought just crossed my mind as I was frozen in time you can never go back or understand why you made the dumbest choice thinking it was smart. Have you ever been 51/50? Thats criminally insane, its the edge where you dont care the outcome as long as you reive the gradification you meant or didnt think you would recive. People call us crazy cause we get tired of no's and s...
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apw:12361757
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:10:27.864Z
Title
Cage talk returned
Author
Bobby
Pages
3 pages
PID
apw:12362478
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:31:04.377Z
Title
Cesspit of deviance
Author
Wilson, Victor K.
Pages
10 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Victor Keith Wilson 3201 FM 929 Gatesville, Texas 76597 First North American Serial Rights 2128 Words Cesspit of Deviance by Victor Keith Wilson "Say Dawg, I need you to go down to I-pod and pick something up for me," comes the urgent plea from within the darkened cell. "Ah, sorry! Can't do it. I ain't tryin' to catch no case," mutters the inmate orderly. "What?" jibes the voice, only to sputter on, "don't tell me you're sweatin&apos...
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apw:12361773
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:10:50.749Z
Title
Countdown 2020 - Queer life in the cage
Author
Oguntodu, Joseph
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Countdown 2020 - Queer Life in the Cage Bogus cases written on me during November and December. Gang members hating me because I am queer. They extorted me $10 each commissary. I had to survive. I still got queer bashed on 12/19/18 by a Latino cellmate that was a Tango Blast named Miklo. He hurt my nostrils to the point it bled. They gave me very little ice, lots of non aspirins. no PREA paperwork nor investigation conducted. The guy never got a case for it. I am still suffering. I am a victi...
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apw:12356456
Date Uploaded
2019-05-24T14:52:39.794Z
Title
Cultural awareness
Author
McCreary, Howard Lewis, III
Pages
10 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Cultural Awareness By: Howard Mecreary, III Everything in existence has a cultura. It's own set of Laws that governs this culture. It's own system of defining the Culture and , a certain mentality that shapes the development of it's culture In prison, there's no difference. Inside the walls of a penological institution, the cultural mind state can be warped, tarnished, polished, or refined based on the individual. This culture is a world within it's own. A world that&...
PID
apw:12355363
Date Uploaded
2019-01-21T21:24:14.371Z
Title
Deep down I dont understand why society attemps to pretend
Author
Bobby
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
#1 Deep down I dont understand why society attempts to pretend they dont know the answer to the crime rate. let see are there jobs? How many people are on food stamps? Or Obamacare? Can you leave your house without seeing a man with a sign asking for money? Or just laying on the side of the road? Public service announcement!! Thats not normal because when society started learning to build, we learned to build shelter. We may throw coins out the window or let them wash your window but if they ...
PID
apw:12361761
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:10:33.691Z
Title
Dishonorable
Author
Fitch, Lamont
Date
43686
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Dishonorable I (Fitch) realize how important it is to publicly publish my facts with exhibits. You must guard your facts and your proof. People, the public, have a blasphemous tendency of accepting court memorandums and "opinions" of judges as the gospel. The publicly printed "word" of so-called "honorable" officials can be very powerful to the average layman who is unfamiliar with, or forgetful of, the fact that judges are nothing more than lawyers with black ro...
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apw:12358931
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:11:47.444Z
Title
Educate me - please
Author
West, Kenneth
Pages
3 pages
Text (FT)
Educate Only in a p r i s o n been proven Such is t h e s a d According to s t a s t i c s and all other Education AA d e g r e e s recidivate percent A while that (come back would inmate fighting I can behind even entangled journal dedicated to p r i s o n ) a t over education and to the transformative a 8th g r a d e dropout like no m i s t a k e my initial state it ignorance would the think in benefits tool/but power who a I was new ever left had crime ignorance to e x t r a d i t e educat...
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apw:12347382
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:03:34.439Z
Title
Evolution of a dreamer
Author
Sampson, Terrence
Pages
26 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Evolution of a Dreamer It seems that all I've known in life is adversity and perseverance, two polar opposites in meaning, but one dependent on the other to exist and have meaning. Adversity has come as a result of my own choices, which has also caused adversity in the lives of people I've hurt the most. In some ways I am thankful for adversity, for were it not for the struggle or the pain, I wouldn't be the man I am today. I could have wilted, I could have crumbled, I could ha...
PID
apw:12347314
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:54:04.673Z
Title
Finding me
Author
Oguntodu, Joseph
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Finding me There is a 34 year old queer black male who has tried to do something. He hates the homophobia that surrounds him daily. He is called renegade punk by the haters, He wants to finish his BA in Sociology, pursue his masters in LGBTQI studies and a PhD in Educational Leadership. He enjoys quality. Many people don't understand hi. They get frustrated with his questioning of things. He supports interracial relationships. He has had more problems in prison and some in the free world...
PID
apw:12351054
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T17:17:46.246Z
Title
From the horse's mouth
Author
Barker, Petey
Pages
7 pages
PID
apw:12358316
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T18:56:02.969Z
Title
Going home: A queer oddyssey
Author
Oguntodu, Joseph
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Iowa Park, TX 76367 11/21/2017 Going Home: A Queer Odyssey Before I write, I want to thank the queer community for being out and proud. There are people that need you now. Our President is promoting an extreme supremacist agenda. Who done elect this President. I [illegible] 9/1/2020 and will raise money to have the man defeated. What Democrat will take him on? Maybe the Republicans mufit have a challenger. Notice that the Republicans are either retiring or not seeking re-election. I do want t...
PID
apw:12352258
Date Uploaded
2018-06-15T18:53:29.628Z
Title
Graveyard secrets
Author
Williams, Toby Lynn
Pages
15 pages
Text (FT)
Graveyard Secrets By Toby L . Williams One of our favorite passtimes behind these walls of incarceration is traveling the boulevard of reminising for the purpose of caressing those special moments with our memories. And to assist us in our journey, we'll invite others to cruise the pages of our photo album. We'll reflect on that special young lady that captivated our interest in her with the fragrance of her beauty, with the allure of her delectable smile, with the contours of her p...
PID
apw:12347386
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:03:34.978Z
Title
Headed down south
Author
Edwards, B.
Pages
6 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Headed Down South "Edwards! pack ya stuff ya on tha TDC chain," said the soft spoken boss lady then pointed at me. Her voice echoed throughout the Pod making other inmates look around in hopes it was or wasn't their name being called. Reality already set in my mind from the moment that I signed for my time at the Harris County Court House. Now 34 day's later my name was being called over the intercom for me to catch chain to my new place of residence. From my outer appeara...
PID
apw:12358364
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T18:57:17.739Z
Title
Here in Texas there is
Author
Dyer, Clarence
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
APWA, Here in Texas there is a saying that goes "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time." Ironically, Texas has over a hundred prisons. Prisons where prisoners are not paid for working in industries that the prison systems profits majorly from. Prisons do however receive worktime/goodtime while incarcerated. Yet before they are released, prisoners must sign both of these away totally contradicting the point if calculations are further questioned by the institution. P...
PID
apw:12354730
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:32:23.381Z
Title
I almost completed school
Author
Cole, Emanuel Andrea
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
I almost completed school. I almost found my groove in many good jobs. I almost got married, which is probably the best "almost" I've ever (not) done. I almost graduated the Men of Nehemiah program. That would've been a helluva accomplishment. But, alas, it didn't pan out. Every time I'm close to getting past almost, something in me says "screw up" and, like a mindless zombie, I always obey. There's a few things I didn't almost do, though. I d...
PID
apw:12349620
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T19:51:38.552Z
Title
I am an inmate at a Texas prison
Author
Dyer, Clarence
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
American Prison Writing Archive, I am an inmate at a Texas prison I've been incarcerated since August 2004. My experiences and passions truly reflect my understanding of my position in life. Here in Texas we battle with first a non-conforming slave mentality, that is colorblind! Traditionally, you are to follow what's been passed on to you with no objection, investigation or the least bit of rebuttal. Even in a situation that isn't morally just, people "roll with the punch...
PID
apw:12353050
Date Uploaded
2018-09-25T21:47:54.802Z

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