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(Prea) Another program appointed by DPS (AS-IS)
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Author
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Litteral, Mack
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3 pages
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(Prea) Another Program Appointed By DPS (As-Is) Could you believe our prison system is so badly organized and also shows just how much our corrupt prison officers, medical staff & leaders, and even the office personal in Raleigh who runs this state (N.C) Prison System now called Department of Public Safety. (What a Joke) Hi. I'm Mack Litteral I'm here to share information un-edited by any prison or state official. I've been a writer & artist only two years and some. But...
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apw:12357269
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Date Uploaded
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2019-10-28T20:15:05.073Z
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1969
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Author
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Palmer, Mark
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Date
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2015-01-21
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15 pages
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State
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North Dakota
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Text (O)
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1969 Nineteen Sixty Nine was the year that everything in my world changed. This was the year that I lost my innocence, my journey into adulthood, the most transformative year of my life; my trip down the “Rabbit Hole,” so to speak. For me, it was the most important year of my life. I was 16 and very seriously trying to be an adult. It wasn’t working out as well as I wanted it to. I was trying to do too much for my age, education and worldly experience. Innocence, once lost, can never be regai...
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apw:12345731
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-24T12:49:44.353Z
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2020 election candidates need to address prison reform or go home
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Author
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Spade, David
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2 pages
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2020 Election Candidates Need to Address Prison Reform or Go Home To understand just how important prison reform is, consider for a moment that in 2016, a prison in St. Clair had a staggering 249 reported inmate on inmate assaults for just that year. Almost an assault a day according to a New York Times press article. This horrific report can not be ignored and is solid evidence that our prison systems are not meant to excessively incarcerate humans. So it’s lost on me why the 2020 electoral ...
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apw:12358697
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2020-06-18T19:05:40.181Z
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28 days from Nirvana
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Author
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Kayer, George
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Pages
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2 pages
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State
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Arizona
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Text (O)
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28 Days From Nirvana By George Kayer My condition is so rare, on the North American continent less than 3,400 people are stricken by it. The population of this continent: home to Canada, Mexico and the U.S.A. is estimated at half a billion people . Through government reports, we know it's found in only 36 areas in the United States. The mortality rate is 40% to 93% depending on a state's resources and its government's willingness to aggressively combat this rare condition. Rega...
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apw:12344093
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-20T10:56:33.87Z
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4 year old nephew travels across the state to visit, but is denied by prison staff
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Author
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Bell, Shane
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Date
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2017-08-25
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3 pages
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4 year old nephew travels across the state to visit, but is denied by prison staff About a month or so ago I made arrangements with my family about when they would visit me. I was excited to meet my 4-year old nephew named Carter for the first time ever, as well as my 6 year old nephew Keegan. I needed to get my 4-year old nephew Carter on my visit list so my parents, who were traveling across the state of South Dakota to visit me with him could get in to see me. I contacted the Unit Coordina...
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apw:12350889
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T16:49:57.87Z
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452 words on incarceration
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Author
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Roberts, W.E.
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2 pages
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452 Words on Incarceration Prison is a poisoned environment. It leaves no one untouched. It seeps into the pores like mustard gas. It fouls the very air we breathe, polluting it with anger and hatred and bitterness. It creates unseen lesions on our souls, damages our being, eats away at our minds until we have no choice but to shut down all emotion or risk self-destruction. One cannot "care" for another in here, it is a weakness pounced upon by those who prey on misery, a liability ...
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apw:12349593
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-15T19:34:03.96Z
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5 positive steps to reform prisons
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Date
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2013-12-09
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2 pages
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State
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California
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5 Positive Steps to Reform Prisons December 9, 2013 Renowned prison reform activist Ken Hartman gives his insights into how we can reform our broken system. We already know the prisons in this country are broken, and we have begun the process of rethinking the idea of what incarceration means, should mean, and will mean in the future. Punishment for the sake of inflicting pain has lost its hold on the public's imagination. And not a moment too soon, because the damage done is extensive. ...
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apw:12344714
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-21T21:08:46.17Z
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8 accurate books to read about life in prison
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Date
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2010-11-30
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Pages
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10 pages
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State
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California
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Kenneth Hartman Prison Writer November 30, 2010 8 Accurate Books To Read About Life In Prison (PHOTOS) I can't count the number of times I've been asked what books and movies I'd recommend to get a better understanding of prison. It's the very nature and design of this world, with all the barriers both real and metaphorical, that makes getting a clear understanding difficult to gain. Most folk's sense of this reality is formed in the dark of a movie theater or in the ...
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apw:12344782
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-21T22:55:08.032Z
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A brief deconstruction of America's leviathan
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Author
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Rippo, Michael
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Pages
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19 pages
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State
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Nevada
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A Brief Deconstruction of America’s Leviathan INTRODUCTION Recently, I had cause to consider the following two—part question: The goals of criminal punishment include retribution (giving people what they deserve), deterrence (discouraging future crimes), and rehabilitation (improving behavior). What purpose, if any, has your time in prison served? Should any of these purposes be emphasized more? At first, its sophomoric quality invited a dismissive chuckle but a second reading encouraged a mo...
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apw:12345834
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-24T18:13:30.822Z
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A concise history of the prisoners' rights movement: an epic struggle for human dignity
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Author
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Littek, Thomas
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Date
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2015-04-13
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19 pages
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A Concise History of the Prisoners' Rights Movement: An Epic Struggle for Human Dignity Those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it. Historian's maxim. After visiting Pennsylvania's Eastern State Penitentiary in 1842 Charles Dickens wrote, "The system is rigid, strict and hopeless...and I believe it to be cruel and wrong....I hold this slow and daily tampering with the mysteries of the [mind] to be immeasurably worse than any torture of the body." Eastern State ...
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apw:12347462
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Date Uploaded
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2017-08-16T15:10:45.99Z
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A crime is anything
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Author
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Lazar, Steven
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5 pages
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Part One Do I agree with Freda Adler’s quote that “[ a] crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit”? In the context of our American democracy, Adler’s quote is pretty close to an exact definition of how an act that is perceived to be wrong is codified into a body of penal laws.1 An elected body of legislators, i.e. the “group in power”, determines what public wrongs should be deemed wrong enough to be labeled a crime and, as such, carry along with them punitive measures. When A...
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apw:12352592
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Date Uploaded
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2018-06-15T21:37:04.415Z
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A daoist interpretation of the yoga sutras of Patanjali
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Author
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Deaton, Keith A.
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Date
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2019-04-02
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3 pages
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A Daoist Interpretation of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali I recently read The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, translated by James Haughton Woods, 1927, with interest. Not expecting a fresh insight because it was an unabridged republication from almost a hundred years ago, I wasn't shocked to find this text true to the writing style of an earlier time. Personal experience on unrelated adventures greatly assisted in my understanding of this text. Many years ago and housed in a four man cell with t...
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apw:12357601
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Date Uploaded
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2019-10-28T20:26:48.634Z
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A day in life
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Author
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Hairgrove, Donald
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Date
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2016-04-04
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Date
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2016-04-04, 2016-04-04
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5 pages
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State
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Alabama
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Donald D. Hairgrove Alabama A Day in Life Doing time in prison is more than a falling away of the days into months, months into years and years into decades. It's a period of a prisoner's life that disappears into the shadow land of never before known loneliness, dispair and anger. No man is ever prepared to do time in prison, no matter what his background. Once inside he will be in awe by the savagery of the inmates and astounded by the callous and brutal indifference of the prison...
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apw:12342163
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Date Uploaded
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2016-06-19T21:45:56.562Z
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A day in my life
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Author
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Murray, B.C.
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3 pages
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Text (O)
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A DAY IN MY LIFE Awakened by the brilliance of 6:00AM lights, I arise, grab my toiletries and walk down the long, stale white corridor toward the restroom. First, I must wade through a bevy of inmates blocking my path while vehemently discussing lat night's televised basketball game. These men do so without any consideration for those still trying to sleep or pass through. I step across the threshold and into a room with two rows of sinks where all sorts of men — white, black, Mexican, t...
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apw:12353162
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Date Uploaded
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2018-09-26T10:57:52.741Z
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A day of my life
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Author
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Martin, David
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Pages
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7 pages
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State
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Florida
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David James Martin Florida A Day of My Life A day on death row is not something I would wish on anyone. We sit here, day after day, awaiting the Ultimate Punishment for crimes we may, or may not, have committed. Now, this is not about any persons guilt or innocence, it's just a mere glimpse into a day in the life of the Condemned. As we sit here, the days turn into months, months into years and years into decades. Most of the Condemned men & women of America are securely locked away ...
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apw:12343298
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-17T23:54:41.268Z
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A different type of dictatorship
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Author
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Herforth, Bruce W.
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13 pages
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Bruce W. Herforth 9/5/19 A Different Type of Dictatorship Introduction: My regular correspondent recently wrote, "I was really interested to hear your report about 'prison politics.' How would you describe it, a benign dictatorship?" I was intrigued by the question and flattered by his repetition of a term that had been coined by another inmate in my Cognitive Thinking and Anger Management class. I took the bait and wrote this essay. My main role as a recently transplanted...
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Bruce W. Herforth 9/5/19 A Different Type of Dictatorship Introduction: My regular correspondent recently wrote, "I was really interested to hear your report about ‘prison politicsi' How would you describe it, a benign dictatorship?" I was intrigued by the question and flattered by his repetition of a term that had been coined by another inmate in my Cognitive Thinking and Anger Management class. I took the bait and wrote this essay. My main role as a recently transplanted pris...
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apw:12359298
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Date Uploaded
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2020-06-18T19:20:53.614Z
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A failed intervention?
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Author
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Remerowski, Eric
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Date
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2016-12-18
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4 pages
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Sunday, December 18, 2016 A Failed Intervention? "History teaches us that men and nations behave Wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." -- Abba Eban Here's a story I've been wanting to tell for a while now but just figured people wouldn't believe it - - either that or they would think I was nuts. But I'm beyond caring about that anymore and I believe it really is something interesting to consider. So here goes; readers can make of it what they w...
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apw:12351265
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T19:07:47.212Z
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A few words on post traumatic stress
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Author
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Fuller, Brian D.
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1 page
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A Few Words on Post Traumatic Stress It often takes time for the full effect of traumatic events to set in. At first, we're just so relieved to get past the initial pain and stress of the ordeal, that we pay little attention to the possibility of future problems. We simply let it go and focus on other things in an effort to move on with our lives. Recently, the Texas Innocence Project responded with their questionnaire they wanted me to fill out and send in. This is what I've been s...
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apw:12357692
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Date Uploaded
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2019-10-28T20:29:52.027Z
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A gay man in prison
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Author
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Brown, Timothy Brian
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Pages
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14 pages
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Text (O)
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"A GAY MAN IN PRISON" First of all, I want to start off by letting you know something about my- self. I am a gay male serving time in federal prison, I will be here until the date of March 17, 2019, unless the laws change and I get some relief, or if I get clemency form the President of the United States. Since I do not see the later two items happening in a way that will benefit me, then I am counting on the March 2019 date. Life in a federal prison for a gay man is not as good as ...
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apw:12349071
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2017-11-03T13:24:50.675Z
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A hidden cost
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Author
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Mehmel, Peter
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Date
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2009
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Pages
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2 pages
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Text (O)
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Peter Mehmel A Hidden Cost The eve of my son’s fifth birthday seemed especially cruel. I’m sure he woke up excited and happy to celebrate his special day, only to find that his father was gone. I can’t imagine how my wife, six months pregnant with our daughter, managed to find the words to tell him. The party arrangements were done, the cake safely stashed, we’d confirmed who would attend and even had a few bucks left over. That evening friends were playing in a band at a local bar. Maybe eve...
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apw:12350037
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T01:01:59.109Z
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A lifer's perspective
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Author
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Brunetti, Anthony
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Pages
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4 pages
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State
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Connecticut
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A Lifer's Perspective This essay is written with the intention of showing the reader why lifers--especially those sentenced at a young age-- have the most potential for change and rehabilitation, why they are the least likely to reoffend if given an opportunity for release and what life is like for the long term prisoners who have renounced the criminal lifestyle. My motivation for writing on this topic is the pain and frustration I feel, as someone who was sentenced to life--defined as ...
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apw:12345239
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-23T15:57:01.528Z
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