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Title
A prisoner tells his tale
Author
Hattley, Matthew
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1 page
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SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL www.shawangunkjournal.com Thursday, September 4, 2014 Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale Parole Decision: The Breakdown By Matthew Hattley Every person receiving an “indeterminate” sentence will automatically be scheduled to see the Parole Board —- usually four months prior to completing their minimum term. Regardless of which prison they are at when this date arrives, a hearing will be conducted. This is the average parole decision: “Denied — Hold For 24 Months: Next...
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apw:12348965
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2017-11-03T11:14:13.431Z
Title
A sunrise
Author
Germenis, Spyro
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4 pages
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It was a dimension of my life that was unforeseen. It furnished me with thoughts I would never have considered or experienced the lasting nature of. The rising sun had broken through the heavy gray winter storm clouds. Brisk winds high above the ground opened the hole in the clouds wider and forcefully began to usher the grayness away to another place. I found myself upon a small rise, my eyes drinking in the virgin scenery of the heavy snow atop what was once a cow pasture. As far as my eye ...
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It was a dimension of my life that was unforeseen. It furnished me with thoughts I never would have considered or experienced the lasting nature of. The rising sun had broken through the heavy gray winter storm clouds. Brisk winds high above the ground opened the hole in the clouds wider and forcefully began- to usher the grayness away to another place. I found myself upon a small rise, my eyes drinking in the virgin scenery of the heavy snow atop what was once a cow pasture. As far as my eye...
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apw:12359233
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2020-06-18T19:19:20.39Z
Title
Auschwitz to Attica
Author
MacKenzie, John
Date
2014-08-11
Pages
2 pages
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Auschwitz to Attica - Methodologies of Psychological Abuse By John MacKenzie Preface “Every prisoner with a sensitive nature suflers much more from unjust, malicious and intended psychological abuse than from physical abuse. He perceives it to be much more humiliating and depressing than any physical abuse. ” “They all easily survived the hard part of camp life because they had a “reasonable assurance” that they would be free againiafter their time was up. There was no set prison term for poli...
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apw:12352516
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2018-06-15T21:35:28.619Z
Title
Change is coming
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2016-04-14
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1 page
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comments @ sha wangunkj ournal.com SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 • 3 Opinion." views & commentary from around the community Change Is Coming By Matthew Hattley Ihe current NY State prison system is in for some reform. Memos are being issued on a monthly basis changing the status quo in the hopes of making the prison system safer. According to an internal memorandum dated February 16, 2016, "Effective Wednesday February 17, Matthew Hattley 2016, inmates will not be ...
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apw:12347040
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2017-08-16T14:22:42.774Z
Title
Change is coming, part 2
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2016-05-12
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1 page
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comments@shawangunkjournal.coin SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, MAY 12,2016 • 3 Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Change Is Coming, Part 2 By Matthew Hattley I f personal safety is really a primary concern of DOCCS, there are much better ways to approach this than eliminating hooded sweatshirts and canned food. First, they should acknowledge that there is corruption and mismanagement within every facility, not excluding the DOCCS's Internal Affairs or Inspector Gener...
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apw:12347042
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2017-08-16T14:22:43.027Z
Title
Could 2014 be a year of promise?
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2014-01-30
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1 page
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Inside The Box: A Prisoner Tells His Tale by Matthew Hattley Shawangunk Journal Thursday, January 30, 2014 Could 2014 Be A Year Of Promise? After living in a dejected and detached environment for twenty-one plus years, I seem to ask myself the same question every year: when will the madness stop? The more I develop, the worse the situation appears, sometimes. For instance, when it comes to breaking rules and laws inside the walls, it seems that only prisoners are ever punished. As I get older...
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apw:12347012
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2017-08-16T14:22:39.415Z
Title
Education vs incarceration
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2013-12-05
Pages
1 page
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comments @ shawangmikjournai.com SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL M . Hartley, # 9 3 A 9 7 3 9 E<i'slLiu-ConcL,(.ioiidI Fauirrty ^Naptriront^^^ J THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5,2013 • 3 By Matthew Hattley Education vs Incarceration fter several years of researching statistics regarding education and prisons, I've concluded that it would be much cheaper and more productive to educate rather than incarcerate. Education is the way to show individuals where they are making mistakes, the kind that lead to sp...
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apw:12347024
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2017-08-16T14:22:40.744Z
Title
Freedom is a must
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Pages
2 pages
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Freedom is 21 Must During the past 22+ years of incarceration I have personally seen and experienced much; the anger, pain, frustration and psychological suffering are real. I will remember many events for the rest of my life. Others, I do my best to forget. However, the one thing that has never changed is my desire to be reunited with my family - as a FREE man. I would rather spend thirty years struggling in society, as opposed to experiencing one great day in prison. After being deprived of...
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apw:12351644
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T00:31:45.322Z
Title
Immoral justice
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2014-05-15
Pages
1 page
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Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale By Matthew Hattley Immoral Justice Now that I am finally in a medium security facility, I am able to see all the prisoners who are scheduled to see the Board of Parole each month. There are usually twenty to thirty of them. The results of the process are truly disturbing. In April thirty prisoners had hearings, but only four were granted parole -- that's 13.5 percent. Why are so many eligible people being denied parole? Most prisoners commit their...
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apw:12347030
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2017-08-16T14:22:41.639Z
Title
In search of the truth
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2014-03-13
Pages
1 page
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A Prisoner Tells His Tale By Matthew Hattley In Search of the Truth While reading the letters section in the February 13 issue of the Shawangunk Journal, I came across one written by Patricia Mitchell of Lake Katrine that caught my attention: Problems Within Our Correctional Facilities. As a prisoner inside one of those, I feel an obligation to address numerous inaccuracies in that letter. First, regarding violence -- some advice to anyone voicing their opinion about New York correctional fac...
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apw:12347014
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2017-08-16T14:22:39.795Z
Title
Maximum to medium security: a step closer to home?
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2014-04-24
Pages
1 page
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SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale Maximum to Medium Security: A Step Closer to Home? By Matthew Hattley After spending the past twenty years in various maximum security facilities, I was finally transferred to my first medium security facility in January - Woodbourne C.F. I'm still in the process of adjusting to my new environment; this will require several more months. In fact, my classification decreased from maximum to medium security...
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apw:12347028
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2017-08-16T14:22:41.198Z
Title
My daily grind at Eastern Correctional
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2011-10-13
Pages
1 page
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Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale By Matthew Hattley My Daily Grind at Eastern Correctional Hello, dear readers... I'm back. For those who have been following this series of articles, I hope you are gaining a clearer understanding of what actually occurs behind the wall. For those who are reading my material for the first time, welcome to my world. My objective is to broaden understanding and alter some of the negative views of "offenders" within the walls. And so, to a ...
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apw:12347016
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2017-08-16T14:22:40.099Z
Title
Ours is a broken prison system
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Pages
1 page
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Thursday, November 13, 2014 Inside The Box By Matthew Hattley Ours Is A Broken Prison System I realize that when I critique the prison system, the average person reading my words believes I am doing so merely because I am incarcerated. Allow me to prove you wrong. According to the article "Captives Outside Prison Walls" by Errol Louis [Daily News, 5/29/14], he stated: "As ex-NYPD Commissioner Bemie Kerik once told me, the three years he spent in prison (for tax fraud and making...
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apw:12348967
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2017-11-03T11:14:13.69Z
Title
Parole reform now
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Pages
1 page
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comments@shawangunkjournal.com I I l \ ‘ ODIHIOTII Views & commentary. from around the community Inside the Box: Parole Reform Now By Matthew Hattley .1 women are denied their freedom every year, costing tax payers over $160 million. Many of these individuals have the desire and potential to rebuild their disenfran- chised communities —— and strengthen the ‘economy in the process —— if given the opportunity. Unfortunately,”not enough taxpayers are asking their elected officials the irn— po...
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apw:12348963
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2017-11-03T11:14:08.232Z
Title
Paying homage
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2016-03-24
Pages
1 page
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SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL comments@shawangunkj ournal. com March 24, 2016 Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Paying Homage By Matthew Hattley uring the past 23 years of (my incarceration I have met, corresponded and interacted with some exceptional people. However, there is one who shines brighter than a star in the darkest night — Sharon Content. Sharon is the founder and president of the Brooklyn-based non-profit organization, Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC). What she Matth...
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apw:12347038
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:22:42.603Z
Title
Prison reform: why not now?
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2013-08-22
Pages
1 page
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Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale Prison Reform: Why Not Now? There are currently more people incarcerated in the United States (2 million plus) than any other nation in the world. New York's state prison population contributes 54,000 to that total. This state also has some of the harshest prison sentences. If you receive 15 years to life in NY, chances are you will probably do 20 to 25 years, or more, before you're finally granted parole, regardless of whether you've do...
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apw:12347018
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2017-08-16T14:22:40.264Z
Title
Prison writings
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ID
Pages
3 pages
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Singh 1 Tony Singh 90-B-0467 Woodbourne Correctional Facility 99 Prison Rd., Box 1000 Woodbourne, N.Y. 12788 December 1, 2009 "Voices Through the Wall" Hamilton College 198 College Hill Road Clinton, New York 13323 Prison Writings A great philosopher said once, "Prisons are a reflection of society." With all the hype about criminals and prisons, people in society do not realize how they are affected by what goes on inside a prison. As a person cuiTcntly incarcerated, I wil...
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apw:12347067
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2017-08-16T14:22:43.994Z
Title
Q&A 3
Author
Hattley, Matthew
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1 page
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Q&A 3 Inside the Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale By Matthew Hattley Q&A 3 Neither presidential candidate has much to say about prison or prisoners. Are prisoners aware of how the country is dividing? Are prisoners also divided? How do these debates play out in a men's prison today? Yes, we are aware that the country is divided; however, this has been the norm for a very long time now, it did not just occur and took decades to get to this point. No, we are not divided ourselves - it...
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apw:12349198
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:47:29.108Z
Title
Q&A 4
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Pages
1 page
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Shawangunk Journal Thursday, December 1, 2016 Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Matthew Hattley Q&A 4 If you could send one suggestion to Governor Cuomo about improving the rehabilitation chances of prisoners in NYS prisons, what would it be? The one suggestion that I would pose to Governor Cuomo would be to allow actual corporations (Target, Walmart, Google, IBM etc.) to operate within the NYS prison system - financially independent from the state Government - and...
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apw:12349200
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2017-11-03T14:47:29.298Z
Title
Reasonable doubt part 1
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2014-06-26
Pages
1 page
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SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, JUNE 26,2014 • 3 Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale Reasonable Doubt Part 1 I n the past I've attempted to explain the parole hearing process for readers, but it's a complex concept, so I'm going to try a totally different approach. To put things into perspective, I need you to visualize the following synopsis: A 25 year old, who's greatly intoxicated with alcohol, gets into an altercation with another young man — a total stranger. The Ma...
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apw:12347032
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:22:41.859Z
Title
Reasonable doubt part 2 of a series
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2014-07-03
Pages
1 page
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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Reasonable Doubt: Part 2 Of A Series By Matthew Hattley When a person receives a specific amount of time (25 years to life) from a judge for their crime, they are left with the impression that as long as they complete all required programs, stay out of trouble, maintain strong family and community ties, have a pre-approved residence and acquire the necessary skills to become employable, they wi...
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apw:12347034
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2017-08-16T14:22:42.199Z
Title
The Marriott it's not
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2013-12-19
Pages
1 page
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale The Marriott It's Not By Matthew Hattley After you are sentenced at your county court, you will shortly be transferred and released to the custody of a "state" reception center. Upon arrival there you are placed in a large holding pen with several dozen other prisoners and your shackles are removed. Then you will be removed to another holding pen and the process of entering the "system" begins in ear...
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apw:12347026
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2017-08-16T14:22:40.943Z
Title
The importance of communication
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Date
2013-11-07
Pages
1 page
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SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,2013 • 3 The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale The Importance of Communication lor prisoners who want tp ' stay in touch with the outside world, there are three ways of doing so: 1) correspondence, 2) telephone calls and 3) visits. Under certain circumstances, for disciplinary reasons, liiese privileges may be revoked or suspended for an extended period of time, depending on severity of the offense. Other problems include "blocks" beMatthew H...
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apw:12347022
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2017-08-16T14:22:40.572Z
Title
The inspiring inspiration of love
Author
Hattley, Matthew
Pages
1 page
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The Inspiring Inspiration of Love I have currently been incarcerated for 22 years, being separated from my family and life in general has been an agonizing experience and difficult to endure. There are never any "good" days in prison, some are merely more tolerable than others. However, my strength and motivation to overcome the intolerable derives from two very special women: Ma and Tiffany. Ma, is a very religious woman and is like a second mother to me. I was married to her daugh...
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apw:12350035
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2018-03-16T01:01:58.747Z

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