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Title
Ask me about solitary confinement, and the panda bear
Author
Holland, Daniel Leo
Text
Ask me about solitary confinement, and the Panda Bear If you were to‘ask me about solitary confinement I could tell you horror stories. But here is an example of how solitary confinement is abused and used as a tool to bully inmates. Here is a guy we will call Stan who has been in prison for the better part of 19 years. Stan has been virtually "ticket" free with only a couple minor disciplinary [tickets] infractions over the years.(On a scale of 1 to 10 on the problem scale- this gu...
PID
apw:12351382
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T19:43:05.099Z
Title
At what point do we act out our ideas?
Author
Hamilton, Lacino
State
Michigan
Text
At tf’idf* Point Do We Act Out Our Ideas? By: Lac?no Hamilton Boon frying to find space to observe and reflect on the world and where I find myself tn It. Trying to find a place for the careful working out of Ideas. I do not want to form the habit of writing for the ■La of being topical. The dialogue being developed To much to Important for that. Besides, even reading and writing possess functional limits. There must be recourse to other disciplines, other means of challenging practices that ...
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apw:12345563
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T23:38:42.796Z
Title
Attica on my mind
Author
Rhynes, Michael
Text
nu .1: in in vv .uauuua.U1 111 11533 1111 am l‘|*.llL[IlJ Y El 3' P N_ON—F1(_.“i'I()N l’AGE T Michael Rm. l.7JI-A {Ti 3310 .},Attica on My Mind ii *1 it My day begins by getting up before the coniemporary version of Pavlov’s bell rings, a half hour before count, which starts at 7:00 AM. While performing my morning ritual of washing my face, brushing my teeth, and combing my hair, with such niindiless devotitin it would send a marine sergeant into authoritarian fits of glee, I subcons...
PID
apw:12351816
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T01:52:49.829Z
Title
Auto-Da-Fe
Author
Outman, Robert
State
California
Text
Auto-Da-Fe .TransTates to; “act of faith”, in Portuguese, however, in history it assumes a much more sinister significance. Auto-da-fe was the ceremony of the Inquisition's judgement, and order for punishment to be executed by the government. This perverse marriage of state and church, ushered in the perfection of punishment, torture, sorted means of death, and "creative crueity" designed to break the wiIT of those deemed; not in moraT conformity. In 1483, Tomas de Torquemada, ...
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apw:12345005
Date Uploaded
2016-10-22T13:04:38.315Z
Title
Back to Attica
Author
Richardson, Corey John
Text
Corey John Richardson 1370 Words 151152 / 200 Road to Justice West Liberty KY 41472 CoreyJohn1969&Eyahoo.com Back to Attica "Attica! Attica! Attica!" The Attica Riot of 1971 was a prisoners' response to the inhumane conditions and abuses suffered at the hands of "corrections." The response to injustice is though only part of the equation. The transformative process began in the 1950s out of the struggle by African—Americans for civil rights. 1952 alone saw 25 seri...
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apw:12349362
Date Uploaded
2018-01-13T19:44:34.264Z
Title
Bad things happen in the dark
Author
Hartman, Kenneth
State
California
Text
1.431?/1:’_? , Printing: Bad Things Happen in the Dark OpEdNews Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bad—Thincis—HaDDen-in—the-D- bv-Kenneth—E—Hartman-120701-675.html (Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Associate Member, or higher). July 3, 2012 Bad Things Happen in the Dark By Kenneth E. Hartman Advocacy piece by Kenneth E. Hartman, who has served 32 continuous years in prison on a life without parole sentence, on Assembly Bill 1270, which ...
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apw:12344742
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T21:10:43.821Z
Title
Bang! The door goes shut!
Author
Harris, Daniel Lee
Text
Bang! The door goes shut! In all situations it is the people that create the atmosphere or the environment within a community, and in this collective we have two distinct groups; inmates and prison administration, they are the determining factors of prison, in teleology they would be the cause in determining of purpose. Starting with the inmates; in prison there is a hierarchy of inmates, this is established by the crime each has committed, therein lies the POD boss, his personality sets the ...
PID
apw:12351471
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T23:11:34.307Z
Title
Behind enemy lines
Author
Stewart, Al-fatah
Text
EHIND ENEMY LINES Dr. Al—fatah Stewart. DD. #OOA2144 Sullivan Correctional Facility P.O. Box 1 16 .\ Fallsburg, New York 12733 6 {3.::/s,-‘\‘iw\ (20/"~v"§l;xA AIL»; <?:,.’c 1%’ C»: tim, l‘wl"l gums (‘.11/\?r'° A-, AC3 K313 ' Date: Afcwill \§ Vt 7+/~>\B" 5.301 words 379 lines 16 pages 61 paragraphs BEHIND ENEMY LINES (The untold story ofa true fighter) I was born July 5”‘ 1974, in Mount Sidonham hospitalfiul located in a part of New York City‘ called Harlem.% ...
PID
apw:12351537
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T23:56:39.884Z
Title
Behind the Grey Mountain
Author
Kicking Horse, Andrew
State
California
Text
"Behind the Grey Mountain" _.by.. Andrew Kicking Horse »What matters most is that my heart beats. "Ak achuma ima an chu kask”, the goodness of my heart. Against the worst intentions of a few, against the odds of many, my heart beats on marking the passing of the prime of my life in this cell. For now, I exist. I live in an altered world which has altered the person I would become. My heart beat in wild terror as the judge announced the verdict in July of 1988. Guilty! Instead o...
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apw:12344941
Date Uploaded
2016-10-22T11:10:13.54Z
Title
Behind these walls
Author
Harewood, Ian
Text
BEHIND THESE By Ian Free will is a l l about w i l l . E v e r y day/ you have wake u p in the middle as i c e - c r e a m up. I wish As days/ had w h o weren't a roof over enthusiasm hundred "only I cost didn't lived buy o u r family other my kids cheap at school. mother didn't fashion was more I dreaded show: Eight different mother felt thebeginning styles could that decision Ball give me. I needed But so I g o t alot b u t she had n o the Ghetto that and Jordans. kids w...
PID
apw:12347004
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T02:16:35.825Z
Title
Being creative is now a crime in the Utah State Prison System...
Author
Coonradt, Wesley Lee
State
Utah
Text
Being creative is now a crime in the Utah State Prison System. The prison’s New Years resolution for 2015 is to take away the inmates creative ingenuity and a way to make some money for their families. The guards were ordered in January to go into all the inmate's cells and take away any and all hobby crafts except for ones that can be purchased through the prison commissary and it is rumored that crochet and art supplies will be limited. What's next, books on self improvement? Inma...
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apw:12345094
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T00:46:16.452Z
Title
Being loyal
Author
Q
Text
Loyalty is essential. In my life loyalty is above all else, loyalty is paramount. All of my behaviors and former belief systems were predicated on the premise that disloyalty was tantamount to failure and destruction. I had prided myself on being loyal, and demanded it of those whom I associated with. That was to be my downfall. ‘ In 1996, I committed a crime with someone with whom I believed I could trust. I was mistaken, and my whole loyalty belief system was shaken. As luck or misfortune, ...
PID
apw:12349969
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T00:30:29.771Z
Title
Being of light: Meditation and transcendence inside administrative segregation
Author
Frandsen, J.D.
State
Wyoming
Text
B€lI1g Of Light ':+} by J .D. Frandsen Meditation and transcendence inside Administrative Segregation “The world of every day life cannot ever be taken as something personal that has power over us, something that could make us, or destroy us, because man ’s battlefield is not in his strife with the world around him. His battlefield is over the horizon, in an area which is unthinkable for an average man, the area where man ceases to be a man. ”- Juan Matus. The cell door slams, gloved hand...
PID
apw:12345115
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T00:46:20.047Z
Title
Being sane in an insane place
Author
Hamilton, Lacino
State
Michigan
Text
Befng Sans In An Insane Place By: Lac!no Hamilton icrete, the razor wire, bullet proof glass, or assassins watching from gun towers. Incarceration Is not just the Isolation, the monotony, loneliness, or the assiduous misery. Incarceration Is not just the anxiety, the Idleness, apathy, or *V. pent up frustrations characteristic of these dismal crypts. Neither* ?3 It Just having to always chase after something, having to hide something, or having to hold my ground against something, or someone....
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apw:12345538
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T23:38:39.477Z
Title
Beneath the surface
Author
Riley, C.T.
State
Indiana
Text
4% Ill ‘3.D‘?t BENEATH THE SURFACE By cm. Riley £’,‘.,°.i;_,3‘f,‘,i;f:"j_\{* Beneath the surface, the concept being purely commercial in a collusive campaign to keep g,m3.[,-9‘ one in prison longer & to return a parolee to prison soon as possible is 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 plausibl...
PID
apw:12345429
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T22:17:34.776Z
Title
Beneath the surface (the somm program & the polygraph)
Author
Riley, C.T.
State
Indiana
Text
Beneath the surface byC.T. Riley flax/& NM 0-<3~Q3€lL,a0m. (The somm program & the Polygraph) anata I want to share some research with you on the polygraph exam for which my non- compliance in taking it was utilized to extend my incarceration. Initialiy I conceded to take a polygraph under the condition that; I would be given adequate time as to being informed beforehand that I may procure counsel to be present during the polygraph exam. But, as I stated earlier I was only given a 2...
PID
apw:12345431
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T22:17:36.216Z
Title
Beneathe the surface again (human trafficking: the somm-scheme-scam-sex program)
Author
Riley, C.T.
State
Indiana
Text
BENEATHE THE SURFACE AGAIN By C.T. Riley Neg; gig , (Human Trafficking: The somm-scheme-scam—sex program) I '3 ”l H-e-l-p! I am being held hostage at the New Castle Correctional Facility, in the middle of a cornfield camaflouged as woodlands. Despite my ongoing pursuit for post-conviction relief from 2014 up until this present I was still compelled under duress by New Castle Correctional Facility & somm personell staff to temporarily participate in somm until I was able to resolve gr...
PID
apw:12345435
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T22:17:36.687Z
Title
Beth in Florida: Letter addressed to Harvard Solitary Confinement Panel
Author
Gann, Jennifer
Text
;a~7se2,~ ;3.:2Q2«[/c<:“=§§C:~+.:£ we o wand ,<5g'-4:,»-/774:3 /‘V Czar?”-574%!/% 7'" /A H’ 2% ‘f 3 Greetings from California! As atransgender woman prisoner and activist, I welcome this opportunity to contribute to the discussion on Solitary Confinement. Initially, I was convicted for the crime of armed robbery and sentenced to seven years in state prison. Subsequently, however, that "7 years" was extended to an indeterminate term of 104 years-to—life under the ...
PID
apw:12348975
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T12:35:28.085Z
Title
Betrayal
Author
Harris, Larry "Rocky"
State
Illinois
Text
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...
PID
apw:12345327
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T17:20:46.928Z
Title
Big sis, slim the wanna-be, and the hole
Author
Shaulis, Dahn
Text
Big Sis, Slim the Wanna-Be, and the Hole Working through the stacks of paperwork on my desk when I’m interrupted by a phone call. “Salomon” I said, into the telephone receiver. A female voice replied, “Yes, I’m calling for Mike, Mike Shaffer.” “And your name is?” I ask. “I’m Mary Shaffer, his sister. I heard he’s in the hole. I want to know if he’s ok. Can he make calls?” Her brother, inmate Shaffer is a 21-year-old inmate, a wanna-be in Pri$neyland, a fresh recruit in the white supremacy gan...
PID
apw:12349274
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:48:06.823Z
Title
Bill HB-2386
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2015-02-01
State
Pennsylvania
Text
Bill HB-2386 by Christopher Balmer GX-5754, SCI Forest In the summer 20 14 Correctional Forum, Bill HB-2386 (submitted by Rep. T .. Stephens, R.-Montgomery County). was printed for people to see. Happily the Prison Society opposes such a Bill. Rep. T . Stephens attempted to have a bill passed that would garnish at/east 25% of wages prisoners make working in prison, and 75% of all deposits made to an inmate's personal account. Apparently, Rep. T. Stephens doesn' t understand prison e...
PID
apw:12341433
Date Uploaded
2015-09-27T15:55:52.72Z
Title
Black lives have never mattered in the United States of America and never will: a "modern"-day slaves perspective
Author
Amen, Asar Imhotep, Ph.D.
State
California
Text
Black Lives Have Never Mattered In The United States of America and Never Willi A "Modern"-Day Slaves Perspective By Asar Imhotep Amen,Ph.D. (aka I.T.Thomas) "One of the most tragic beliefs widely shared by Blacks throughout the world is that white people need or want us or will treat us equally and share societal resources with us. Faith continues to prevail in spite of overwhelming evidence which disputes this belief. Blacks continue to ignore the irrefutable truth that,in a ...
PID
apw:12344475
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T13:51:15.887Z
Title
Blood in my eyes
Author
Pendleton, Ricky
Text
By: Ricky Vincent Pendleton II Essay: Blood in my Eyes By: Ricky Vincent Pendleton II �Blood in my Eyes By: Ricky Vincent Pendleton II I see dead people, not physically but one of a mental death. In this prison people are very gloomy. They accept being incarcerated and warehoused by people. No fight to grasp their sanity instead they submit to the way of this prison. Their ways and actions do reveal this to me. That is way most sell their soul because of self-hate that they are affected with....
PID
apw:12347649
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:49:33.192Z
Title
Blown out of proportion
Author
Morales, Efrain, Jr.
Topics
Prisoners' writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text
F====s Efrain Morales, Jr. Approx. 670 words P.0 BOX 100 ONE—TIME RIGHTS + Electronic Somers, CT. 06071 ' (COPYRIGHT 2016, By: Efrain Morales, Jr.) -41 of 4” , afl vex/>1 5 A J’? ’ 4%’/at Lap“/505% iI> "BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION" E’/1/5‘ BY: EFRAIN MORALES, JR. iMany citizens of free—world society are of the sentiment that sex offenders are crazed deviants who create new victims upon release from prison, even though Federal Bureau of Justice statistics prove otherwise. The o...
PID
apw:12350072
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T01:14:16.74Z

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