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#Incarcerated lives matter
Author
Hamilton, Lacino
State
Michigan
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#Incarcerated Lives Matter By: llacino Hamilton Bust a feu years ago, the crises of mass incarceration uas largely thought of as an invisible issue. Talked about almost exclusively in abolitionist circles and on prison yards. It is nou part of the mainstream discourse. Publications and groups spanning the political spectrum, even presidential hopefuls in both parties, claim support for reducing the incarceration rate. Still, ue must not be naive. Elite-level alliances, the dominate voice, tap...
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apw:12345532
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2016-10-23T23:38:38.736Z
Title
1969
Author
Palmer, Mark
State
North Dakota
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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
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T12:49:44.353Z
Title
2014 legislative will prove whether policy makers have gotten smart on crime
Author
Marshall, Ronald
Date
2014-03-19
State
Louisiana
Topics
recidivism, mandatory sentencing, minimum sentencing
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--~\lfmli116Jrf*wMim~bttllCrD by Ronald Marshall 0 nly time will reveal whether the 20 14 Legislative Session will mark a sincere effort by Louisiana's lawmakers to reform sentencing laws so that offenders can have a meaningful opportunity to get off the count. At the behest of the Jindal administration, four organizations joined in a collective effort to analyze criminal justice data/ statistics and offer options to assist Louisiana lawmakers in reducing the prison population and correc...
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apw:12341353
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2015-09-27T14:32:57.658Z
Title
28 days from Nirvana
Author
Kayer, George
State
Arizona
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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
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T10:56:33.87Z
Title
4993 word essay
Author
Powers-Wali, Anthony
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h i Cja^ 4993 W o r d Essay At the age of sixteen I was incarcerated for First Degree Murder and later sentenced to 77-years in prison. There seemed to be httle consideration of the affects it would have on a teenager to be housed with adults. Fortunately for me I was a fighter. There is a strange unwritten rule in prison that if somebody is willing to stick up for himself from day one then other prisoners will be willing to help him. If you don't stand up for yourself then you are left ...
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apw:12347577
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2017-08-16T15:26:46.677Z
Title
5 positive steps to reform prisons
Author
Hartman, Kenneth
State
California
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12/14/13 Renowned prison reform activist Ken Hartman gives his insights into how we can reform our broken system. — The Good Men Project usstfaji ■ Home About Blog Editors’Picks Get Weekly Email Become a Premium Member Login December 14, 2013 & RELATIONSHIPS DADS & FAP/iiiJ ADVICE Sc CONPESS50NS ALL CATEGORIES Your Opinion Matters! opinion-central Please participate in a brief survey. Yeu are here: Home / Editors' Picks / 5 Pa sitivs Steps to Reform Prisons 5 Positive Steps to Re...
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apw:12344714
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2016-10-21T21:08:46.17Z
Title
66 days later
Author
NoLaw97
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66 Days Later Frederick Mason USP Tucson #55487-056 PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 The date is August 10th, 2016, 66 days after the incident on Memorial Day Weekend, Sunday, June 5th. I've chronicled various times after the incident in which I accused Officer D. Huffstuttler of discriminating against black inmates. I voiced my concern and contempt of the situation that very night, to see if the prison would fairly and honestly address this issue. And it is of great importance that they do...
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apw:12346434
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2017-08-15T22:00:25.25Z
Title
7My voice through the prison walls
Author
Pendleton, Ricky
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7My voice through the prison walls By: Inmate Ricky Vincent Pendleton II ^ ^ i O l ^ \j I think rehabilitation is a propaganda word used by the lawmakers to cover their motives exploiting the inmates in a business venture. The whole prison industry is a "for profit" industry; from my reading is a billion dollars industry. How am I supposed to cope in here and seeing the corrupt acts of people...? I have to control the things in my life. Rehabilitation is on the individual prisoner, ...
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apw:12347639
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:49:32.44Z
Title
8 accurate books to read about life in prison
Author
Hartman, Kenneth
State
California
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Kenneth Hartman: 8 Accurate Books To Read About Life In Prison (PHO... Page 1 of 2 The Internet Newspaper — at your doorstep. Follow HuffPost on Facebook and Twitter. TO LIVING EN GQDD COMPANY — EZl.l-IZi'l*I".. F-ill-'6 K2-t:iCi=§T.A.lL‘3 ' '3F*"'5'E‘{‘5-W‘7‘E‘- “ - 'W!rI.-fx«i1.nx2 iI.a.;«e:'w.=-M This is the print preview: Backto normal view >> Kenneth Hartman Prison Writer Posted: November 30, 2010 07:28 AM 8 Accurate Books To Read A...
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apw:12344782
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T22:55:08.032Z
Title
99 days later
Author
Nolaw97
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99 Days Later Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 The date (as I write this) is September 12th, 33 days after my last essay titled, "66 Days Later". It was an essay on the continual update of what happened on Memorial Day" Weekend of 2016... now 99 days ago. Since then, I've written numerous essays, chronicling the event, to see what USP Tucson would do in light of an accusation of an officer (Huffstuttler) discriminating against inmates. My...
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apw:12351688
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T01:19:41.807Z
Title
A Minnesota experience: Qualitative analysis of Minnesota Department of Corrections policy
Author
Graham, Maurece LaVarne
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Minnesota Experience Qualitative Analysis of Minnesota Department of Corrections Policy Maurece Graham A Minnesota Experience {Excerpted from larger work} By Maurece L. Graham © October 11, 2017 Since this addendum is composed from the perspective of a correctional client versus that of a correctional official, little attention has been paid to traditional penal models. Instead, most of the focus is upon conveying the actual experience of incarceration itself, with as much objectivity as poss...
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apw:12351849
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T02:47:35.374Z
Title
A book review of Writing my wrongs: Life, death, and redemption in an American prison by Shaka Senghor
Author
Smith, Zachary
Text
A Book Review of Writing My wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor by Zachary A. Smith I read this book after another prisoner received it as a gift from his mother. The first thing that stood out to me was Shaka Senghor's (aka James White) claim that out of respect for the victims‘ family and their privacy, he changed the name of the man he killed. If Shaka truly wantefi to show respect for the man he killed, wouldn't he have honored it insteafi of...
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apw:12349922
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:58:41.431Z
Title
A brief comment on prison reform in de-Christianized society
Author
Quintero, John
State
Nevada
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A Brief Comment on Prison Reform in De-Christianized Society St Thomas More once wrote a letter to console his daughter before his execution. He drew out a lengthy allergy of prison—like nature of life, and God-as- the-executioner, given the fact of certain pain of death. He argues that the degree of restriction while waiting for execution does not change the fact of the punishment at the end. The man in prison has limited physical freedom, but none the less enjoys the same freedom to meet hi...
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apw:12345823
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T15:52:55.611Z
Title
A brief deconstruction of America's leviathan
Author
Rippo, Michael
State
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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2016-10-24T18:13:30.822Z
Title
A brief summary of the demise of the Colorado Dept. of Corrections and poor drug offender reform
Author
Darris, Stephan
Date
2014-04-28
State
Colorado
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A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE DEMISE OF THE COLORADO DEPT . OF CORRECTIONS AND POOR DRUG OFFENDER REFORM by: Stephan Darris While incarcerated in the state of Colorado I think it' s fair to say that your past dictates your future . I am not a lifer or a violent offe nder. I am a repeat drug offender that has witnessed some of the most vile atrocity ' s that the system can deliver. I think that most people in this institution live under propaganda, false hope, and make believe promises. It ...
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apw:288
Date Uploaded
2015-09-16T18:25:24.791Z
Title
A crime is anything
Author
Lazar, Steven
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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
Date Uploaded
2018-06-15T21:37:04.415Z
Title
A criminal end
Author
Glenn, Tracy
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"A Criminal End" By: Mr. Tracy "Hollywood" Glenn March 25th 2D1h Prison has a way of sometimes helping one find another path, one that is seemingly reachable that one could not see beforehand from the offense that has one there locked away. If I were to tell you this correspondence is being written by one man who has at 50 years of age no high school diploma or B.E.D. could you believe it? Prison for me today is demoralizing and it has no place in my efforts to fulfill in ...
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apw:12349016
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T12:35:30.869Z
Title
A da in the SHU
Author
Bomani, Diallo
State
California
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A DA I If THE SHU X awake this morning to my pitiful predicament, The instant my' eyes popped open T shuddered from, the re the center of the middle I was able to touch about eight by five, five feet wide and eight feet long. A cement box smaller than the size of a. home bath room, the cement wa11s, floors, and cei1ing remain clod as ice, as does the steel bars and steel mesh that front the chamber. Imagine that your home bath tub is a bed. what you might visualize tris living in a bath ...
PID
apw:12344496
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T13:51:17.397Z
Title
A descent into wrongful convictions
Author
Adams, D. Marquise
State
Kentucky
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D. Marquise Adams Legal Aide Kentucky State Penitentiary 10 January 2015 A Descent into Wrongful Convictions Any professional whether in law, having a PHD, or the common layman has knowledge that the prison population is growing rapidly. Even greater is the amount of Americans that realize the spike in cases where convictions are based on faulty DNA evidence. Yes, the Nation is a World Leader in many things and incarceration tops the list, which are mostly due to wrongful convictions. I predi...
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apw:12345441
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T22:17:37.433Z
Title
A failed intervention?
Author
Remerowski, Eric
Text
Saints Inside: A Failed Intervention? More Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2016 A Failed Iriterventieri? "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 somet...
PID
apw:12351265
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T19:07:47.212Z
Title
A gay man in prison
Author
Brown, Timothy Brian
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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
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T13:24:50.675Z
Title
A heartfelt thank-you
Author
Chatman-Bey, Tony
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A HEARTFELT THANK-YOU I am an inmate presently housed at the Medium Security ECI-East Prison in Westover, Maryland. It is the largest prison in the state however, being located on the Eastern Shore it often feels like being in another country. I have been incarcerated for 30 years and in that time I have seen the health care providers go from very good to very bad, to what it is now “Mediocre”. As you can guess just about any inmate can give you some horror stories about the medical care in p...
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apw:12351349
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T19:43:02.764Z
Title
A hidden cost
Author
Mehmel, Peter
Text
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...
PID
apw:12350037
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T01:01:59.109Z
Title
A lifer's perspective
Author
Brunetti, Anthony
State
Connecticut
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A L|FER’S PERSPECTIVE This essay is written with the intention of showing the reader why |ifers—especial|y 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 sixty yea...
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apw:12345239
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T15:57:01.528Z

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