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Title: Clothes and the prisoner identity
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Date: 2020-07-16
Pages: 3 pages
Text (TR_WF): Clothes and The Prisoner Identity Clothes do make the man or woman. Or the officer or the prisoner. Studies have shown that people are more likely to follow instructions given by authorities who wear white physician coats or ties. I remember the deepest feeling of degradation when first told to put on the black and white stripe jumpsuit in jail--long before judgement. This "convict 'outfit presumes guilt and can be seen in multiple movies of "chain-gangs" going back to the...
PID: apw:12362684
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:34:43.024Z

Title: Food for reform
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Date: 2020-07-21
Pages: 10 pages
Text (TR_WF): 1 APWA DRT Food 44 Food for Reform One might not rate food as a priority reform target, However, food is one of the top issues in daily life in prison that can cause difficulties. That and mail or phone. Food may seem the least of a prisoner's worries. After all it is usualy guaranteed two or three times a day. More pressing burdens may be separation from loved ones, separation from society, loss of numerous life rights as well as careers and opportunities for quality education and self-...
PID: apw:12363128
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:42:43.184Z

Title: In the beginning was the word
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Date: 2020-07-08
Pages: 7 pages
Text (TR_WF): Permission mailed [illegible] - Thanks - 1 David Roger Thomas July 8, 2020 APWA In the beginning was The Word. And occasionally prison staff will abuse, distort, and manipulate The Word to present deceptive or creative obfuscation. Do you really believe that the "French Onion Soup" on the prison chow menu is French Onion Soup? Or that the "Texas Hash" is actually Texas Hash? If you are a legislator or a citizen you could be forgiven for thinking that prisoners dine in rest...
PID: apw:12362625
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:33:37.011Z

Title: Mental health reform in prison
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Date: 2020-07-20
Pages: 5 pages
Text (TR_WF): Reform Mental Health DRT 13 Mental Health Editor APWA Reform must come from the Inside, out. After 18 years in NC Prisons, I've had the opportunity to interview dozens of prisoners who have been seen by Mental Health Services in prison. I was at the Processing NC Prison (#1) about the same time as Mr. Todd in this essay. He verifies, from personal experience, the terrible rumors we in general population heard at that time in that prison. The truth will set us free. Thank your for the voi...
PID: apw:12363109
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:42:21.517Z

Title: Pandemic and prison reform
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Date: 2020-07
Pages: 6 pages
Text (TR_WF): APWA Essay Pandemic 19 DRT July 2020 (1) Pandemic and Prison Reform. Most prisoners will tell you that they were/are scared in prison. Now there is another fear: Covid-19. We are, as Americans, distracted. We are distracted by a doubling of Coronavirus19 cases in the U.S. monthly. Funeral homes cannot keep up with the funerals. Americans are distracted by international political and military tensions, by the disappearance of species, the rise of the oceans, racial protests, social divisions, ...
PID: apw:12361885
Date Uploaded: 2021-02-03T16:13:41.771Z

Title: Reform: Gangland
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Pages: 10 pages
Text (TR_WF): 1 DRT 25 Gangland Reform: Gangland I could speak for hours about the Romanov, Windsor, Hapsburg and Hohenzollern dynasties. But my knowledge of gangs in prison is not as extensive. Why not? I decided early on to avoid any in-depth study of prison gangs, but my observations and perspectives may help reformers inside or outside these walls. There's nothing scientific about my knowledge of gangs, merely observations. When I was first incarcerated in a ten (County) man cell, the inmates rota...
PID: apw:12363139
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:42:54.438Z

Title: Reform: Prison violence
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Date: 2020-07-01
Pages: 12 pages
Text (TR_WF): Violence 1 DRT Reform: Prison Violence 1 "Vengeance is mine, saith The Lord, I will repay." This verse is carved on my grandfather's tombstone. I reflect on it here. There are times in prison when violence and vengeance are not given to The Lord, as they should be. Still, many times I have heard a wronged inmate say "That will come back on him," or "He'll reap what he sowed," or (more often) "Karma is a bitch." Others seek vengeance. Violence ...
PID: apw:12363115
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:42:27.973Z

Title: Reform: The "other" block entity (television)
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Pages: 7 pages
Text (TR_WF): APWA 37 Entity DRT Reform: The "Other" Block Entity 1 (Television) Prison reformers must consider an often overlooked force in a prison block: A individual entity than can make or break the peace of a block. The television set is the 35th member of our block. Reformers should consider the influence - for good and bad - of this "entertainment" and "educational member of the block. No religious or political zealot, no vocal gang member, no "convict" has more p...
PID: apw:12363101
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:42:11.806Z

Title: The prison as "system"
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Pages: 2 pages
Text (TR_WF): APWA Prison System 35 DRT The Prison As "System" A reformer must consider his or her "perch" as they view the object to be reformed. Are you "in the trenches" with staff or prisoner? The proximity of the reformer's view-perspective can enhance or distort the planning and goals of reform. How proximate to this moving hub of human-kind swirling within confines of fence or bars are you? Consider the galaxy of prison and your vision. A Prison Galaxy "System...
PID: apw:12363150
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:43:06.87Z

Title: Words II: Prisonese
Author: Thomas, David Roger
Date: 2020-07-15
Pages: 20 pages
Text (TR_WF): July 15 2020 Editors - Preface: Prison is a poem written by illusionists to satisfy the delusions of the public. Some historians argue that the Black Death that ravaged Europe, with a death rate of about 40% gave impetus to the creation of the Renaissance/Reformation; when humanity finally sought, through science, reason, and humanity to solve mankind's problems realistically. The prison system needs its own Renaissance, where realistic analysis is necessary before Reformation. Are the p...
PID: apw:12362633
Date Uploaded: 2021-06-10T15:33:46.319Z

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