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Title
#Incarcerated lives matter
Author
Hamilton, Lacino
Pages
2 pages
State
Michigan
Text (O)
#Incarcerated Lives Matter By: Lacino Hamilton Just a few years ago, the crises of mass incarceration was largely thought of as an invisible issue. Talked about almost exclusively in abolitionist circles and on prison yards. It is now 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, we must not be naive. Elite-level alliances, the dominant voice, tape...
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apw:12345532
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T23:38:38.736Z
Title
1969
Author
Palmer, Mark
Date
2015-01-21
Pages
15 pages
State
North Dakota
Text (O)
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
28 days from Nirvana
Author
Kayer, George
Pages
2 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
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
4A4L - unsensored
Author
Pennix, Ladaro
Date
2014-04-21
Pages
7 pages
State
California
Text (TR)
Ladaro Pennix CA written 4-21-14 Positive Greetings A.P.W.A.,... This essay will be called "4A4L-unsensored," where I will unlock a reality into the abrusive abhorrent crimes against the captive soul's within "4A4L," by wicked correctional officers who's abuse is as noteworthy as Corcoran's gladiator fights in the '90's and early and mid-2000's... So without further ado allow me to introduce you to 4A4L's insideous world of corrupted offi...
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apw:12343185
Date Uploaded
2016-10-17T18:19:38.061Z
Title
5 positive steps to reform prisons
Author
Hartman, Kenneth
Date
2013-12-09
Pages
2 pages
State
California
Text (O)
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
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T21:08:46.17Z
Title
7 question presidential voting quiz
Author
Worley, Willie, Jr. (Intelligence Journalist)
Date
2015-04-24
Pages
4 pages
State
North Carolina
Text (TR_WF)
7 Question Presidential Voting Quiz Before we exercise our rights to aid in the Presidential voting process or exercise our right to vote for our next president. let us take a quick quiz to see who is better suitable to say these words and fulfill these roles as President. Presidential Oath of Office Which Presidential candidate you think is better capable of reciting and living up to these words? "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United S...
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apw:12343536
Date Uploaded
2016-10-18T20:59:20.152Z
Title
8 accurate books to read about life in prison
Author
Hartman, Kenneth
Date
2010-11-30
Pages
10 pages
State
California
Text (O)
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
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T22:55:08.032Z
Title
A baby brings changes
Author
AMOM
Pages
3 pages
State
California
Text (TR)
Alberto Otiniano California A Baby Bring Changes The Milk This story remember me to the milk, when a loving mother bring to nourishing to your baby, and the parents take care of him, even before to birth when the mother go to the doctor, sometimes the parents not planning to have a baby, not can't afford to have a baby. The mother will to quit work when the baby is born, and the parents are upset, but the month pass and she feel the baby kicking! The father put his hands on your wife abd...
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apw:12342730
Date Uploaded
2016-10-15T02:19:47.037Z
Title
A brief comment on prison reform in de-Christianized society
Author
Quintero, John
Date
2009-02-22
Pages
5 pages
State
Nevada
Text (O)
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
Pages
19 pages
State
Nevada
Text (O)
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...
PID
apw:12345834
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T18:13:30.822Z
Title
A da in the SHU
Author
Bomani, Diallo
Pages
2 pages
State
California
Text (O)
A da in the SHU I awake this morning to my pitiful predicament. The instant my eyes popped open I shuddered from the reality of harsh environment. Suddenly I stood and move to the center of the of the cell to perform a simple test. Sure enough standing in the [modd?] middle I was able to touch opposent walls with outstretched arms. The cell was about 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 walls, floors, and c...
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apw:12344496
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T13:51:17.397Z
Title
A day in life
Author
Hairgrove, Donald
Date
2016-04-04
Date
2016-04-04, 2016-04-04
Pages
5 pages
State
Alabama
Text (TR)
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
Date Uploaded
2016-06-19T21:45:56.562Z
Title
A day of my life
Author
Martin, David
Pages
7 pages
State
Florida
Text (TR)
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
Date Uploaded
2016-10-17T23:54:41.268Z
Title
A definition of freedom
Author
Burley, Keith
Date
2016-02-10
Date
2016-02-10, 2016-02-10
Pages
4 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (TR)
Keith Burley Pennsylvania A Definition of freedom One form of freedom is the ability to recognize the truth. For when someone has the ability to recognize the truth, he is free from an intellectual perspective, and a rational perspective. It is a form of "MENTAL ENSLAVEMENT" when someone knows the truth, yet does not recognize it. Consider someone with an addiction to cigarette's. He knows that they are poisonous in that they cause cancer and other ailments. However, if this pe...
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apw:12342369
Date Uploaded
2016-06-20T01:29:29.808Z
Title
A descent into wrongful convictions
Author
Adams, D. Marquise
Date
2015-01-10
Pages
8 pages
State
Kentucky
Text (O)
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...
PID
apw:12345441
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T22:17:37.433Z
Title
A double standard system of justice
Author
Pulgoso
Pages
8 pages
State
California
Text (TR)
Santiago Soto California "A Double Standard System of Justice" According to the political propaganda I belong to the worst of the worst human beings that deserves to be locked up for the rest of my life. Once, the prison system was incorporated to the country's economy (i.e. created jobs); all rehabilitation went out of the picture. The lockdowns became longer, riots, attempt to murders, and murder became regular and normal. All of California's level four maximum security ...
PID
apw:12343209
Date Uploaded
2016-10-17T18:54:15.914Z
Title
A lifer's perspective
Author
Brunetti, Anthony
Pages
4 pages
State
Connecticut
Text (O)
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 ...
PID
apw:12345239
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T15:57:01.528Z
Title
A lonely world
Author
Whitt, Lee
Pages
5 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
A Lonely World "Out of sight, out of mind." That is the saying that rings with a lot of truth to it once you get locked up. When you come to prison you learn, rather quickly, just who it is you can count on to keep in touch from the outside. Whether it is by letter, by visit or even by phone call. A person's true colors eventually show through. lt makes doing time that much more difficult. I'm not saying that the time can't be done, just that it's going to take a...
PID
apw:12346165
Date Uploaded
2016-10-25T02:16:25.614Z
Title
A lot has been written
Author
Dorotik, Jane
Pages
5 pages
State
California
Text (O)
A lot has been written Original Dorotik CA A lot has been written about the prison system lately -- why we as a nation incarcerate so many, why the bureauocratic and unweildy system is only expected to make minimal cuts to its 11 billion dollar budget while education and social supports are slashed to the very core, why California's prison system has the highest recidivism rate of any state in the nation? But little is written of the individual suffering that occurs in devastating ways o...
PID
apw:12344502
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T15:41:58.187Z
Title
A method of execution that is swift, as painless as possible, effective, and cost efficient
Author
Harrison, David
Date
2009
Pages
2 pages
State
California
Text (O)
A method of execution that is swift, as painless as possible, effective, and cost efficient Only The Guilty Go Quietly To The Gallows. PAMPHLETS FOR A BETTER HUMANKIND Addressing The Micro- And Macro-Problems Facing Humankind, (world events, social issues, prison reform, et. al.) And Providing Achievable Solutions; Going Where The Politically Correct Dare Not. (While the solution offered herein may not be a panacea, and may be provocative, it is offered as a positive step to correct the probl...
PID
apw:12344668
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T19:09:08.982Z
Title
A more complicated framework may yield more decarceration options
Author
Hamilton, Lacino
Pages
4 pages
State
Michigan
Text (O)
A More Complicated Framework May Yield More Decarceration Options By: Lacino Hamilton Many incarcerated people find the sudden message of mass incarceration being a really bad idea, the right message, but the dominate narrative superficial. And therefore distracts from the most immediate challenges of not only decarceration, but ultimately the abolition of prisons. Let's be clear, for the most part, the current national conversation surrounding how to reform mass incarceration policies i...
PID
apw:12345547
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T23:38:40.813Z
Title
A page from the cage
Author
Twisted Tex
Pages
2 pages
State
Ohio
Text (TR)
Twisted Tex Ohio American Prison Writing Archive Twisted Art Production April 1st, 2016 "A Page from the Cage" To with all & any; greetings & good day. My name is Jeremy P. Gallant (The Twisted One). I write to you from the infamous Lucasville prison, home to the 1993 11 day prison riot. I write to you from the cruel confines of 23 hour solitary isolations in the warped world of reform and rehabilitations! May my letter be received in the same context from that in which it i...
PID
apw:12343827
Date Uploaded
2016-10-19T18:32:30.097Z
Title
A perspective on prison
Author
Beverley, Michael
Pages
13 pages
State
New Hampshire
Text (O)
A Perspective on Prison By Michael B. Beverley When I was a boy, my mother often said that one-day people would no longer have names, we would be known only by a number. I know she didn’t mean what I would bring upon myself, yet it is not entirely disingenuous to say I am now known as 78552. That is my inmate ID within the New Hampshire state prison system. However, I would rather be remembered as Michael. Though I am now a felon, it wasn’t how my life began. I was the third of eight children...
PID
apw:12345755
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T12:49:45.093Z
Title
A prisoner's apology #1
Author
Alexander, John
Date
2012-02-11
Pages
10 pages
State
Mississippi
Text (O)
A Prisoner's Apology #1 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer." Ps. 19: 14 (KJV) In his "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. mentions the State of Mississippi four times: more times than he mentions any other state i...
PID
apw:12345717
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T12:49:43.665Z

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