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5 positive steps to reform prisons
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Date
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2013-12-09
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Pages
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2 pages
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State
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California
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is no less apropos, it's time we learn this lesson. *** Author Bio: Kenneth E. Hartman has served 34 years of a life without the possibility of parole sentence in the California prison system. He is the founder and Executive Director of The Other Death Penalty Project, a national grassroots organization of prisoners seeking to end all forms of the death penalty, including life without the possibility
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apw:12344714
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-21T21:08:46.17Z
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8 accurate books to read about life in prison
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Date
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2010-11-30
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10 pages
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State
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California
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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
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apw:12344782
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2016-10-21T22:55:08.032Z
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A confined reflection
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Author
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Gray, Kenneth M.
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7 pages
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drown those deleterious whispers, "Give me liberty or give me death." Bitterness crosses his arms and sighs. Written by Kenneth M. Gray Box 900 Sturtevant, WI 53177
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apw:12361617
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Date Uploaded
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2021-02-03T16:06:27.879Z
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A man died today
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Author
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Key, Kenneth M.
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8 pages
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A Man Died Today By Kenneth M. Key It was about 12:00pm when I saw the EMTs run pass my cell house window to the adjacent cell house. The sound over the radio said, a man was down code 3 medical emergency. It would be less than a minute and a half and the E.M.Ts' would be walking back past. The word would come down he didn't make it. I would learn later in that day that it was a Friend
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apw:12353542
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Date Uploaded
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2018-09-27T00:38:09.74Z
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Title
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A prisoner's purpose
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Pages
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5 pages
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State
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California
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A Prisoner's Purpose By Kenneth Hartman Tear gas is more a presence then a smell. It clings to the back of your throat, a chemically induced feather that provokes a coughing fit after each attempt at a breath. It is one of the "less lethal" force options deployed in prison to quell a riot. On one windy, Southern California day, l could see that the last few wisps of tear gas
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apw:12344873
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-22T01:48:43.738Z
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America the punisher, America the punished
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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1 page
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State
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California
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America the Punisher, America the Punished By Kenneth Edward Hartman So. where do we go from here? Our prisons are filled to capacity and the building sites for more are springing up like weeds of despair all over. The local news sounds more and more like a crime report, a scorecard of the dead, the wounded and the imprisoned. Scenes of grieving families, weeping mothers with clinging children
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apw:12344900
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-22T11:10:09.322Z
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Title
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Are they really opposed to the death penalty?
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Date
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2010-11-18
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2 pages
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State
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California
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November 18, 2010 Out of Sight, Out of Mind Are They Really Opposed to the Death Penalty? By Kenneth E. Hartman They stand outside in the night holding candles, singing songs of protest, holding up photos of condemned men, and decrying the brutality of state-sanctioned execution. The next day, at the inevitable press conference, after the ritualized lamentations for the now deceased prisoner
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apw:12344795
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-21T22:55:09.518Z
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Art is my truth
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Author
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Zamarron, Kenneth L.
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1 page
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-Art is my Truth- I am literally a men buried alive. Every morning I look into a mirror and burst within, insanity burglarizes my mind as I cry knowing this is my life, life at 16, 16 doing life. Now 27, the only thing true in my life is Art. It is my artillery behind these walls. And for you I promise to be as articulately artful as possible. This is how I can be true to you. By: Kenneth L
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apw:12358124
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Date Uploaded
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2019-10-28T20:43:48.836Z
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Bad things happen in the dark
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Date
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2012-07-03
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2 pages
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State
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California
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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 will restore full media access to the prisons. The California Legislature should pass Assembly Bill 1270, which will restore full media access to the prisons, and Governor Brown should
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apw:12344742
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-21T21:10:43.821Z
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Title
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Because the prison industry is
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Author
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Kenneth
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7 pages
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Fatherland is freedom land. Far from the prison industrial complex USA. Kenneth [illegible] April 10 2018
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apw:12357727
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Date Uploaded
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2019-10-28T20:31:01.186Z
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But prison is so us
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Date
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2013-05-15
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Pages
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4 pages
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State
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California
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5'/15/13 www.counterpunch.org/2013/O5/15/but-prison-is-so-us/print Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names » But Prison is So Us » Print counter This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. MAY 15, 2013 From Guantanamo to Pelican Bay But Prison is So Us by KENNETH E. HARTMAN Guantanamo Bay’s_back in the news. President Obama described it as “not sustainable” in a news
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apw:12344724
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-21T21:09:00.436Z
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Dear Mr. Unwilling and Reluctant Witness
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Author
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Nixon, Kenneth Fitzgerald
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3 pages
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Kenneth Nixon Dear Mr. Unwilling and Reluctant Witness, I know that we don't know each other personally, but whether you realize it or not, we are connected. We've never formally met or been properly introduced, but we definitely know of one another. 8 years ago, almost to the day, I was arrested, tried, and convicted of a crime that you watched someone else commit. For every day
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apw:12351146
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T17:50:46.333Z
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Directed towards the Medical, Programing and Parole Board
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Author
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Kamrowski, Kenneth R.
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4 pages
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standards. There are so many things wrong here a man could go on for days. I hope my experience here have helped you. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Kenneth Kamrowski Utah State Prison Draper, UT
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PID
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apw:12350234
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T12:18:13.515Z
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Title
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Doing life in prison: What will be my legacy
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Author
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Key, Kenneth M.
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Pages
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9 pages
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Doing Life in Prison: What Will Be My Legacy by Kenneth M. Key I wake each morning to the profound reality of doing life in prison. Now, having served over 38 years of my life in prison, guilty or innocent, this is not what I or any man was created for. But here I am in a box, caged like an animal, and often, as the tours come through, I am looked upon as such. Yes a man, human no less
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apw:12357298
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Date Uploaded
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2019-10-28T20:16:08.977Z
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Educate me - please
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Author
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West, Kenneth
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3 pages
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Educate Only in a p r i s o n been proven Such is t h e s a d According to s t a s t i c s and all other Education AA d e g r e e s recidivate percent A while that (come back would inmate fighting I can behind even entangled journal dedicated to p r i s o n ) a t over education and to the transformative a 8th g r a d e dropout like no m i s t a k e my initial state it ignorance would the think in benefits tool/but power who a I was new ever left had crime ignorance to e x t r a d i t e educat...
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apw:12347382
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Date Uploaded
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2017-08-16T15:03:34.439Z
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Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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2 pages
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State
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California
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Kenneth E. Hartman Ex Umbris Et Imaginibus In Veritatem (From Shadows and Symbols Into the Truth) Epitaph of John Henry Cardinal Newman Welcome to this first chronicle from inside one of Mother California's prisons. The land of mass incarceration, the perpetual prisoner machine, the prison-industrial complex, from where orange is not now, nor has it ever been, the new black. The land from
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apw:12344717
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-21T21:08:59.215Z
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Facebook caves to the prison-industrial complex
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Date
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2011-08-19
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Pages
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6 pages
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State
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California
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Facebook caves to the prison-industrial complex August 19, 2011 by Kenneth E. Hartman In a decision setting back prisoners' rights and helping to advance the interests of prison bureaucrats and their guard union allies, Facebook announced plans to work with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to shut down pages set up for prisoners. Spokespersons for the department
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PID
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apw:12344761
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-21T22:54:54.29Z
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Title
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First sip of coffee
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Author
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Zamarron, Kenneth L.
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1 page
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coffee experience. Looking at the lovely face of Mom. Asking for a sip, she say no... but persistent with kind words - she smiles, knowing then I'll have my first sip. A loving memory of freedom. Looking forward to tomorrows first sip By: Kenneth L. Zamarron Carlisle, IN Child Lifer Zamarron Worst Person Worst Writer Worst Artist
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PID
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apw:12358122
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Date Uploaded
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2019-10-28T20:43:46.407Z
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From my journal - COVID 19
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Author
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Key, Kenneth M.
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8 pages
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Kenneth Key From My Journal - COVID 19 It would be March 14 around 10:45AM Bravo House; the unit where I have resided over the last 5 years would be placed on quarantine. Why? Because of the Coronavirus; later shorten to Covid 19, would make its presence known. It seems someone had been identified as possibly contracting the virus. The order came down, no one! was to enter or leave our cell house
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apw:12360199
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Date Uploaded
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2020-12-02T18:41:54.487Z
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Title
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Gross miscarriage of justice
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Author
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Sharonoff, Kenneth A.
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9 pages
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Gross Miscarriage of Justice Eldorado County Superior Court of California This is the case Sharonoff - thats me against the system in place. I was arrested for murder of a person at the time was known as Otto. I was put in a cop car for 3 hours. I beged officers to allow me to use bathroom to relieve myself. The officers ignord me and I had to defecate in my clothes. I was then taken to a station and tolled for 7 hours how and why I shot aka "Otto" in the head and to confess. at the...
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apw:12362563
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2021-06-10T15:32:32.922Z
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Harder time
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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Pages
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4 pages
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State
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California
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Editor's note: Last summer Kenneth E. Hartman, an inmate serving a life sentence for murder without the possibility of parole at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County, sent us an essay on California's prison system - a system that he believes is on the verge of a meltdown. Since then, the credibility of Mr. Hartman's warnings have only been enhanced by the dramatic
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apw:12344888
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-22T01:48:51.199Z
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Hello, my name is
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Author
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Barr, Kenneth A.
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Date
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2018-05-22
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5 pages
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PEN AMERICA (APNA) KENNETH BARR 674455/629 3.2 7E NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON P.G* BOX 861 TRENTON, N.J. 08625 MAY 22, 2018 DEAR READER, HELLO, MY NAME IS ’KENNETH ANDRE-DONTA BARR1, MY DATE OF BIRTH IS NOVEMBER 28, 1988 I AM 29 YEARS OLD. I AM A PROUD AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN, THAT HAS COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL, HAS DONE SOME COLLEGE AND HAS HAD NUMEROUS BOOKS, PLAYS AND ESSAYS PUBLISHED OVER THE YEARS. I
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apw:12353346
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Date Uploaded
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2018-09-26T18:57:06.163Z
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Help!
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Author
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Zamarron, Kenneth L.
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Pages
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2 pages
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Text (TR_WF)
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my debt to society. So in the meantime I will try to assist as many men and women as possible break free, shattering their mask, knowing its ok to speak those strengthening freeing words - HELP. By: Kenneth L Zamarron [Picture of eye and eyebrow in a box. Top of box says: Child lifer. Left of box says: Worst writer. Right of box: Worst person. Bottom of box says: worst artist.]
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apw:12358129
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Date Uploaded
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2019-10-28T20:43:54.732Z
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Inmates could help resolve prison debacle
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Author
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Hartman, Kenneth
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2 pages
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State
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California
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Inmates could help resolve prison debacle By Kenneth E. Hartman, C-19449 With all of California's crises crowding the headlines, it's easy to forget the multi-billion dollar fiasco that is the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The stark truths of this state's failed prison policies include: the worst return-to-prison rate in the country; federal courts demanding
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apw:12344850
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Date Uploaded
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2016-10-22T01:48:36.846Z
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