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Chronicles of April (Preaching to the wall)
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Mason, Frederick
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2 pages
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Chronicles of April (Preaching to the Wall) Frederick Mason [ID] USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 There are times, as an inmate, that we have to try to appeal to the prison authority when things seem to go wrong. If you have read a number of my entries, you know the problems that we often have here at USP Prison concerning resolvement of issues. The problem we often have here is that the prison officials often don't try to solve the problem, even when it's in plain sight. Mo...
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apw:12359034
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2020-06-18T19:14:24.869Z
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Chronicles of August (Food, glorious food...or lack of)
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Mason, Frederick
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2 pages
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August 31st 2019 To: American Prison Writing Archive; (The following is my submission; normally I would type it, but USP Tucson has been on an institutional lockdown since Wednesday, August 28th. I have already filled one of your surveys out as well) Chronicles of August (Food, glorious food... or lack of) Today's essay is one I'm sharing in the middle of institutional lockdown here at USP Tucson. I want to share with you an entry I wrote today, August 31st, and as I share this, it ...
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apw:12359031
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2020-06-18T19:14:21.852Z
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Chronicles of June: (The fallout on the ground)
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Mason, Frederick
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3 pages
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Chronicles of June (The Fallout on the Ground) Frederick Masfln #55487—O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 If you're new to my essays, my name is Frederick Mason, and I write many journals and essays on prison issues. I have written well over 200 essays, one of which I am about to share with you. This essay is about discrimination in prison, and how USP Tucson fails to address it. I'll explain it as we go along, and will "pause" in parts to explain. Let's begi...
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apw:12359864
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2020-06-18T19:35:18.476Z
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Chronicles of September: (Is suicide ever the answer?)
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Mason, Frederick
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43719
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2 pages
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Chronicles of September (Is Suicide Ever The Answer?) Frederick Mason #55487-O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 Today, September 11th, 2019, here at USP Tucson, an inmate attempted to commit suicide in my dorm, B2. This morning, as I was coming back from breakfast, several officers rushed to my dorm, and later took an inmate out on a gurney. Later, we learned that he attempted suicide, but wasn't clear by what nature; sane said he cut himself, others said he swallowed something...
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apw:12359440
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2020-06-18T19:24:36.234Z
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Do inmates have rights ... No response
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Mason, Frederick
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2020-07-13
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1 page
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Do Inmates Have Rights... No Response The question is, of course rhetorical, but you'd never know it from the response I got from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Here's what I wrote, and sent to them: December 5th, 2018 Dear U.S. Court of Appeals, I was told by an officer here at USP Tucson, that as inmates, regardless of what the law says, we have no rights at all, and that as "slaves to the state", staff and officers are immune to any laws the...
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apw:12362554
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2021-06-10T15:32:24.737Z
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Prison ethics 101
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Mason, Frederick
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2 pages
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Prison Ethics 101 Ethic - A principle or system of right or good conduct. Ethics - The study of the nature of morals and of moral choices. - The American Heritage Dictionary 5th edition Lesson One I remember in college taking Media Ethics, as part of my major in RIV/Mass Communications. I remember people saying it was one of the hardest classes, because the professor almost never gave out A's (I think I got a B+). But boiled down, ethics in itself isn't tremendously hard to comprehe...
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apw:12361892
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2021-02-03T16:13:53.321Z
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Should inmates speak up or shut up?
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Mason, Frederick
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5 pages
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Should Inmates Speak Up or Shut Up? Frederick Mason #55487-056 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 As we set feet deeper in the "Information Age", we see that the world news comes from more venues than in decades past. We're learning, at an alarming rate, of things we didn't know exhisted. Some of these venues are positive, but many are not. For example, we see more now the violence of rogue police officers who intentionally, or unintentionally, take the lives of of i...
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apw:12359552
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2020-06-18T19:27:33.548Z
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The pandemic journals (Day 67: Blind eyes)
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Mason, Frederick
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2020-08-08
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2 pages
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The Pandemic Journals (Day 67: Blind Eyes) If you're new to this series, know that there's no real order. I take one day out of my journal and write an essay on it. Although I have 5+ years of journals, I started this series to highlight the COVID-19 pandemic while in prison. Today is August 8th, 2020, but I'm turning back the clock to May 20th to share my entry on how the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and USP Tucson, may be deliberately turning a blind eye to the issues of the ri...
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apw:12361898
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2021-02-03T16:14:03.849Z
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The pandemic journals (Day 91: Sorrow)
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Mason, Frederick
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2020-08-02
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2 pages
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The Pandemic Journals (Day 91: Sorrow) My name is Frederick Mason, currently an inmate at USP Tucson. I've written over 2000 pages on experiences in prison, but wanted to do a separate project, chronicling my experiences in prison, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lets jump into this, and as I normally do on my regular journal essays, I'll "pause" to fill in a detail of two: June 14th, 2020: Day 91, Sunday 2:10 on a somber afternoon. JB came by, in tears, to tell us that his ...
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apw:12360442
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2020-12-02T18:49:12.441Z
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The prison library
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Mason, Frederick
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4 pages
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The Prison Library Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 I've always loved Libraries, and can recount every one I've been in. From my first recollections of going to a library while living in Los Angeles, California, where I checked out my first book, "Where The Wild Things Are", to my regular childhood visits to East Branch Library,.in Wilson, North Carolina, and the huge library I spent a lot of time doing research while at Western Carolina ...
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apw:12359283
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2020-06-18T19:20:32.449Z
