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Title
A book review of Writing my wrongs: Life, death, and redemption in an American prison by Shaka Senghor
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
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...
PID
apw:12349922
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:58:41.431Z
Title
Another ineffective prison reform plan
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
ANOTHER INEFFECTIVE PRISON REFORM PLAN I recently read an article in The Kansas City Call concerning the plan to spend $296 million to reduce Missouri prison overcrowding. Let me be frank: the "Justice Reinvestment Initiative Plan" will be a failure and a complete waste of taxpayers‘ hard-earned dollars. Missourians deserve better and would be better served by spending $485 million for two new prisons. Missouri lawmakers have a responsibility to pass legislation that best serves the...
PID
apw:12352701
Date Uploaded
2018-06-16T02:32:16.183Z
Title
Book review: Orange is the new black
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
BOOK REVIEW: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK I recently read "Orange Is The New Black" by Piper Kerman. I didn't get why it was a #1 New York Times best-seller. Maybe it was Piper's honesty that moved people on the outside who have never experienced the hell of being trapped in a situation with no power or control over what happens to them from day to day. I did find Piper's author photo intriguing, like the Mona Lisa. I can't read her expression, but it's familiar ...
PID
apw:12353011
Date Uploaded
2018-09-25T21:47:18.544Z
Title
COVID-19 is mean but the immune system is meaner
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
COVID-19 Is Mean But the Immune System Is Meaner After a miserable summer without air conditioning, at Western Missouri Correctional Center (WMCC), the fall came, which was a welcomed reprieve from the smoldering summer heat. As winter approached, I began wondering whether my cell would be warm or bone chillingly cold. I didn't know what to expect, since I had just transferred to WMCC from Crossroads Correctional Center (CRCC) after an incident May 12, 2019, where fifty or more offenders...
PID
apw:12360375
Date Uploaded
2020-12-02T18:46:56.05Z
Title
Hamilton's legal hype dishonest and undeserved
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
3 pages
Text (FT)
HAMILTON'S LEGAL HYPE DISHONEST AND UNDESERVED As a pro se litigator and author of the Smith's Guide legal series for prisoners (Smith's Guide to Habeas Corpus Relief for State Prisoners Under 28 U.S.C. §2254; Smith's Guide to Executive Clemency for State and Federal Prisoners; and Smith's Guide to Chapter 7 Bankruptcy for Prisoners), I was curious about Derrick Hamilton's legal prowess after reading Jennifer Gonnerman's article (Home Free," June 20th)....
PID
apw:12346737
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:44:48.983Z
Title
Home sweet home
Author
Smith, Zachary
Date
2013-02-26
Pages
4 pages
State
Missouri
Text (O)
Home Sweet Home Twice—convicted murderer Mark woodworth recently won a postconviction appeal. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the county prosecutor withheld favorable evidence from Woodworth prior to his trial, undermining confidence in the jury's Verdict. At trial, the State alleged that, at midnight on November 13, 1990, Woodworth, sixteen years old at the time, sneaked into the home of Lyndel and Catherine Robertson, shooting Catherine once in the neck and once in the chest. Lyn...
PID
apw:12345694
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T11:07:08.851Z
Title
Life, it seems, will fade away
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
7 pages
Text (O)
"Life, it seems, will fade away Drifting further every day Getting lost within myself Nothing matters, no one else. --Metallica Fade to Black "What did you hit him with?" the guard asked. "I didn t hit him with anything," I replied, standing buck-ass-naked. When suspected of fighting, the policy and procedure is to strip you of all clothes to check for marks. I had none, and neither of my hands were swollen or cut. Who did it? "Go ask my cellie." "You u...
PID
apw:12349202
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:47:29.861Z
Title
Moved to tears
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
2 pages
State
Missouri
Text (O)
Words: 238 Zachary Smith, #521163 Crossroads Corr. Center 1115 E. Pence Road Cameron, Missouri 64429 MOVED TO TEARS I sat on my perch, relaxing, listening to Enigma, having just finished an arduous legal endeavor, when a correctional officer opened my door and handed me a letter. I looked at the sender but didn't recognize the name. I opened the envelope and read: Zach, My name is Keri. A friend of mine told me I might be interested in writing you. She showed me. I was skeptical at first...
PID
apw:12345702
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T12:49:40.541Z
Title
One-two punch of justice
Author
Smith, Zachary
Date
2010-08-04
Pages
4 pages
State
Missouri
Text (O)
One-Two Punch of Justice 
 I have planned to write a post about the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act (MIRA) for some time now. But my continued battle with the Attorney General's office has prevented me -- until recently when the Missouri Court of Appeals delivered a one-two punch, leaving the AG's office dazed and confused, scrambling for a foothold. Under MIRA, the AG's office is entitled to seek reimbursement from a prisoner for past, present, and future costs of inc...
PID
apw:12345689
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T11:07:07.639Z
Title
Prison Writer's Workshop
Author
Smith, Zachary
Date
2016-02-25
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
PRISON WRITER'S WORKSHOP I recently moved, exchanging a passive-aggressive old man for Josh, a guy a year younger than myself, who also likes to write. We've known each other for twenty years; he was my second cellmate. I also gained a nice view of the yard. A week ago, Josh and I decided to do a prison writer's workshop: We wrote different genres on small pieces of paper, place them in a prison-orange stocking hat (once provided to all offenders years ago), shook them up, and ...
PID
apw:12349098
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:15:33.153Z
Title
Prison life (by Z. Smith)
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
2 pages
State
Missouri
Text (O)
PRISON LIFE By Zachary A. Smith It's a beautiful spring afternoon: the sun is shining bright; the temperature is 63 degrees, with a slight cool breeze. I am confined to my wing. The window in my double-man cell is void of a view and can't be opened to let in any fresh air--a sanction for having air Conditioning. Personally, I would trade the air conditioning for fresh air. I live in an honor dorm housing unit, enabling me to have movement around the wing and use of six phones, nine ...
PID
apw:12345699
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T11:07:09.831Z
Title
Prison reform now (P.R.N.) Action Alert!!!
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
1 page
State
Missouri
Text (O)
PRISON REFORM NOW (P.R.N.) ACTION ALERT!!! An Action Alert was previously dispersed throughout the population regarding S8129. For those that missed the notification, S8129 (if passed) will require offenders to pay 50 cents per visit for all non-emergency medical examinations or treatment. S8129 has passed the House and is now before the Senate. Therefore, we have one last opportunity to present opposition to S8129 before it is enacted and becomes law. Family and friends are strongly encourag...
PID
apw:12345705
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T12:49:41.14Z
Title
Prison riot at Crossroads Correctional Center
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
PRISON RIOT AT CROSSROADS CORRECTIONAL CENTER On May 12, 2018, Crossroads Correctional Center, a maximum security prison, in Cameron, Missouri, was put on lock—down—status after approximately two hundred offenders rioted. According to FOX 4 NEWS, the offenders took the dinning hall hostage for over two hours, during the evening meal, and destroyed food service and food service warehouse, totaling a million dollars or more in damages. A spokesperson for CRCC said that the offenders were retali...
PID
apw:12353065
Date Uploaded
2018-09-25T21:48:09.625Z
Title
Satisfaction of MIRA judgement
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
Satisfaction of Mira Judgment 
 The black cloud of debt has departed, on October 16, 2013, the State of Missouri filed its Satisfaction of Judgment motion with the Cole County Circuit Court. All liens against my account were removed. And to answer the question from my last post, starting February 1, 2013, Missouri offenders will be required to pay state sales tax on the purchase of items from the prison canteen. This move will generate a million or more dollars a year in revenue for the state...
PID
apw:12349096
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:15:32.842Z
Title
Second Prison Writer's Workshop
Author
Smith, Zachary
Date
2016-03-04
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
Second Prison Writer's Workshop I finished writing my first story of the prison writer's workshop with twenty-two hundred words. It's not how long you make it, it's how you make it long. As Penny C. Sansevieri wrote in The Huffington Post, "Short is the new long." Josh pulled the romance genre for the next short story. We limited our stories to fifteen pages max. My writing and editing process isn't much different than other writers, such as: Chris Bohjalian...
PID
apw:12349100
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:15:33.359Z
Title
Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones
Author
Smith, Zachary
Pages
4 pages
State
Missouri
Text (O)
TURNING STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO STEPPING STONES by Zachary Smith Learning how to tie my shoes didn't come easy. If no one was around to help me, my shoes went untied, which often caused me to trip and fall over the shoestrings, skinning up my hands and knees. So I developed an unconventional approach to solve the problem: I started wearing my shoes on the opposite feet while tucking in the shoestrings. My friend's mother noticed, and she asked me, "Why are you wearing your shoes ...
PID
apw:12345707
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T12:49:41.819Z
Title
Weeding out the genes
Author
Smith, Zachary
Date
2013-05-04
Pages
2 pages
State
Missouri
Text (O)
WEEDING OUT THE GENES The world is what it is: Men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it, A Bend in the River —V.S. Maipaal I recently had a conversation with another prisoner while waiting to see the doctor, with a look of dejection, he asked me if I'd heard anything about the house bill for first—time offenders serving life without the possibility of probation or parole. I said no, but added that I believe a prisoner has better odds at being grant...
PID
apw:12345686
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T11:07:07.028Z