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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 ...
PID
apw:12343298
Date Uploaded
2016-10-17T23:54:41.268Z
Title
Are you kidding?!: A lifer's view of the death penalty
Author
Doyle, James P.
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Are You Kidding?!: A Lifer's View of the Death Penalty By: James Doyle Some time ago, I sat alone in my prison cell reading a Christian magazine. One article in particular caught my eye. It was entitled, "Rethinking the Death Penalty." In it, the author laid out his polemic against the death penalty. Nothing new, he presented the same vague generalities and shallow understanding of the issue I have heard for years. However, he made one statement that really shocked me. Arguing ...
PID
apw:12360071
Date Uploaded
2020-12-02T18:37:09.96Z
Title
Breaking the cycle
Author
Moser, Ryan M.
Date
2016
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
Breaking the Cycle By Ryan M. Moser Originally published in the Spring 2016 Beacon Re-Entry Newsletter Florida's high recidivism creates a costly burden on taxpayers and is overwhelming the criminal justice system at an unprecedented rate. Statistics vary, but out of the 100,000 men and women incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections, approximately 75% will come back as a re- offender in their lifetime. Official records show that 35% of inmates released will return to prison w...
PID
apw:12353062
Date Uploaded
2018-09-25T21:48:06.77Z
Title
Broken
Author
Lawson-Wilson, James
Date
2018-06-01
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Broken? 6-1-18 Some people claim that our criminal justice system is horribly broken, and to most Americans that probably deserves a nod of recognition for the appearance of truth it presents to our general public. Lets look at it from that perspective for a minute. Most prisons in the United States are extremely unsafe places to both live and work. The facilities for the most part are out dated and in disrepair, due to lack of funding by the state and Federal government. Training for the off...
PID
apw:12353292
Date Uploaded
2018-09-26T11:01:03.001Z
Title
Cell change
Author
Harkleroad, James
Pages
3 pages
PID
apw:12361599
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:06:06.124Z
Title
Color my world
Author
Lagano, Albert S.
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
Color my World by A. Scott Lagano The morning sun languishes through the once verdant southern forest, now transposed to a morose insalubrious monotone of gray by the winter's lack of rain and the seemingly perpetual and unseasonable Florida heat. A persistent daybreak fog only adds to the ghost-like dawn. What was once a vivid burst of life now struggles in thirst and identity. Winter's death, even among the evergreen pines, offers little promise. The only hint of the day's fa...
PID
apw:12354828
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T18:29:02.941Z
Title
Crime
Author
Harkleroad, James
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
CRIME By James W. Harkleroad The criminal justice system we currently (2017) have is broken. For those who wish to know the whys and wherefores of this brokenness there are a number of sources of information. The question this essay will look at is - How do we limit the amount of crime? Step one is rather obvious. Rules of behavior, with suitable responses for the violation thereof, are established. Step two is also obvious. These rules are taught to each individual in the community. Step thr...
PID
apw:12357621
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:27:28.363Z
Title
Electric monitoring: The intelligent alternative to prison
Author
Koenck, Timothy P.
Date
2017-03
Pages
12 pages
Text (O)
Electronic Monitoring The Intelligent Alternative to Prison Introduction In its simplest form, electronic monitoring is the use of automatic, remote technology such as computers, global positioning, and other surveillance equipment to track the exact location and current activity of selected individuals, in real time. The vast majority of people in the United States are probably a bit uncomfortable with the thought of someone watching over their every move, and probably rightly so. For the ev...
PID
apw:12352755
Date Uploaded
2018-06-16T02:33:19.989Z
Title
Examples of 'perfect criminal'
Author
Harkleroad, James
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Examples of "Perfect Criminal" by James W. Harkleroad The "perfect criminal" is that individual who is never held responsible by society, for the crime he, or she, has committed. The "perfect criminal" is a very rare bird of prey, and the reason for that rarity can be seen in the following examples. The "stranger": Absolutely no connection between criminal and victim other than the crime itself. The "accident maker": victim injured/dies from a...
PID
apw:12358014
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:40:30.303Z
Title
Florida elderly inmate abuse by prison gangs
Author
Johnson, Patrick
Pages
1 page
State
Florida
Text (O)
FLORIDA ELDERLY INMATASIAE ABUSE BY PRISON GANGS Violence and extortion toward the elderly Florida prison inmate is escalating because of the proliferation of Florida prison gangs. Prison gangs prey on the elderly inmates more than any other group of inmates. Old men are being robbed of all their possessions, forced to spend their money on these thugs in the canteen, sexually assaulted sometimes and beaten up if they refuse to cooperate with these gangs. The solution to this growing inhumane ...
PID
apw:12345259
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T15:57:10.359Z
Title
Gray sorrow: Depression in prison
Author
Moser, Ryan M.
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
Gray Sorrow: Depression in Prison A.P.W.A. Essay Written by Ryan M. Moser To truly explain the depression one experiences while in prison is difficult. It's like a sadness so deep within that it can never be lifted; a heart of heaviness which mere words cannot express. It becomes an exercise in futility to seek a promise land when you're cut off from society, taken away from your family, separated from your friends, co-workers, peers, and isolated by yourself. There's an underl...
PID
apw:12354646
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T16:05:39.293Z
Title
Greetings from camp fed....
Author
Rohrs, Michael
Date
2015-07-07
Pages
2 pages
State
Florida
Text (O)
SUBJECT: Greetings From Camp Fed... DATE: 07/07/2015 08:34:43 PM On purpose, and defining my own ~— today, l can advocate for prison reform. l just finished reading "Caught — The Prison State and The Lockdown of American Politics," by Marie Gottschalk. l'd like to share a little bit about what I've learned recently. My goal is not to convince you of anything. My goal is to give you something to think about ~— My goal is to start a conversation that we continue having. Firs...
PID
apw:12345279
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T15:57:13.3Z
Title
Hello my name is Stryker
Author
Stryker
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Hello my name is Stryker I am a Florida state prisoner. First off I want to say I am not writing these articles for sympathy of me being in prison. I let the law unto my life and here I sit. I hear it all the time in here, o' man I was profiled. You profiled your self by doing wrong 99.9% at people in prison brought their incarceration on themselves. No one to blame but themselves. So we as a prison population need to accept responsibility for our actions. That's not to say the poli...
PID
apw:12348072
Date Uploaded
2017-11-02T20:07:22.753Z
Title
I first came to prison
Author
O'neal, Sebastian
Date
2018-07-12
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
NO TITLE I first came to prison Jan. 1990 and I was 17. I'm now 46 and this is my 4th time in. Altogether I have been incarcerated 24 years of my life, so I have seen the prison system good side and bad side. I have also seen a few county jails. I've worked in all kinds of jobs while in prison, so I got to see how things work in different areas. let me start at the Bay County Detention Center for juveniles. I had run away with my girlfriend and a friend because my girlfriend was pre...
PID
apw:12354844
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T18:29:21.075Z
Title
I miss my tablet
Author
Harkleroad, James
Pages
3 pages
PID
apw:12362596
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:33:06.691Z
Title
I want to call your attention
Author
Bogomolova, Anastasia
Date
2018-01
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Anastassia Bogomolova Coleman FL A copy of this letter has been mailed to 32 members of congress who support the sentencing reform in January/February 2018. No action followed. NO TITLE Dear Senator, I want to call your attention to the rarely discussed issue of the collateral damage to the families and young children of the non-violent first-time offenders, who are currently serving time in federal prisons and prison camps. This damage is a direct result of the existing law, 28 U.S.C.S. 994(...
PID
apw:12356222
Date Uploaded
2019-05-28T17:13:41.499Z
Title
I'm a forty-four year old prisoner
Author
Brandon, Danny
Date
2017-09-11
Pages
9 pages
Text (TR_WF)
NO TITLE Danny Brandon Florida State Prison Raiford, FL 32083 The American Prison Writing Archive c/o Hamilton College 198 College Hill Road Clinton, NY 13323-1218 Dear A.P.W.A; I'm a forty-four year old prisoner who has been incarcerated for approximately twenty-eight years in two different states, and fifty different institutions. I've literally grown up, as well as educated in prison. It wasn't some prison ran or organized educational program by which I obtained my education...
PID
apw:12349716
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T20:16:17.75Z
Title
In a material world
Author
McCoy, B. L.
Pages
6 pages
Text (TR_WF)
In a Material World Page 1 of 6 Being placed into handcuffs had an instant effect on my mind. My life is going to change. I am not going where I have been and I am being casted, unwillingly, into the unknown while everything I have ever loved is going to be taken away. Prior to my incarceration Aug. 7, 2008 I had a 1973 Lincoln Continental, a 2006 Suzuki Forenza, a five piece Pearl brand drumset, desktop computer, cell-phone and pictures of those close to me, hanging on the wall, inside my qu...
PID
apw:12360585
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:38:59.342Z
Title
Justified?
Author
Harkleroad, James
Pages
3 pages
PID
apw:12362020
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:23:02.314Z
Title
Kitchen theft
Author
Harkleroad, James
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12362338
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:28:41.322Z
Title
Mass incarceration- What is it costing us and our children?
Author
Bogomolova, Anastasia
Date
2017-12-01
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
MASS INCARCERATION — WHAT IS IT COSTING US AND OUR CHILDREN? I. WHAT IS IT COSTING US: Former Attorney General Eric Holder stated in 2013 that the problem with the federal sentencing system is the "outsized, unnecessary large prison population", and that "too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason" /1/. Four years later, we are still waiting for the prison reform. The House Judiciary Committee cannot move ahead ...
PID
apw:12355895
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T17:56:47.706Z
Title
Monsters???
Author
Martin, David
Pages
2 pages
State
Florida
Text (TR_WF)
Monsters??? Lots of people claim to be innocent. But for this story, let's just assume we are all guilty. That means we're cruel, heartless, soulless, careless, emotionless, mean monsters. Right? That's who goes to death row right? It's for the worst of the worst. Right? I'm only 26, so maybe I'm just naive, but let me tell you what I see... Before I even got here, there were a few guards at my jail that used to work here, and they told me about it. They said dea...
PID
apw:12343306
Date Uploaded
2016-10-17T23:54:41.77Z
Title
My name is Martin James Malone
Author
Malone, Martin J.
Date
2020-09-06
Pages
3 pages
PID
apw:12362986
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:40:13.55Z
Title
Objective?
Author
Harkleroad, James
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12362017
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:22:59.922Z

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