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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
4 year old nephew travels across the state to visit, but is denied by prison staff
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2017-08-25
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
4 year old nephew travels across the state to visit, but is denied by prison staff About a month or so ago I made arrangements with my family about when they would visit me. I was excited to meet my 4-year old nephew named Carter for the first time ever, as well as my 6 year old nephew Keegan. I needed to get my 4-year old nephew Carter on my visit list so my parents, who were traveling across the state of South Dakota to visit me with him could get in to see me. I contacted the Unit Coordina...
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apw:12350889
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T16:49:57.87Z
Title
A bag of rags please, governor
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
A Bag of Rags Please, Governor In this time of the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping our country and the prisons in it, I find that it goes against common sense to clean less and take away cleaning rags in which prisoners use to clean their cells and help prevent the spread of Covid-19. I work in the Mauve section of the Jameson Annex of the South Dakota State Penitentiary. The bottom tier is all A&O inmates, new inmates brought in from the outside and most likely to bring in the Coronavirus,...
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apw:12363242
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:44:48.7Z
Title
A deaf person would probably welcome it
Author
Pitman, Michael Ted
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
A deaf person would probably welcome it, but I'm sure that it has driven many men mad at its extreme! Noise; all kinds of and all levels and durations. Music is simply noise of another kind to some and not all singing is truly welcome. On an air craft carrier the noise is not just loud in decibels, but nearly constant with launch and recovery operations around the clock. In prison, the noise is both loud and persistent with a little easing of the din in early morning hours. Normally, the...
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apw:12361403
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:01:17.371Z
Title
A murder victim speaks: The truth in the age of "me too"
Author
Douglas, Steffe'n
Pages
14 pages
Text (O)
American Prison Writing Archive: A Murder Victim Speaks A Murder Victim Speaks: (The Truth in the Age of "Me Too") I am a murder victim... I have often said that Paul Harvey was right. I maintain that to this day. 'If you want to see the worst that society has to offer humanity sit outside a prison at shift change'. No one is more corrupt, no one is more criminal than those folks you'll see exiting or entering the facility with badges on their chests. You won't b...
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apw:12359321
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:21:32.036Z
Title
A prisoner's essays
Author
Long, Stephen
Pages
6 pages
State
California
Text (TR_WF)
A Prisoner's Essays Stephen David Long Currently imprisoned @ California Correctional Center Introduction Comprehending the physical and mental experiences of a person incarcerated in the American prison system has significant worth. For anyone interested in gaining insight on prison conditions, the impact prison conditions have on humanity, the role prisons play in society, and whether or not the current prison system operates rationally. Through thoughtfulness, I will develop essays ab...
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apw:12342869
Date Uploaded
2016-10-17T11:30:37.728Z
Title
A prisoner's perspective on the institution
Author
Terway, David J.
Date
41844
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
David J. Terway, F-32909 Professor CP Bird Sociology 102 24 July 14 Final Essay A Prisoner's Perspective on the Institution Before I attempt to convey howirny experience over the last nine years here in prison relates to sociology and also what sociologists might learn from me, I want my readers to know that I did, in fact, engage in behavior which deviated from the norms of the society in which I lived. I am not innocent; I deserve to be punished. I am not so sure that the length of my ...
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apw:12358348
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T18:56:54.146Z
Title
A whole lot deeper then anger
Author
Folsom, Brian Nicholas
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
"A Whole Lot Deeper Then Anger" By: Brian Folsom 02-21-2020 Prison life can break anyone. When loneliness and fear drive a man or woman too deep inside themselves, faith shrivels into hopelessness. It feels like the last piece of red beating heart finally solidify's, and an infection of bitterness intensifies tenfold. The deep dark become's a very sacred thing. I truley believe when the need for somekind of meaningful human contact become's an impossibility, a soul ca...
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apw:12361296
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:58:40.965Z
Title
Abused again
Author
Richter, Robert
Date
2018-07-22
Pages
6 pages
Text (TR_WF)
July 22, 2018 Robert John Richter For APWA Abused again Yet again, within only one day of being questioned by a senior OSI PREA investigator, I have been subjected to sexual abuse, staff voyeurism, inflicted upon me in order to intimidate, humiliate, and degrade me. The excuse, again, was an outside trip for an OMH (psych) appointment. This was just a cover. This isn't the only retaliation I have suffered. On July 2, OSI PREA investigator Bossman questioned me about my PREA complaints, b...
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apw:12355104
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T21:11:02.611Z
Title
Abusing/killing the imprisoned mentally ill
Author
Clark, Edward R.
Pages
8 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Abusing/Killing The Imprisoned Mentally Ill The contents is factual. by Edward R. Clark This writer is a prisoner for over four decades has sought prison reform. Predictably, prison officials react with punitive action including trips to punitive segregation and extended imprisonment. However, placed in segregation has provided insight into the abuse of mentally ill/impaired prisoners in segregation to the degree of causing their death, as I included in reports to the legislature: A Prisoner’...
PID
apw:12362451
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:30:37.688Z
Title
Actually innocent
Author
Taylor, Albert G.
Pages
9 pages
Text (O)
Albert Taylor- 1 Eastham Unit Lovelady, Tx 75851 "NO TEARS IN THE WRITER, NO TEARS IN THE READER" Robert Frost ACTUALLY INNOCENT Like all other jailhouse lawyers ["writ writers" in prison slang]; I have wished to be able to help someone who is actually innocent, and who was being treated unjustly. When I finally did get the opportunity; it was not a Criminal Law case, as I had expected it would be, but instead, it was a Family Law case, and no one could be more innocent th...
PID
apw:12353618
Date Uploaded
2018-09-27T01:07:27.797Z
Title
Adaptive core curriculum for prisoners
Author
Smith, Andrew Jackson
Date
2014-02-06
Date
2014-02-06, 2014-02-06
Pages
16 pages
State
Alabama
Topics
Neurological and behavioral damage of prisoners, Outline of rehabilitative, moral and educational curriculum
Text (TR)
Andrew Jackson Smith Elmore Correctional Center (AL) Adaptive Core Curriculum for Prisoners The human brain is designed to sustain oneself throughout a perilous journey from helplessness to hopefulness. The most incredible adaptability, exhibited in both anatomical and physiological changes, occur as a resort of our having encountered new stimuli internally and externally. One billion neurons engaging 100 trillion synaptic reactions allow for this plasticity which makes us forever adaptable t...
PID
apw:12342097
Date Uploaded
2016-03-11T18:52:06.287Z
Title
Addendum to previous essay which was a relapse prevention plan
Author
Terway, David J.
Date
2020-01-18
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
David J. Terway January 18,2020 Addendum to previous essay which was a Relapse Prevention Plan titled "How I Plan to Remain a Healthy, Productive, and Valued Member of the Community When I Parole" (a.k.a. "If I Fail to Plan, I Plan to Fail"). This writing is meant to inform my readers of several things that have transpired since the writing and submission to the A.P.W.A. of my aforementioned Relapse Prevention Plan (RPP). As a patient in the California Department of Correc...
PID
apw:12360920
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:48:13.978Z
Title
Addicted to violence
Author
Richter, Robert
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
March 25, 2018 Robert Johan Richter Title: Addicted To Violence Prison is a great place to witness all kinds of addictions, and how far they drive their victims. Prisoners sell their meals for cigarettes, and their bodies for drugs. The most common addiction doesn't involve drugs, porn, or anything you can buy or sell. Many people, both prisoners and guards, are addicted to violence. There is a big difference, however; the guards almost never face any kind of punishment. Why do people li...
PID
apw:12353267
Date Uploaded
2018-09-26T11:00:33.778Z
Title
All I can think to write about is what it is like to be illiterate
Author
Soren, Jade
Date
2019-01-07
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
January 7, 2019 APWA, All I can think to write about is what its like to be illiterate most of my life, to be abandoned by public defenders and to face a wrongful conviction on only hearsay when real evidence was not allowed. I can't imagine anyone interested in what it took to learn to read and write, the hell I lived through since December 20, 1990. Lets be honest, people are always too willing to believe the worst. I suppose it helps shape the world in their eyes. I still do not belie...
PID
apw:12356052
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T18:50:09.021Z
Title
Alone amidst a crowd
Author
Sharpe, D. E.
Pages
7 pages
Text (O)
Alone Amidst a Crowd An Essay on Prison Life One of the many ironies faced in prison is the fleeting chance moment of friendship found there. That moment, surprising and most unexpected, comes onto the yard and into your cell, your life, so very suddenly that you are left feeling incredulous at it's happening. It comes about usually at the discretion of the guards, who have decided to move a person for concerns of safety or convenience. You have left your cell to go to yard for your dail...
PID
apw:12351353
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T19:43:03.216Z
Title
An almost love story
Author
Shaulis, Dahn
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
An Almost Love Story When Olivia Martin moved into the PC unit, she could have passed for a woman: five feet nine, slender, with smooth brown skin and braided black hair, her walk feminine. I received advanced knowledge about Olivia from CO Romer. Romer said she had hormone shots before her incarceration, which accounted for her womanly chest. Somehow she was also able to maintain red lips, though cosmetics were not available in the men’s prisons. That was one of her little secrets. But Olivia...
PID
apw:12349271
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:48:06.634Z
Title
An unappreciative witness to the execution of Jimmie Jeffers
Author
Greenwald, Jesse M.
Date
1995-09-12
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
An unappreciative witness to the execution of Jimmie Jeffers By: Jesse Greenwald / Arizona State Prison 09-12-95 As I sit and write these words, a few dozen yards away another man sits and waits for those that are preparing to end his life. Various devices designed to certify that all life has been extinguished from one of Gods finest works, are rigorously being tested and arranged. The atmosphere within these walls and within the throats of a thousand silent men, is so thick, that movement h...
PID
apw:12352694
Date Uploaded
2018-06-16T02:32:07.375Z
Title
As I study what our founders
Author
Sorensen, Alan Jade
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
As I study what our founders of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights sacrificed for the freedoms most enjoy today, what went wrong with our laws for so many? I can't help but think that this culture of prisons would be a disappointment to our great ancestors who gave so much, often in blood and life. Also, as much as this is not just about me, I sometimes wonder how my life would have been different had I not lived on a farm and received a real education. But I refuse to live in self ...
PID
apw:12361247
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:57:26.973Z
Title
Awakened by death
Author
Terway, David J.
Date
41716
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
>J()T.7¢ David J. Terway, F-329 Professor Kress English 101 March 18, 2014 Awakened by Death My first experience with the death of a relative occurred just weeks prior to my twelfth birthday. It was an experience that altered my life in many significant ways, but above all else, it caused me to realize that I cannot take life, neither my own nor others’, for granted. I was born in 1961 to parents who had their heads on straight. Therefore, I had what I consider a very stable, ideal, and bl...
PID
apw:12359279
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:20:26.433Z
Title
Bag of hope
Author
Pernice, Shon
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
Bag of Hope by Shon Pernice 
 When you enter the prison system, you are stripped of a variety of things: property, money, employment, relationships, respect, and your home. One of the biggest losses felt is your dignity. When you are talked to like you are a piece of trash - everyday for years - you start to believe it. You do not feel that you are worthy of anyone's love, support, or time. If offenders are programmed this way, it should be of no surprise what contributes to a failed sys...
PID
apw:12358003
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:40:09.445Z
Title
Bang! The door goes shut!
Author
Harris, Daniel Lee
Pages
6 pages
Text (O)
Bang! The door goes shut! In all situations it is the people that create the atmosphere or the environment within a community, and in this collective we have two distinct groups; inmates and prison administration, they are the determining factors of prison, in teleology they would be the cause in determining of purpose. Starting with the inmates; in prison there is a hierarchy of inmates, this is established by the crime each has committed, therein lies the POD boss, his personality sets the ...
PID
apw:12351471
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T23:11:34.307Z
Title
Beginning of a change
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Beginning of a Change... "In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a brave and scarce man, hated and scorned. When the cause succeeds, however, the timid join him...for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot." That is a quote I often think of by Mark Twain when doing my life sentence and actually trying to enforce my Constitutional rights and promote change here. People don't like change and it can be a difficult and dangerous thing to do at a prison, especially alone as I a...
PID
apw:12361611
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:06:19.592Z
Title
Being broke
Author
Brock, Andy
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
Andy Brock Correctional writer's Initiative BRCI — 317746 CW1 - Student Paper 4460 Broad River Rd. Semester 3 Columbia, SC 29210~4012 BEING BROKE I am blessed to have someone to send me money from time to time. So, what I'm going to do, is tell you what I have seen people do around me here in prison--to compensate for being broke. But, first, let me tell you one thing about prison: In here, one dollar is like twenty to the free world, and that dollar in here, takes the form of an it...
PID
apw:12352640
Date Uploaded
2018-06-15T21:38:03.309Z

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