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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
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...
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apw:12361611
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:06:19.592Z
Title
Bigotry at Jameson Annex
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2020-03-12
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
3/12/2020 Bigotry at Jameson Annex The defination of a bigot according to the American Heritage Dictionary is: n. One who is intolerant esp. in matters of religion, race, or politics. Myself being white or I guess to politically correct term, Caucasian and a Zen Buddhist who practices meditation and runs the small Buddhist Group here at the Jameson Annex of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, I can tell you I have experienced bigotry here in it's many forms. My personal view is that it ...
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apw:12361470
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:02:54.648Z
Title
Cell restriction for writing a phone kite in blue ink
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Cell Restriction for Writing a phone kite in blue ink. It never ceases to amaze me at how petty correctional officers can be when they want to write somebody up or how unit staff use such petty write-ups to punish prisoners, often retaliation. On September 12th, 2017 while I was working in the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Jameson Annex Kitchen I was called over by a correctional officer. This correctional officer had a bunch of minor write-ups in his hand. He asked me "Do you know yo...
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apw:12349890
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:23:30.755Z
Title
Convicted terrorist Kevin James speaks
Author
Ziegler-Wurtz, Nashay M.
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Nashay Wurtz Homework assignment: 5 Essay: 2 Ch. 9: terrorism Convicted terrorist Kevin James speaks in an interview bringing to light the issues that terrorism is present in modern day prisons. Authors of our text, Corrections in the 21st Century, Schmullger and Smykla reference the core issues are not only recruitment, but a danger that exists with the growing “gangs” or, better labeled, sophisticated social networks. These gangs are key to potentially planning terroristic acts within the f...
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apw:12357964
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:38:48.831Z
Title
Corrections is generally considered the
Author
Ziegler-Wurtz, Nashay M.
Pages
11 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Corrections is generally considered the final stage in the criminal justice process. After a crime has been discovered, reported and the defendant convicted through the court process, corrections takes control. Authors of the 8th edition Corrections in the 21st Century, Smallenger and Smykla define corrections as...management of individuals accused and convicted of crimes. The President of Commission of Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice States "Corrections is the part of the ...
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apw:12357735
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:31:19.731Z
Title
Empty room Buddhist group
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Empty Room Buddhist Group The Jameson Buddhist Group has been using the old chapel room for years on Tuesdays when we have are service. We have our religious locker there in that room with all of our religious materials, such as books, candles, videos, blankets to meditate on, etc. Since the religious groups have been allowed to have services again, the Jameson Buddhist Group has been moved to a smaller room away from our Buddhist locker that creates an undo burden on our Buddhist practice. T...
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apw:12363245
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:44:51.282Z
Title
Enjoy your spoiled salad
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Enjoy Your Spoiled Salad I have been working in the kitchen here at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Jameson Annex for about 5 months. One of the things I see on a regular basis is salad that is past its use by date on the bag still being served to prisoners. On friday September 29th I took out some cases of salad from the refridgerated cooler. I made sure all of the bags were good and that they were not past the best by date printed on the package. Two cases were past their best used by ...
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apw:12349887
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:23:30.37Z
Title
Essay on poor food served at the South Dakota State Penitentiary and its effects
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Essay on poor food served at the South Dakota State Penitentiary and its effects. The food served to prisoners at the South Dakota State Penitentiary is not very nutritious, of poor quality, and usually does not taste very good. In the years I have been locked up the food continues to get worse and the quality and nutrition continues to be poor. The prison contractor named CBM provides not only the food that is served in the chowhall on trays but also runs the prison commissary. This to me se...
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apw:12350440
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T13:43:36.954Z
Title
Essay on the need for education and job training for prisoners to help keep them from returning to prison
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
To: The American Prison Writing Archive From Shane Bell, South Dakota State Penitentiary Re: Essay on the need for education and job training for prisoners to help keep them from returning to prison. There is a real need to have education and job training opportunities available to prisoners. Warehousing prisoners and then letting them out of prison with no education or job training is a recipe to recidivism back to prison. I have seen it time and time again. A prisoner gets out of prison whe...
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apw:12350437
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T13:43:36.553Z
Title
Expired donut refund, your fired!
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2020-08-01
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12362857
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:37:52.702Z
Title
Explain how the development of rights
Author
Ziegler-Wurtz, Nashay M.
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Nashay Wurtz SOC 447 - Correctional Systems Homework Assignment: 7 Ch. 11 Essay #1 Explain how the development of rights for female prisoners has differed from that of the rights of male prisoners. The Supreme law of our land is the United States Constitution. Authors of Corrections In the 21st Century, Frank Schmalleger and John Ortiz Smykla point out that the one question at the heart of any discussion of prisoners' rights is this: What does the Constitution have to say? Scholars have ...
PID
apw:12357968
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:38:58.291Z
Title
Go ahead, I won't tell
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2020-03-17
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
3/17/2020 "Go ahead, I won't Tell" I have been in prison for over 10 years now on a life sentence for murder. I do my own time, practice and lead the Jameson Buddhist Group, and am keeping the vow I made to live peacefully and renounce all forms of violence. Since I have been incarcerated I have done 2 lawsuits against the prison officials here. The second one is case: Shane Bell v. Darin Young et al. eiv. 16-4046 (8th Cir. 2016). The civil rights lawsuit has to do with violati...
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apw:12361527
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:04:20.477Z
Title
If you take a shower, your going to the hole
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2017-08-25
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
8/25/2017 If you take a shower, your going to the hole! The prisoners at South Dakota State Penitentiary, Jameson Annex will be given a major write-up and sent to SHU (segregated housing unit or the hole) if they are caught showering on their unit without authorization, such as workers or medical. I think this is stupid and is just another example of a useless and needless rule. A rule made to justify taking a prisoner to the SHU for simply taking a shower. In the blue section where I live th...
PID
apw:12350886
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T16:49:57.601Z
Title
In mind you are free
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2020-08-01
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12362860
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:37:55.634Z
Title
Legal journal taken
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Legal Journal Taken I am what is called a jailhouse lawyer because I do legal research and have filed civil rights lawsuits in federal court, which the prison officials don't like. Yesterday my cell was shaken down for about 50 minutes while I was strip searched and handcuffed, placed in a holding cell. By contrast the cell next to me was searched before mine in which if the correctional officer about 10-15 minutes and the two inmates were free to stand around or sit on stairs in section...
PID
apw:12362854
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:37:50.187Z
Title
List the four main reasons
Author
Ziegler-Wurtz, Nashay M.
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Soc. 447 Correctional Systems N. Wurtz Homework Assignment: 8 Ch. 13 Essay: #1 List the four main reasons prisons are overcrowded and how do you think we can control this issue. There are four main reasons for overcrowding in the prison systems. Schmalleger and Smykla, authors of the text Corrections in the 21st Century describe these four reasons. The first reason for overcrowding being the increase in imprisonment. I see this first-hand in the prison I am [in]. With the zero tolerance laws ...
PID
apw:12357961
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:38:44.854Z
Title
Lock us in for 10 minutes together
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2020-03-18
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
3/18/2020 "Lock us in for 10 minutes together" Yesterday morning was quite interesting when an inmate named Hamilton verbally requested to floor Officer Boul that she shut and lock the cleaning supplies room door for 10 minutes. The intention was obvious as I saw smiles on both inmate Hamilton face and correctional Officer Boul face. Officer Col. Boul thought it over for about 30 seconds while she stood in the doorway and inmate Hamilton stood to my left waiting for her reply. I was...
PID
apw:12361523
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:04:16.025Z
Title
Lost Buddha prisoner
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2017-10-26
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
10/26/2017 Lost Buddha Prisoner Have you ever been lost, I mean truely lost, confused, and surrounded by people who want to do you harm, destroy your name and reputation with a smile? I have. That has been my daily life for over about a year. Here at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Jameson Annex. There is absolutely no respect, unity or alot of times, common sense. Alot of the mentality here is that of immature teenagers who love to gossip. The state of South Dakota wanted to execute me ...
PID
apw:12351158
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T17:50:47.86Z
Title
Maggots on prison food serving line
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2017-07-25
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
7/25/2017 Essay #1: Maggots on Prison Food Serving Line I have worked in the kitchen at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Jameson Annex for close to 3 months and found live maggots on the food serving line. Food had collected in the gaps between the steel on the line and the decaying food matter attracted flies, which in turn laid eggs and the maggots were born. When the maggots were found on the serving line a correctional officer was notified. She then notified Unit Manager Sam Badure wh...
PID
apw:12350699
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T15:41:31.517Z
Title
No more buddhist group services
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2017-07-25
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Essay #2 No more Buddhist Group Services I am a Zen Buddhist who has been the leader of the Buddhist Group religious services here at the Jameson Annex of the South Dakota State Penitentiary for the past few years. Buddhists practice peace and seek wisdom. Buddhism teaches us to not discriminate against anyone, to practice compassion and love for all beings and non-violence. It is a very positive way of life. Why is it that I was told by the cultural coordinator Tammy Mertens-Jones that the B...
PID
apw:12350702
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T15:41:31.838Z
Title
No more paralegal, library, or legal library
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
No More Paralegal, Library or Legal Library I got a notice from the paralegal Mark Binde here at the Jameson Annex of the South Dakota State Penitentiary that as of October 1st, 2017 there is no longer a paralegal here to help us with legal work. The notice stated his office is being defunded by DOC because prisoners now have tablets with Lexis Nexis on it that can help with legal work. There also is a posted notice that states the law library is no longer being updated with legal materials b...
PID
apw:12349884
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:23:30.009Z
Title
Nosey people
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
10/22/2017 Nosey People I have been locked up since 2009 in the South Dakota State Penitentiary and at the Maximum Security Jameson Annex since 2013 and it surprises me just how nosey people are. This prison is boring and relatively safe compared to most other prisons. Both inmates and prisoners have nothing else to do then be nosey and gossip about nothing and everything. This prison doesn't allow us to seal our out-going mail so any prison staff can and do read our letters and gossip a...
PID
apw:12351127
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T17:50:45.389Z

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