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American prison: The largest sinkhole of taxpayer dollars in history
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Author
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Orr, Adam Gregory
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5 pages
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American Prison: The Largest Sinkhole of Taxpayer Dollars in History A recent report called "Follow the Money of Mass Incarceration" says taxpayers spend approximately 182 billion dollars per year on incarceration. That is 182, followed by 9 zeros. Numbers that large are difficult to comprehend. I mean a lot of calculators don't have screens that wide! I'm not going to parse that report, (it's available on the internet at www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/money.html) inste...
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apw:12356396
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2019-05-24T14:50:47.805Z
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Gun violence
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Author
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Orr, Adam G.
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6 pages
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Gun Violence First, let me preface my comments by saying 'I have two grandchildren, a daughter, two sisters, two step-brothers, a step-sister and a mother still going about their lives out their in your wortld. I worry about them every single day. I try not to picture them in a school, or mall, or at a concert all covered in blood because some idiot got his hands on a gun. And I'm apolitical. I belive all politicians are power hungry lying thieves. (Ironic coming from me.) Our syste...
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apw:12359198
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2020-06-18T19:18:30.319Z
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Hope
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Author
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Capozzi, Derek A.
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Date
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2020-05-07
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4 pages
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*Hope* By: Derek A. Capozzi U.S. Penitentiary ADX Box 8500 Florence, CO 81226 "I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope" Agamemnon, (L.1668). Aeschylus 525-456 B.C.E. Hope is a feeling that something we want or need can somehow be had or that events will turn out for the best. As a man of many hardships, loaded and fueled with drugs, crime, violence and sex, I have a significant amount of experience within the realm of hope. In fact, one might even call me a connoisseur of hop...
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apw:12361982
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2021-06-10T15:22:22.064Z
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Mental health
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Author
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Orr, Adam Gregory
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9 pages
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Mental Health The recent lawsuit on mental health in solitary confinement has brought a flicker of candle light to a subject that desperately needs a spotlight. Unfortunately, the subsequent settlement has pretty much guaranteed no further illumination. My name is Adam Orr and I currently reside in the middle of the fray: ADX. I've been here on solitary confinement since 2011. Needless to say, I've seen a lot of inmates in desperate need of mental health care. However, before I go i...
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apw:12349794
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2018-03-15T20:36:09.082Z
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Programs
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Author
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Orr, Adam G.
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7 pages
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"Programs" On February 25, 2020, Michael Carvajal became the newest Director of the Bureau of Prisons. He has an impressive resumé and a long history in the BOP. He is unquestionably qualified for the job. However it's his most recent position which concerns me and should concern all of us inside the system. That's why I've put pen to paper once again. Mr. Carvajal is being promoted from Assistant Director of Correctional Programs. Well, unless he was in charge of our...
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apw:12361586
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Date Uploaded
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2021-02-03T16:05:46.99Z
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Today's psychology in solitary confinement
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Author
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Capozzi, Derek A.
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Date
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2020-03-30
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4 pages
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Today's Psychology In Solitary Confinement: By Derek Capozzi As I sit in my cell it crosses my mind that the people running the psychological departments of penal institutions may know a lot less about rehabilitation than they put out. 1/ In other words: they act like they know more than they truly do. Perhaps, even, they do not care. The perception today is that "criminal thinking" errors can be categorically changed through the use of a class of therapy models designed for pr...
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apw:12361977
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2021-06-10T15:22:16.29Z
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Whose justice is this?
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Author
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Wilson, Jesse L.
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1 page
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Whose Justice is This? At the age of 15 I was arrested & charged with grand larceny. After months in a concrete cell, I was offered "a way out" by getting my mother to sign off on me being 'certified as an adult', at that hearing I was, afterwards I was transferred to the adult jail & given a bond, I bonded out, six months later my mother & I were at the county court house where I pled guilty (I was now a 16 year old convicted felon) & placed on probation. ...
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apw:12358324
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2020-06-18T18:56:16.317Z
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Years ago, Dr. Cornell West said
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Author
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Murray, Gregory L.
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Date
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2017-08-23
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2 pages
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Dear APWA, Salutations! If you've already received the hand-written agreement?, than you were expecting this journal entry. Years ago, Dr. Cornall West said "having a GED is the equivalent of being functionally illiterate." Although I couldn't grasp the complexity of what he meant then, now it makes perfect sense. In 2003 while awaiting trial, I passed the GED test. Unbeknownst to me then that's all I learned i.e. how to pass a test. Fast-forward to around 2010 or 201...
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apw:12351090
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Date Uploaded
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2018-03-16T17:18:03.694Z