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Title
2nd class citizens assert 1st Amendment rights
Author
Arroyo, Bryant
Date
2015-10-31
Date
2015-10-31, 2015-10-31
Pages
2 pages
State
Pennsylvania
Topics
Tom Corebett, Victim Crimes Act, HB2533, SB508, first amendment
Text (TR_WF)
2nd Class Citizens Assert 1st Amendment Rights Col. Writ. 11/14/14 Copyright Bryant Arroyo In the dead of the night Gov. Tom Corbett huddled with the choir of the legislature and the rest of his cronies (FOP) whom introduced an invidious, unconstitutional 'Chilling Effect' tantamount to a 'civil choke hold.' Gov. Corbett signed both HB2533 & SB508 on Oct. 3, 2014, which is legally unprecedented and has far-reaching implications that specifically targets and impacts for...
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apw:12341601
Date Uploaded
2015-09-29T21:47:08.573Z
Title
4A4L - unsensored
Author
Pennix, Ladaro
Date
2014-04-21
Pages
7 pages
State
California
Text (TR)
Ladaro Pennix CA written 4-21-14 Positive Greetings A.P.W.A.,... This essay will be called "4A4L-unsensored," where I will unlock a reality into the abrusive abhorrent crimes against the captive soul's within "4A4L," by wicked correctional officers who's abuse is as noteworthy as Corcoran's gladiator fights in the '90's and early and mid-2000's... So without further ado allow me to introduce you to 4A4L's insideous world of corrupted offi...
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apw:12343185
Date Uploaded
2016-10-17T18:19:38.061Z
Title
A da in the SHU
Author
Bomani, Diallo
Pages
2 pages
State
California
Text (O)
A da in the SHU I awake this morning to my pitiful predicament. The instant my eyes popped open I shuddered from the reality of harsh environment. Suddenly I stood and move to the center of the of the cell to perform a simple test. Sure enough standing in the [modd?] middle I was able to touch opposent walls with outstretched arms. The cell was about about eight by five. Five feet wide and eight feet long. A cement box smaller than the size of a home bath room. The cement walls, floors, and c...
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apw:12344496
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T13:51:17.397Z
Title
A few thoughts about the cell
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Date
2003
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
Mikhail Markhasev Corcoran, CA I wrote this essay in 2003, while I was in the hole (SHU). It was printed in The Beat Within, a youth outreach in the S.F. Bay area. I want to share it with A.P.W.A. You have my permission to post it. A few thoughts about the cell The cell... for some, it is a taste of hell — where single day is an eternity to dwell But as for me, when I’m in the cell a sweet serenity upon my heart it spells my doubt and uncertainty it quells my fear dispels — amidst the noise, ...
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apw:12357853
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:35:13.617Z
Title
A lot has been written
Author
Dorotik, Jane
Pages
5 pages
State
California
Text (O)
A lot has been written Original Dorotik CA A lot has been written about the prison system lately -- why we as a nation incarcerate so many, why the bureauocratic and unweildy system is only expected to make minimal cuts to its 11 billion dollar budget while education and social supports are slashed to the very core, why California's prison system has the highest recidivism rate of any state in the nation? But little is written of the individual suffering that occurs in devastating ways o...
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apw:12344502
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T15:41:58.187Z
Title
A major hang-up
Author
Walker, Curtis Lee
Pages
8 pages
Text (O)
A MAJOR HANG-UP Ilve spent 22 years in maximum security facilities where the culture has a texture unique to that environment. Extremes are embraced when moderation would prove the more productive path. Violence, dominance and emasculation are the languages which most cons come to believe that they must be fluent in to communicate our strength and declare our manhood. I've been here in New Lisbon, a medium security facility for 2 years now. It's not nearly as yiolent as max because ...
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apw:12355270
Date Uploaded
2019-01-21T19:52:50.221Z
Title
A tour through the circles of hell
Author
O'Shea, Patrick
Pages
10 pages
Text (O)
A Tour Through The Circles of Hell By Patrick O'Shea Correction office David Hale was horrified by the barbaric and brutal actions of his fellow officers. "I can't describe it to you --I've never seen beatings like that," he recalled. "At least 50 guys got it, maybe more. I seen them carry one inmate down the hall with a guard on each leg and one on each arm. The assistant warden comes down the hall and grabs the inmate's testicles and starts yanking on them...
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apw:12349176
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:47:27.593Z
Title
AK DOC has and currently engages
Author
Akmountains
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
1 January 2019 AK DOC has and currently engages in a policy and practice that fails to notify senders of mail that has been censored (denied), which is also a procedural due process violation to publishers that are never given their Right of the chance to appeal the censorship of their publication being denied prior to disposal, as required by the laws of the United States. There has been a couple of changes at Anchorage Correctional Complex (ACC) but these changes were not implemented until ...
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apw:12359042
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:14:37.855Z
Title
Advice for those new to prison
Author
Theus, Cedric B.
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
9/30/2015 Advice for those new to prison By Cedric B. Theus I have been asked many times about how I got through almost twenty years in prison with my mind, body and spirit still in good condition. New prisoners often seek guidance from “veteran prisoners” on how to conduct themselves in order to minimize problems. That is the purpose of this composition. Losing one’s freedom is one of the most traumatic experiences that a normal person can have. It is in the nature of most animals to resist ...
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apw:12354763
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:33:08.55Z
Title
Affidavit invoking Florida statute 16.615(4)(c)(d)
Author
A.M.O.S
Pages
8 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Affidavit Invoking Florida Statute 16.615(4)(c)(d) I am being held captive under the unlawful custody of the Florida State Prison industrial complex, due to the infringements of my constitutional rights to a fair and speedy trial. Wherefore, I'm humbly invoking the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to act as an arbiter as far as propose a panacea and remuneration of these social injustices within the judicial forum(s). On October 29th 2009, I went to trial for aggravated...
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apw:12355326
Date Uploaded
2019-01-21T19:56:05.26Z
Title
Aloha
Author
Nobody
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Aloha Aloha, This is my first submission to the A.P.W.A. project. I haven't actually earned any professional degree or anything like that yet. However I have had some of my works published in various locations and have even received State and national recognition. I have had a fair amount of formal and informal study, training and actual experience in various communications fields. So you may say I have achieved the level of amateur or freelancer. But enough about me. Let's get down...
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apw:12353364
Date Uploaded
2018-09-26T18:57:25.41Z
Title
Animal farm: "Equal justice under law"
Author
Kor, James Samuel
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
ANIMAL FARM "Equal Justice Under Law” -Prisoner 13834 Thanks to a truly civilized society (Italy), that is properly vigilant over the quality of justice being done in its name, an American named Amanda Knox was afforded an appeal process free of bias, free of intentionally calculated unfairness, and she won justice. At virtually the same time, in our so—called "EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER lA&T' America, the indigent, ethnic minority, Troy Davis, got his dose of Hurricane Katrina, p...
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apw:12351882
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T02:47:37.302Z
Title
Ask me about solitary confinement, and the panda bear
Author
Holland, Daniel Leo
Pages
6 pages
Text (O)
Ask me about solitary confinement, and the Panda Bear If you were to‘ask me about solitary confinement I could tell you horror stories. But here is an example of how solitary confinement is abused and used as a tool to bully inmates. Here is a guy we will call Stan who has been in prison for the better part of 19 years. Stan has been virtually "ticket" free with only a couple minor disciplinary [tickets] infractions over the years.(On a scale of 1 to 10 on the problem scale- this gu...
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apw:12351382
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T19:43:05.099Z
Title
Before I as in Charles
Author
Paschal, Charles A. Jr.
Date
2019-04-06
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
NO TITLE 4-6-2019 Before I as in Charles Anthony Paschal Jr. think to take time to write anything on this paper for the reason and purpose of sharing an essay from my viewpoint about education with education meaning the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process, I'm going to start with the words, "I greatly appreciate you for taking a brief moment of your time to give me your attention so I can share this essay about education with you!" As I progress towa...
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apw:12357643
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:28:09.737Z
Title
Before I think to write
Author
Paschal, Charles A. Jr.
Date
2019-01-11
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
1-11-2019 Before I think to write anything on this paper I pray that whomever's attention I'm getting by taking such chance to get your attention is doing alright! Whereas, my name is as previously stated above Charles Anthony Paschal Jr., and I'm currently serving my 17th year straight in the Georgia Department of Corrections off a 30 years total prison sentence! My reason and purpose for taking a chance to get whomever's attention I'm getting is to share an essay ab...
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apw:12356362
Date Uploaded
2019-05-28T17:22:34.807Z
Title
Before I think to write anything on this paper
Author
Paschal, Charles A. Jr.
Date
2018-11-20
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
11-20-2018 Before I think to write anything on this paper my name is Charles Anthony Paschal Jr., and I have been incarcerated 17 years straight off of a 30 year sentence, and the reason I'm currently taking a chance to get anyones' attention that can understand my unthought of words, "no matter what you're serving in life your only confines are the ones that you allow to be your confines!" Freedom is only a eight letter word, and if you allow others' judgements ...
PID
apw:12356144
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T19:24:46.903Z
Title
Behind these walls
Author
Harewood, Ian
Pages
2 pages
Text (FT)
BEHIND THESE WALLS By Ian Harewood Free will is all about choices. In prison you have no free will. Every day, you have to do what someone tells you. You can't wake up in the middle of the night and go for something as simple as ice-cream or a snack. I remember when I had free will growing up. I wish that my choices had been different. As a kid I was always trying to fit in. But back in those days, the dark-skinned guys were the butt of jokes in school, the ones who weren't popular....
PID
apw:12347004
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T02:16:35.825Z
Title
Being loyal
Author
Q
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
Loyalty is essential. In my life loyalty is above all else, loyalty is paramount. All of my behaviors and former belief systems were predicated on the premise that disloyalty was tantamount to failure and destruction. I had prided myself on being loyal, and demanded it of those whom I associated with. That was to be my downfall. ‘ In 1996, I committed a crime with someone with whom I believed I could trust. I was mistaken, and my whole loyalty belief system was shaken. As luck or misfortune, ...
PID
apw:12349969
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T00:30:29.771Z
Title
Benevolence
Author
Cunningham, Travis
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
"Benevolence" As I sit here contemplating what I would like to share with the masses, I'm left reflecting on years past. Some ask how I've been able to sustain my mental stability in such dismay times. As one must imagine life in captivity and the bellicosity this environment brings can cause a person to feel indifferent from humanity and civility. Prison tends to remove those simply human attributes and instead replace them with an abysmal, diabolic, malicious nature, ess...
PID
apw:12353053
Date Uploaded
2018-09-25T21:47:57.78Z
Title
Caper loves everyone and everyone loves Caper!
Author
May, Larry E.
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Larry E. May Caper Loves Everyone and Everyone Loves Caper! By L. Edward May From a distance, it looked like a lion in a cage. I immediately thought of the stories my parents told me regarding traveling circuses. Animals in cages, placed on wagons, pulled by horses, from town to town. Men on the yard stopped talking and exercising as the cart approached. Two women guided it towards our building. There was a brown dog inside the sturdy metal cage. Most of us believed he was vicious because of ...
PID
apw:12362914
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:38:57.126Z
Title
Cellmate violence encourage/allowed
Author
Noble, Ricardo
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Ricardo Noble S.C.I. - Greene 175 Progress Drive Waynesburg, PA. 15370 Cellmate Violence Encouraged/Allowed Long Before August 8, 2014, I sent copies of this letter and attached documents to Head of Pennsylvania's Dept. of Corrections (John Wetzel), PA Deputy Secretary of D.O.C. Mr. Burns, Dan Caro (Western Region), and others. 09/23/2014 Dear APWA Readers: This is a serious issue that affects many prisoners and needs to be addressed. S.C.I. - Greene staff encourage and allow cellmate-on...
PID
apw:12350179
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T12:18:09.59Z
Title
Change is difficult
Author
McReynolds, Brandon
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Change is difficult Change is difficult. Growth is difficult. Real growth necessitates exploring and challenging my thoughts, feelings, beliefs, values, morals, and behaviors. Likewise, it includes taking a critical stance towards my environment. This is my life, everything in it is personal, intimate, and immersed in who I am. I cannot compartmentalize my life to such an exact that nothing touches my core. This is unhealthy, and illogical. I must, however, learn to develop a meaningful ratio...
PID
apw:12347861
Date Uploaded
2017-11-02T19:42:29.402Z
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...
PID
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 ...
PID
apw:12357735
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:31:19.731Z

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