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Title
16 years since inception.
Author
Martinez, Brandon
Date
2010-08-25
Date
2010-08-25, 2010-08-25
Pages
3 pages
State
California
Text (TR)
1 Brandon Martinez Word Count: 1,253 August 25, 2010 (NO TITLE) 16 years since inception. Been locked down in the department of correction entered the prison gate. Had no idea what would be my fate. Slangin the rocks from the triple beam. Was just a young buck having fun. Didnt realize what the cost of packing a gun. As I heard the iron gates rattle. Prepared for every twist and turn of the battle. For a life sentence surely I was doomed living in obscurity in a cocoon. Would I lose my mind. ...
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apw:176
Date Uploaded
2015-09-16T17:52:37.443Z
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
5 positive steps to reform prisons
Author
Hartman, Kenneth
Date
2013-12-09
Pages
2 pages
State
California
Text (O)
5 Positive Steps to Reform Prisons December 9, 2013 Renowned prison reform activist Ken Hartman gives his insights into how we can reform our broken system. We already know the prisons in this country are broken, and we have begun the process of rethinking the idea of what incarceration means, should mean, and will mean in the future. Punishment for the sake of inflicting pain has lost its hold on the public's imagination. And not a moment too soon, because the damage done is extensive. ...
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apw:12344714
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T21:08:46.17Z
Title
60 second house call: 101
Author
Crump, Chernikko L.
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
60 Second House Call: 101 by: Chernikko L. Crump Greetings, A.P.W.A contributors and audiences abroad. Once again it is an honor and a privilege to be able to share my thoughts as well as first hand experiences on major issues and areas of concern that we face in the American criminal justice system. I would like to take a brief moment in introducing A.P.W.A. contributors, and audiences to our first session of 60 second house calls and also give a brief description of this series and its inte...
PID
apw:12359626
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:29:23.19Z
Title
60 second housecall: 102
Author
Crump, Chernikko L.
Date
2020-01-20
Pages
10 pages
Text (TR_WF)
January 20th, 2020 Item #SSH-02-102 .60 Second Housecall By: Chernikko Crump Spit Fire Nation January 20th, 2020 Item #SSH-02-102 Page 1 Greetings, A.P.W.A. Contributors and Audiences. Spit Fire Nation is Honored to have an opportunity to share with you our thoughts as well as first hand experiences on major issues and areas of concern we face in the American Criminal Justice System. I am your Host Chernikko L. Crump and I think it is now time for us to check in with our Criminal Justice Hous...
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apw:12360877
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:46:31.882Z
Title
8 accurate books to read about life in prison
Author
Hartman, Kenneth
Date
2010-11-30
Pages
10 pages
State
California
Text (O)
Kenneth Hartman Prison Writer November 30, 2010 8 Accurate Books To Read About Life In Prison (PHOTOS) I can't count the number of times I've been asked what books and movies I'd recommend to get a better understanding of prison. It's the very nature and design of this world, with all the barriers both real and metaphorical, that makes getting a clear understanding difficult to gain. Most folk's sense of this reality is formed in the dark of a movie theater or in the ...
PID
apw:12344782
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T22:55:08.032Z
Title
A baby brings changes
Author
AMOM
Pages
3 pages
State
California
Text (TR)
Alberto Otiniano California A Baby Bring Changes The Milk This story remember me to the milk, when a loving mother bring to nourishing to your baby, and the parents take care of him, even before to birth when the mother go to the doctor, sometimes the parents not planning to have a baby, not can't afford to have a baby. The mother will to quit work when the baby is born, and the parents are upset, but the month pass and she feel the baby kicking! The father put his hands on your wife abd...
PID
apw:12342730
Date Uploaded
2016-10-15T02:19:47.037Z
Title
A bad year
Author
Arreygue, Michael
Date
2016-10-02
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Michael Arreyene S.V.S.P. California A Bad Year Any year in prison could be considered a bad year, but for me the past year has been a bad year. Although it is far from the worst because things could always be worse, for instance I probably could not be able to write these thoughts or even be around. By no means do I intend to be morbid, but as we all view the best/worse case scenario this is mine. My bad year began in August 2014 and it came out of nowhere and knocked me out like a suckerpun...
PID
apw:12347867
Date Uploaded
2017-11-02T19:42:29.569Z
Title
A bitch slap to Nieztche
Author
Torres, Eduardo
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
A Bitch Slap to Nietzsche If you don't know who Nieztche is, he's a famous thinker from the late 19th century who is famous for deeming God as Dead and believing immorality is power to those who seek it and morality destroys individual lives. He believes apparantly that humans are not in any kind of spiritual battle exept with morality that "always" destroys people's lives, he must not believe in evil or aliens or supernatural balance is needed for existence He is in ...
PID
apw:12360512
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:36:45.145Z
Title
A black man trapped
Author
Atkins, Richard Jr.
Date
2018-09-06
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
"A Black Man Trapped" The life some of us live, is the cause for our paranoia, pain and stress. Our parents think that we're insane and that we're not capable of learning life. life is the key to success, but with success there's a serious price, which perhaps many men don't want. I represent for the life that made me a problem child and the soldiers on the streets who are trying to survive the jungle that goes on in the ghettos/or jungle. They don't believe...
Text (O)
fly: : ;Piz2m2;”i:/ /ff???/75, ii)’/1? "’Ff@‘35lL/M’ ’ 5g/}m/mlzaf 47, 30/8 <' if ,_;15 ,0) 5013;;/M V///£7 C :7//1/é‘?/77/‘W .,-. Qf3,.;‘3/Zy / . Y _ _ ‘, A *~"E.M/"/ ft’//' ~ '1' WT" C7 ‘«:.’- an 9,. -* r. 4...: er’ 4’ ' 1? pr ii A /3/1676/, The life some of us live, is the cause for our paranoia, pain and stress. Our parents think that we're insane and that we're not capable of learning life. Life is the key to success, but with succ...
PID
apw:12356198
Date Uploaded
2019-05-28T17:13:00.909Z
Title
A bottle of contradictions
Author
Williams, Dortell
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
A Bottle of Contradictions by Dortell Williams Is it me, or is the sentence of life without the possibility a bottle of contradictions? Perhaps the bottle should say "Break in case of emergency!" The Legislature wrote the law implying that I am - that we are - incorrigible. So the prison system excludes us from every meaningful rehabilitative program: trades, jobs with career paths, and even some self-help programs. In spite of these impediments, many of us have achieved remarkable ...
PID
apw:12360743
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:42:57.793Z
Title
A boy who was lost, and grew up fast
Author
Carabajal, Ray Morin Fuentes
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Title: "A Boy Who Was Lost and Grew Up Fast (Faith in Believing; God is Waiting for Us)" From [Car BA] Hall: Never learned this world's education. Never knew English. He only spoke in Mexican and was given and gifted voice. He didn't know his purpose of why he was born and it took 35 years of street life to become known, to of why he was born. He was given the test of time and to perform every sinful act on this earth and only five sinful acts he was forbidden to do: 1. mu...
PID
apw:12352270
Date Uploaded
2018-06-15T18:53:43.354Z
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...
PID
apw:12344496
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T13:51:17.397Z
Title
A double standard system of justice
Author
Pulgoso
Pages
8 pages
State
California
Text (TR)
Santiago Soto California "A Double Standard System of Justice" According to the political propaganda I belong to the worst of the worst human beings that deserves to be locked up for the rest of my life. Once, the prison system was incorporated to the country's economy (i.e. created jobs); all rehabilitation went out of the picture. The lockdowns became longer, riots, attempt to murders, and murder became regular and normal. All of California's level four maximum security ...
PID
apw:12343209
Date Uploaded
2016-10-17T18:54:15.914Z
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, ...
PID
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...
PID
apw:12344502
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T15:41:58.187Z
Title
A method of execution that is swift, as painless as possible, effective, and cost efficient
Author
Harrison, David
Date
2009
Pages
2 pages
State
California
Text (O)
A method of execution that is swift, as painless as possible, effective, and cost efficient Only The Guilty Go Quietly To The Gallows. PAMPHLETS FOR A BETTER HUMANKIND Addressing The Micro- And Macro-Problems Facing Humankind, (world events, social issues, prison reform, et. al.) And Providing Achievable Solutions; Going Where The Politically Correct Dare Not. (While the solution offered herein may not be a panacea, and may be provocative, it is offered as a positive step to correct the probl...
PID
apw:12344668
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T19:09:08.982Z
Title
A polygraph nation
Author
Figge, Brian Keith
Date
2017-09-13
Pages
5 pages
Text (O)
A Polygraph Nation "When you fail your polygraph test, we're going to string you by your balls,’ exclaimed police detectives. All that I have ever wanted to do from the first second, when false allegations were made against me, was to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Most shocking, was when I realized that these police detectives were not very happy with me when results came in after my first polygraph saying that I had passed. They simply were pissed off ...
PID
apw:12351603
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T00:31:42.969Z
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...
PID
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 ...
PID
apw:12358348
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T18:56:54.146Z
Title
A prisoner's purpose
Author
Hartman, Kenneth
Pages
5 pages
State
California
Text (O)
A Prisoner's Purpose By Kenneth Hartman Tear gas is more a presence then a smell. It clings to the back of your throat, a chemically induced feather that provokes a coughing fit after each attempt at a breath. It is one of the "less lethal" force options deployed in prison to quell a riot. On one windy, Southern California day, l could see that the last few wisps of tear gas blowing off the yard as the guards finally came back through the gates, the violence essentially over, t...
PID
apw:12344873
Date Uploaded
2016-10-22T01:48:43.738Z
Title
A prisoner's worldview upon the discovery of insight
Author
Parvin, John Alan
Date
2015-04-07
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
John Alan Parvin CA April 7, 2015 Dear, Editor; APWA First and foremost, give all you my utmost respects and may the light shine on you, within the quality of your life. A Prisoners World-View Upon the Discovery of Insight The first sign of intelligence will show, is when thinking rational, thus, selective few will in the beginning of their incarceration, start by reviewing and rewind their life's. Some come into realization and understanding upon "the errors of their ways", al...
PID
apw:12351398
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T20:58:45.61Z
Title
A rebuttal to: a day on San Quentin's death row
Author
Anderson, James
Pages
7 pages
Text (FT)
A Rebuttal to: "A Day On San Quentin's Death Row" By: James P. Anderson--January 17, 2016 (A/C) Allow me to suggest that readers first visit the, "PACIFICSUN.COM" (January 6-12, 2016) website and review the article, "A Day On San Quentin's Death Row" in order to obtain a perspective for this rebuttal. As a wrongly convicted and actually innocent death row prisoner of over thirty five (35) years, I simply couldn't allow the Pacific Sun article to be...
PID
apw:12346534
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:14:09.572Z
Title
A short commentary on Nordstrom v. Ryan
Author
Gardner
Date
2014-09-16
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
A SHORT COMMENTARY ON NORDSTROM V. RYAN; THE READING OF LEGAL MAIL BY PRISON STAFF by Gardner, September 16, 2014 The APWA seeks ‘essays’ about personal experiences; a recent Ninth Circuit case reminds me about prison mail improprieties in a related very unpleasant experience. I write to point out what the judges DIDN'T think about in their decision, hoping that my opinion might be pointed out in some future opportunity. The case is Nordstrom v. Ryan, 2014 DJDAR 106131, a federal 1983 (c...
PID
apw:12351281
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T19:07:47.901Z

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