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- 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
- 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 ...
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- apw:12344782
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-21T22:55:08.032Z
- 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 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...
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- apw:12344668
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-21T19:09:08.982Z
- 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...
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- apw:12344873
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-22T01:48:43.738Z
- Title
- A short commentary on religion (or life is full of wonderment)
- Author
- Dugger, Philip
- Date
- 2013-11-10
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- California
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Short Commentary on Religion (or Life Is Full of Wonderment) There is a smart, shrewd business consultant by the name of Clay Christiansen who helps companies stay competitive in our wonderfully competitive society. When it comes to his religion, he is convinced, after much heartfelt & prayerful seeking, that Mormonism, which happens to be the religion he was raised in, is the One True Faith. It is his assertion that modern Christianity broke from its genuine roots in the 3rd & 4th ...
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- apw:12342826
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-17T10:52:59.602Z
- Title
- A tale of 2 injustices
- Author
- Harris, Maurice
- Date
- 2011-10-17
- Pages
- 7 pages
- State
- California
- Text (O)
- A TALE of 2 INJUSTICES By Maurice L. Harris On October 3, 2011, everyone in the U.S. awoke to wall-to-wall Mainstream Media's (MSM) broadcasting of the impending Amanda Knox appellate ruling. At issue, whether she received a fair trial, or not. At stake: freedom, or a possible life in an Italian prison. This was the culmination to over a week of coverage detailing every aspect of the miscarriage perpetrated during Ms. Knox's prosecution. We were inculcated in each misusage of contam...
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- apw:12344563
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-21T16:48:07.187Z
- Title
- A transformation: prisoners to peace ambassadors
- Author
- Harris, Maurice
- Date
- 2013-05-15
- Pages
- 11 pages
- State
- California
- Text (O)
- A Transformation: Prisoners to Peace Ambassadors "If you want to understand the cause that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present." - Nichiren Daishonin, C.E.1272 U.S.A. Rankings Among Industrialized Nations: - 13th in suicide rates - 31st in the gap between the rich & the poor - 6th in per-capita education expenditure...
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- apw:12344551
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-21T16:48:06.677Z
- Title
- America the punisher, America the punished
- Author
- Hartman, Kenneth
- Pages
- 1 page
- State
- California
- Text (O)
- America the Punisher, America the Punished By Kenneth Edward Hartman So. where do we go from here? Our prisons are filled to capacity and the building sites for more are springing up like weeds of despair all over. The local news sounds more and more like a crime report, a scorecard of the dead, the wounded and the imprisoned. Scenes of grieving families, weeping mothers with clinging children, abound on the 10 o'clock news while the newsreader intones the stats of the day's killing...
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- apw:12344900
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-22T11:10:09.322Z
- Title
- An insider's take on the crack/powder disparity
- Author
- Harris, Maurice
- Date
- 2010-04-25
- Pages
- 4 pages
- State
- California
- Text (O)
- Afl INSIDER'S TAKE ON THE CRACK/POWDER DISPARITY To start, I would be remiss not to mention my qualifications to speak on this subject of cocaine sentencing. I became involved in the Los Angeles drug trade in its infancy, during the mid 80s, initially, to support myself in college. Once my stature progressed, I quickly left school behind. I continued in this field until 1994, when fellow drug dealers collaborated with ‘others’ [authorities] to put me on California's death row, from w...
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- apw:12344546
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-21T16:48:06.045Z
- Title
- Anger is such a vicious lil seed
- Author
- Martinez, Brandon
- Date
- 2010-08-17
- Pages
- 3 pages
- State
- California
- Text (TR_WF)
- Anger is Such a Vicious Lil Seed Anger is such a vicious lil seed that can wreck havoc in any given situation. If you allow it to spring fourth. They’ll come a point of no return. In the heat of the moment theyll be no turning back. With your mind in a state of rage. It often becomes too difficult to process anything but that viciousness. Lord have mercy. One episode, one scenario will be all it will take. The such tragic atrocities that will have become as a result of anger. Things seem to o...
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- apw:12342896
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-17T11:30:39.719Z
- Title
- Are they really opposed to the death penalty?
- Author
- Hartman, Kenneth
- Date
- 2010-11-18
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- California
- Text (O)
- November 18, 2010 Out of Sight, Out of Mind Are They Really Opposed to the Death Penalty? By Kenneth E. Hartman They stand outside in the night holding candles, singing songs of protest, holding up photos of condemned men, and decrying the brutality of state-sanctioned execution. The next day, at the inevitable press conference, after the ritualized lamentations for the now deceased prisoner, they offer up life without the possibility of parole sentences as the humane alternative to lethal in...
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- apw:12344795
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-21T22:55:09.518Z
- Title
- Bad things happen in the dark
- Author
- Hartman, Kenneth
- Date
- 2012-07-03
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- California
- Text (O)
- July 3, 2012 Bad Things Happen in the Dark By Kenneth E. Hartman Advocacy piece by Kenneth E. Hartman, who has served 32 continuous years in prison on a life without parole sentence, on Assembly Bill 1270, which will restore full media access to the prisons. The California Legislature should pass Assembly Bill 1270, which will restore full media access to the prisons, and Governor Brown should sign it into law. It's past time to admit that what goes on inside these publicly owned places ...
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- apw:12344742
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-21T21:10:43.821Z
- Title
- Because the prison industry is
- Author
- Kenneth
- Pages
- 7 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- NO TITLE Continued from prior pages Essay Page 3 Because the prison industry is all that matters when society does not need to prove anything and the only appeal provided is inherently ineffective due to the fact there is no checks and balances wherein the court or state's attorney or even the state provided appellate attorney is bound by the law to make certain all records of court proceedings and or investigate whether or not the evidence produced at trial was legally obtained or prese...
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- apw:12357727
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-10-28T20:31:01.186Z
- 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, ...
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- apw:12349969
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-16T00:30:29.771Z
- Title
- Beth in Florida: Letter addressed to Harvard Solitary Confinement Panel
- Author
- Gann, Jennifer
- Pages
- 6 pages
- Text (O)
- Letter addressed to Harvard Solitary Confinement Panel January 2013: Greetings from California! As a transgender woman prisoner and activist, I welcome this opportunity to contribute to the discussion on Solitary Confinement. Initially, I was convicted for the crime of armed robbery and sentenced to seven years in state prison. Subsequently, however, that "7 years" was extended to an indeterminate term of 104 years-to—life under the draconian "Three Strikes" law for prison...
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- apw:12348975
- Date Uploaded
- 2017-11-03T12:35:28.085Z
- Title
- Business as usual
- Author
- Harrison, David Scott
- Date
- 2013-09-13
- Pages
- 3 pages
- Text (O)
- l Richard D. Bess I I http://wwwfiromjnside.c0m/richard.htm Frominside.com_ Only The Guilty Go Quietly To The Gallows. Home-Menu BUSINESS AS USUAL'; THE CONTINUED KILLING OF ONE PRISONER EVERY EIGHT DAYS BY THE MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION by Dave Harrison Richard D. Bess was sentenced to one—hundred—five—years—to— life, to be served within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"). Despite his lengthy ...
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- apw:12351236
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-16T18:28:06.528Z
- Title
- But prison is so us
- Author
- Hartman, Kenneth
- Date
- 2013-05-15
- Pages
- 4 pages
- State
- California
- Text (O)
- 5'/15/13 www.counterpunch.org/2013/O5/15/but-prison-is-so-us/print Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names » But Prison is So Us » Print counter This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. MAY 15, 2013 From Guantanamo to Pelican Bay But Prison is So Us by KENNETH E. HARTMAN Guantanamo Bay’s_back in the news. President Obama described it as “not sustainable” in a news conference on April 30th at the White House. Pundits on both sides of the power elite dynamic launched...
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- apw:12344724
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-21T21:09:00.436Z
- Title
- Cabin fever in COVID confinement
- Author
- Taylor, Shariff
- Date
- 2020-06-28
- Pages
- 1 page
- Text (TR_WF)
- -Submission- Sunday 6-28-2020 "Cabin Fever" in Covid Confinement Let me begin by telling ya'll that we've <prisoners in Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility> been on this modified program since the end of February 2020 an it's almost July 2020 in a few days. So add that up an think how stir crazy a regular person might act, much less a person with mental health problems like I do. They told us <mental health staff> that the program may return to some t...
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- apw:12360380
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-12-02T18:47:02.999Z
- Title
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Attorney General's Office lose case after milking California taxpayers for $1,714,520.63
- Author
- Harrison, David Scott
- Date
- 2013-09-13
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (O)
- Only The Guilty Go Quietly To The Gallows. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Attorney General's Office Lose Case After Milking California Taxpayers For $1,714,520.63 by Dave Harrison California taxpayers continue to pay the price for the fiscal irresponsibility of state employees who are neither held accountable or responsible. In the aftermath of a major riot, in 2005, between White and Mexican prisoners at Ironwood State Prison, Blythe, Californ...
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- apw:12351233
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-16T18:28:06.314Z
- Title
- California taxpayers subsidize prison violence
- Author
- Harrison, David
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- California
- Text (O)
- California Taxpayers Subsidize Prison Violence Only The Guilty Go Quietly To The Gallows. Pamphlets For A Better Humankind Addressing The Micro- And Macro-Problems Facing Humankind, 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 problem presented.) California Taxpayers Subsidize Prison Violence David Scott Harrison, (c) Like killer...
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- apw:12344599
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- 2016-10-21T18:02:07.503Z
- Title
- Contracted
- Author
- Taylor, Shariff
- Date
- 2020-08-06
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- "Contracted" Thursday 8-6-2020 Well everyone, Covid-19 has finally reached the prison I'm incarcerated at (Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility), so I diligently have to be on guard against catching it by doing all the preventative measures that we are advised to do by medical professionals like...wearing my mask, wearing gloves, distancing myself, disinfecting everything around me regularly, washing anything I wear right away and bathing as much as possible. On 8-4-20, the...
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- apw:12360426
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-12-02T18:48:42.65Z
- Title
- Coronavirus while incarcerated has been mentally difficult
- Author
- Taylor, Shariff
- Date
- 2020-06-09
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- Submission Tuesday 6-9-2020 Coronavirus while incarcerated has been mentally difficult because I have nothing really to do but think and worry about when this will be over so the program can go back to the way it was. Most of the inmates I've talked to, feel that the Administration will trick us an keep things like they are now or only give us (inmates) certain privileges back. To me, I'm only getting stronger by being forced to deal head-on with my mental thoughts that would usuall...
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- apw:12360302
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-12-02T18:44:46.052Z
- Title
- Correctional psychology
- Author
- Dugger, Philip
- Date
- 2018-04-03
- Pages
- 5 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- Correctional Psychology In a system (set up by a few misguided persons before us) where money is made to be the source of everything that is material, you will often find people doing interesting things for money. This concerns those who both find themselves living in a prison, and those working in a prison. The correction of this flawed system I mention in a previous essay entitled Democracy (as opposed, for instance, to something Condolezza Rice, a current professor at Stanford, might say)....
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- apw:12353334
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-09-26T18:56:53.415Z