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Title
Chronicles in May
Author
Nolaw97
Date
2013-05-04
Pages
2 pages
State
Arizona
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ix... Chronicles in May May 4th, 2013: About 9:15pm as I listen to Star 1330 and Disco music. From 6pm to midnight, they play genuine Disco! Awesome. There's nothing on the 7 televisions; why on earth do INMATES watch "Lockup" on MSNBC? These guys whine and cry like babies if there's a single cartoon on, as if it's too childish, but then turn around and watch "real life crime" or "drug dealers on TV" and stuff like that. So I'm trying to stall...
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apw:12344299
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T01:09:29.267Z
Title
Chronicles of September
Author
Nolaw97
Date
2014-09-07
Pages
3 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Chronicles of September Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson, PO Box 24550 Tucson, Arizona 85734 Sept. 7th, 2014: 9am as they call an early Yard Recall. The rain got pretty heavy, and a lot of guys were caught outside in the rain. I'm glad I stayed inside, and because of that, talked a bit with Carlo, whom I just bought a box of Tide from. He's got an allergic reaction to it, and needed to sell it. So I bought the box, only having a little used, for a book— $5.00 in stamps. A It&ap...
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apw:12344346
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T02:03:56.941Z
Title
Decision: when to yield
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
7 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
. ,,....-u. Decision: When To Yield Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 Situation: You hear cries for help from the banks of a lake. You look out over the waters and see someone struggling in the deep water. Abandoning safety, you rush out, dive into the water to the drowning victim. It takes seconds, but seems like minutes before you reach him. But by the time you get there, the person has gone under. You dive deep into the lake, and using strength and courage...
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apw:12344461
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T13:51:09.617Z
Title
Does it matter?
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
10 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Does It Matter? Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 "Be mindful of the lives you hold captive; God still listens to their words, even when you refuse to...“ If you've been reading my works, you know that I try to be pro—inmate, since I am one, but I also try to be objective in what I say. Most of my works are Christian—based or inspirational in nature, but there are times where I see frustrations that we, as inmates have because society has been condi...
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apw:12344335
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T02:03:54.976Z
Title
Double-bladed guilt
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
7 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Double—Bladed Guilt Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson‘ PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 It's easy for society to hear about how prisons have to deal with inmates who get out of hand. Most of what you hear about inmates isn't good; very rarely will officers tell you the good things inmates do. Now, I grant you, there's a LOT of bad behavior going on, but I'll argue that much... well, some, is based on how they are treated. The problem with what you hear from officers is th...
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apw:12344255
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T19:35:59.856Z
Title
Ears that hear not
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
9 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Ears That Hear Not Frederick Mason #55487—O56 UPS Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 Matthew 13:13 "Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand." Matthew 13-14 "And in them the prophesy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, and seeing you will see and not preceive'". Sometimes, when you're trying to live spiritually, you can miss the sp...
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apw:12344270
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T19:36:06.929Z
Title
Email to warden of retaliation
Author
Nolaw97
Date
2015-04-21
Pages
3 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
1. - REM Email To Warden Of Retaliation (The following is from an email sent to the Warden of USP Tucson on 4/21/2015) I am writing to inform you of the clear and present retaliation against myself,and my cellmate, today, in cell 117. Today, at lunch, we were on lockdown and were to be fed by the officers. At about 12:50pm, the team of Hansen, Lewis and Officer L. Ybarra came out to pass out the meals to all the inmates, who were on lockdown. As they came to our cell (117), I saw Unit Manager...
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apw:12344309
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T01:09:29.986Z
Title
Endure until the end
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
9 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Endure Until The End Frederick Mason #55487-O56 USP Tucson PO BOX 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 There is a scripture in Matthew 24:13 that says, "But he who endures to the end shall be saved". There are several different ways to look at that verse, but I want to use this as a foundation to a testimony I experienced years ago. It is proof positive that as Christians it's not enough to walk the "word",but to live it by example. Why is this important? Because the world needs to...
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apw:12344245
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T19:35:58.821Z
Title
Faith tested
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
3 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Faith Tested "You're going to UPS Tucson...that's a penitentiary." These were the words told to me in a holding cell in Raleigh, North Carolina as a shockwave of fear drove through my heart. I had just been sentenced, and while waiting in that holding cell with several other inmates, each wondering where they would be sent. some closer to home, some further away. Some to high security prisons, some to lesser. Of those of higher security, penitentiaries were the worst. Why ...
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apw:12344359
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T02:04:02.565Z
Title
Handwriting on the wall
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
4 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
By Frederick Mason Handwriting On The Wall Matthew 23:23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law; justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone." Matthew 23:24 "Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!" Matthew 23:28 "Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypo...
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apw:12344240
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T19:35:57.91Z
Title
Journal of an inmate
Author
Nolaw97
Date
2013-03-05
Pages
4 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Sorry I didn t make paragraphs Frederick Mason Nolaw97 Journal of an inmate March 5th 2013 12:40, getting close to yard call. What to do, what to do. I think I'll go out on the 2nd yard and soak up some sun for the 1st hour, then go to the indoor rec for the 2nd move. I don't want to stay in here and listen to Moustaffa whine about who-owes-him-what. I just don't care about that. I've gotten 4 letters ready to go, all written today. I can probably have 10 altogether once I...
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apw:12344140
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T18:08:31.065Z
Title
Journals on MLK day
Author
Nolaw97
Date
2016-01-18
Pages
5 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
1}» Journals on MLK Day Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, Arizona 85734 After so many journal entries, it's always interesting to see how different every day is in prison. I haven't shared but a small fraction of my entries for my readers, considering ‘I started writing a journal about mid December of 2012 ..and it's 2016 as I write this. So, let me share another excerpt of a journal written in January of 2016: As I often do, if there is a part I need t...
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apw:12344469
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T13:51:14.828Z
Title
June 7th 2013 inmate journal
Author
Nolaw97
Date
2013-06-07
Pages
3 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
One of many journals I've written since I got here. FM Frederick Mason "Nolaw 97" June 7th 2013 Inmate Journal June 7th 2013: 7:25pm as we just returned from our evening rec. I played Ogre in Magic; he has a superior deck, but I like testing cards, decks and strategies. So now we're back in the dorm, as I listen to Lou Rawls doing "You'll Never Find" on Star 1330 AM, during Disco Saturday Night. Now they're playing a song "Relight My Fire" but...
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apw:12344145
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T18:08:31.485Z
Title
Keep your cool
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
5 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
"57 Efltrxc [C Mqw Keep Your Cool It can be so difficult to remain calm when you're in a stressful situation. In prison there will be many tests of your patience, sometimes when you're not at fault. Sometimes the devil will create a situation and use people to attack your patience and integrity; case in point: Today, as I am coming back from recreation, I put my glasses and MP3 on the stand as I go through the metal detector, just before going outside. I'm wearing plastic s...
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apw:12344313
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T01:09:30.626Z
Title
MP3s in prison
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
4 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
MP3s In Prison Ok, let's talk a little today about a subject in prison; music. Now, for the purposes of this entry, I'm talking purely about using MP3 players. Now, we know many prisons only allow radios; some allow NO music. Every prison has different rules. But in the Federal Prison System, most, if not all, allow use of an MP3 in prison. Before I continue, let's clear up something to the "casual" reader. But "casual", I'm talking about readers who co...
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apw:12344330
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T01:09:31.83Z
Title
Mikey
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
7 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Mikey Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 What do you say about a person who has been murdered? It's one thing to write about a person who dies, if from a more reasonable form of death like sickness, though nothing said could do justice. But when a person is murdered— and someone you know— rather, KNEW, what do you say? I'm going out on a limb here— few will eulogize "Mikey". He wasn't that kinda guy that people cared about. He was the ...
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apw:12344363
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T02:04:03.319Z
Title
Music: the salve of prison
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
3 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Music: The Salve of Prison How important is music while you're incarcerated? I think music does so much for a person, especially during difficult times. I'd like to share some of that today, as I sit in my cell, today, May 2nd, 2015. I wrote an essay on "MP3s In Prison" and got a lot of responses from the outside. First off, it is really very important for writers to hear from readers; I can't tell you how thankful I am when I get a letter from someone who reads my wo...
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apw:12344236
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T19:35:56.434Z
Title
Stop talking!!
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
4 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Stop Talking!! Frederick Mason We all get involved in a situation where the conversation seems so one-sided that you wonder why you bother to listen. Of course, there are times when you need to be a sounding board for a person who just needs to talk, but gosh, some guys are like Time Vampires... they suck all your time when they talk to you. And if you're a Christian, the art of conversation has to be spiritually practiced. You've really, REALLY, gotta be careful what you say. If yo...
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apw:12344371
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T02:04:03.707Z
Title
Suffocating the voice
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
4 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
Suffocating The Voice By Frederick Mason Psalm 119:134 "Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep your precepts." Psalm 119:161 "Princes persecute me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word." There's been no clear identification of the persecution that goes on in prisons, and because of this, society has been completely ignorant - or blind, to what prisons do to a person. People sweep the least of mankind under a cement city, expect them t...
PID
apw:12344325
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T01:09:31.562Z
Title
The reality of suicide
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
7 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
The Reality of Suicide At some point we as people, not inmates or officers, have to take a serious look at the reality that depression causes on a human being, and to start being truly concerned about a person's mental welfare. The Bible says that anxiety in the heart causes depression, and that hope deferred makes the heart sick, but the desire brings a tree of life. Lost hope and anxiety causes any person to go into depression, but there is a cure for it... restored hope. For some reas...
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apw:12344149
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T18:08:32.151Z
Title
What I have to offer
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
5 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
What I Have To Offer My name is Frederick Mason, currently an inmate at UPS Tucson, in Arizona. I wanted to contact you about the opportunity to write journals and share them to the public about prison life. I realize that sounds rather common, but I wanted to share with you what I can offer. First off, I have written blogs online. From 2001 to 2010 I wrote close to 8000 pages online, some of which may still be online. If one was do to a search of "Nolaw97", "Nolaw96" and ...
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apw:12344134
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T18:08:30.263Z
Title
When an inmate's father dies
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
5 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
When An Inmate's Father Dies It's a situation no person ought to have to go through. But it happens. Of all the subjects I have written about concerning prisons, this is likely the most sensitive, because it deals with something that is quite irreversible...death. How do you deal with the passing of a loved one while you are doing time? There are actually several angles here, but the one I want to touch on is the problems that are created when the prison fails to do what it is suppo...
PID
apw:12344319
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T01:09:30.974Z
Title
When officers harass inmates
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
6 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
When Officers Harass Inmates Proverbs 16:32, "He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than the who takes a city." Proverbs 20:3, "It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel." Inmates are expected to respect the officers at all times, but I temper that with the idea that we, as inmates, should respect the officers WITHIN REASON. This means that although we must indeed respect each officer, it still h...
PID
apw:12344302
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T01:09:29.703Z
Title
Where lives the compassion?
Author
Nolaw97
Pages
6 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
__‘-— Where Lives The Compassion? Frederick Mason #55487—O56 USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ, 85734 It is very difficult to understand how compassion works in prison. Nobody talks much about the strength it takes to care for an inmate. This is because, for the most part, society has been given the "worst case" scenario, where we, as inmates are nothing but monsters and menaces to society. And I submit to you, there are indeed people who ought to be here, and need to be here. But ...
PID
apw:12344263
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T19:36:00.863Z

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