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Title
Again do I find myself
Author
Dean, Tommy Lee
Pages
11 pages
Text (O)
Again do I find myself looking for self—affirmation, being so down in the dumps as I presently feel. Thirsting for a boost to my self—worth; hungering for an increase in my self—esteem. It's hard to appease these needs, at times, through new choices, I try and want to make, concerning this new persona I seek. Do I fear my anima? With so much looking so wrong right now, with life kicking the crap out of me again, does my inner beast look to devour this kinder side of self? That inner beas...
PID
apw:12356728
Date Uploaded
2019-05-28T18:32:46.561Z
Title
Against the system
Author
Bomber, David
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
"Against the System" by David Bomber It is hard to pinpoint exactly how things went wrong. Perhaps it had something to do with the choices I made, or maybe there were some contributing factors that ultimately lead to the position that I am currently in, but that is nothing short of conjecture. What I do know for certain is that things spiraled out of control, and as a result, I found myself fighting for my freedom. Since I lost my bid for freedom, I have continued to fight relentles...
PID
apw:12349842
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:23:27.574Z
Title
All I can think to write about is what it is like to be illiterate
Author
Soren, Jade
Date
2019-01-07
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
January 7, 2019 APWA, All I can think to write about is what its like to be illiterate most of my life, to be abandoned by public defenders and to face a wrongful conviction on only hearsay when real evidence was not allowed. I can't imagine anyone interested in what it took to learn to read and write, the hell I lived through since December 20, 1990. Lets be honest, people are always too willing to believe the worst. I suppose it helps shape the world in their eyes. I still do not belie...
PID
apw:12356052
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T18:50:09.021Z
Title
All I have
Author
Valentine, Alex
Pages
3 pages
State
California
Text (O)
AFWA Essay Submission All I Have Pay attention. Parents and teachers say those words over and over, and it is so easy not to understand what they mean; to be annoyed by then; to reject them. They are, unfortunately, two of the most important words that you will ever hear when you are young, if not the most important. They do not mean ,iobeyn. If whoever says them includes that in their tone, then thay also misunderstand what it means to pay attention. And they suffer for it. Knowing that, rat...
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apw:12345073
Date Uploaded
2016-10-22T14:32:48.285Z
Title
Alone
Author
Murray, B.C.
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
ALONE Alas, I am alone and destined to remain so. No longer can the burning, innate longing for love, companionship and re-affirmation of my worth reverberate inside my heart and mind. Is this due to years apart from others? Or is it because of my transgressions that I am left with no choice but to accept the exile society will impose that separates me even from those who ODCG felt affection from and for me? Once thrust back into the world from which I am now ten years removed, it would be fo...
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apw:12356135
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T19:24:33.952Z
Title
Alone amidst a crowd
Author
Sharpe, D. E.
Pages
7 pages
Text (O)
Alone Amidst a Crowd An Essay on Prison Life One of the many ironies faced in prison is the fleeting chance moment of friendship found there. That moment, surprising and most unexpected, comes onto the yard and into your cell, your life, so very suddenly that you are left feeling incredulous at it's happening. It comes about usually at the discretion of the guards, who have decided to move a person for concerns of safety or convenience. You have left your cell to go to yard for your dail...
PID
apw:12351353
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T19:43:03.216Z
Title
Alone with nobody
Author
Balmer, Christopher
Date
2013-04
Pages
1 page
State
Pennsylvania
Text (O)
ALONE WOTH NOBODY For many that are incarcerated, being alone hurts more often than any other pain we may experience. Having no one to share the ideas, thoughts and passions we have, slowly but surely destroys a person behind bars. Loneliness turns to self—destruction, forcing individuals to engage in behaviors one would be appalled by. My message to those incarcerated is for all of us to start seeking p0Sil'iV€ interactions with people out in the communities. Instead of focusing on how ...
PID
apw:12346059
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T23:12:41.737Z
Title
America's criminal justice system: rehabilitztion or criminalization?
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Date
2018-05-13
Pages
12 pages
Text (O)
To: APWA From: Daniel Pirkel 5/13/18 America's Criminal Justice System: Rehabilitation or Criminalization? The US, prison system attempts to prevent people from committing crimes by utilizing the jurisprudential theories of incapacitation, retribution, rehabilitation, and deterrence as the primary goals of incarceration. The manner in which judges, prosecutors, wardens, and other criminal justice experts view the application of these theories of jurisprudence significantly affects the le...
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apw:12353981
Date Uploaded
2018-09-27T14:35:11.473Z
Title
American dream
Author
Milbourn, Matthew A.
Date
2020-02-23
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
American Prison Writing Archive Hamilton College 198 College Hill rd Clinton, NY 13323-1218 2/23/20 'American Dream' In, 1776, the people of the King's America decided to form a new government, "of the people, by the people." Not too long after that the people of that government became self-serving. Meanwhile, the people of and by, became so caught up in living the 'American Dream' that their government was able to pass laws that further propagated its own s...
PID
apw:12361289
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:58:32.063Z
Title
American paradox
Author
King, Bradford
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Bradford King Thumb Correction Facility 3225 John Conley Drive Lapeer, Michigan 48446 email @ Jpay.com American Paradox One day I happened upon this quote, the origins of which I do not know: "I cannot tolerate the fact that a man should be judged not for what he is but because of the group he happens to belong." Reflecting on this, it brings to light that (man for centuries) has more often than not been judging one another predominantly by race not individuality. Given the diversit...
PID
apw:12362078
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:24:04.083Z
Title
American prison: The largest sinkhole of taxpayer dollars in history
Author
Orr, Adam Gregory
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
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...
PID
apw:12356396
Date Uploaded
2019-05-24T14:50:47.805Z
Title
American prisoner-x
Author
Hoslett, Raymond James
Pages
15 pages
Text (TR_WF)
American Prisoner - X It is said that if you want to see the scum of the earth, then just watch the changing of the guard, at any max. security Federal Prison, i.e., United States Penitentiary (Federal Bureau of Prisons). I ask you then, who will guard...the guards?? I was 21-yrs. old when I landed in the Calif. Dept. of Corrections/CA. state Prison System. For me, it was "finishing school". At that point I had no G.E.D., never paid into social security, filed for income tax or vote...
PID
apw:12350719
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T15:41:33.566Z
Title
An agreement whose time has come
Author
Flinner, Michael
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
An Agreement Whose Time Has Come Greetings, My name is Michael Flinner. I'm a 53 year old California State Prisoner with a rather straight forward purpose for this missive. Please indulge me. Several years ago, I discovered that The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDC-R) did not have a legal regulation or protocol in place whereby state prisoners (regardless of their respective commitment offenses) could legally and inducement free, donate living vital organs and...
PID
apw:12362191
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:26:08.949Z
Title
An almost love story
Author
Shaulis, Dahn
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
An Almost Love Story When Olivia Martin moved into the PC unit, she could have passed for a woman: five feet nine, slender, with smooth brown skin and braided black hair, her walk feminine. I received advanced knowledge about Olivia from CO Romer. Romer said she had hormone shots before her incarceration, which accounted for her womanly chest. Somehow she was also able to maintain red lips, though cosmetics were not available in the men’s prisons. That was one of her little secrets. But Olivia...
PID
apw:12349271
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:48:06.634Z
Title
An aristocratic view of the e=penitensiary bëast
Author
Fields, Hanson Jr. (EC V.K.A. SELM72DUICE)
Date
2014-08-13
Pages
8 pages
State
Arizona
Text (TR)
An aristocratic view of the e=penitensiary beast An Essay, Hanson Eugene Cunningham Fields Jr. 2014 8/13/14 Referred By: Mr. Brookshire- A writer from inside here My goal is to give my account of prison life from a first-hand, first-time, first-experience point of view as an high-born individual, who've been wrongly convicted and sent to prison to experience a totally adverse way of life for a African descent male coming from a considerably "free" region of the country of the U...
PID
apw:12342685
Date Uploaded
2016-10-15T01:26:22.27Z
Title
An artist behind bars
Author
Cosgrove, Kristine
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
"An Artist Behind Bars" by Kristine Cosgrove Let me see if I can try to describe what it's like to be in prison. First, it's every horror story you can imagine if you happen to run up against someone suffering from borderline personality disorder and low self-esteem. I like to imagine I'm only here impersonating a fake prisoner because I'm trying out for the new Scorcese film - and I'm up against Jennifer Connelly, and she beat me out of the role in House of...
PID
apw:12363082
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:41:51.733Z
Title
An example of how Wisconsin prison officials mishandle Prison-Rape-Elimination-Act (P.R.E.A.) complaints and endanger prisoners who make such complaints
Author
Lindell, Nate A.
Date
2018-08-19
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
An Example of How Wisconsin Prison Officials Mishandle Prison-Rape-Elimination-Act (P.R.E.A.) Complaints And Endanger Prisoners Who Make Such Complaints. by Nate A. Lindell, created 19 Aug. 2018 Nate A. Lindell W.S.P.F., P.O. Box 1000, Boscobel, WI 53805) In many prisons, cultural differences lead to racial self-segregation and divisions. But, here in WI's secure Program Facility (W.S.P.F.), I became friendly with a Black prisoner (I'm White), Mxxx Exxx. This offended another Black ...
PID
apw:12354955
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T19:27:17.325Z
Title
An excerpt from journal dated Jan 20th 2020
Author
Kirkman, Travis D.
Date
2020-01-20
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
An Excerpt From Journal Dated Jan 20th 2020 First entry of the new year. Here in N Dorm. My bunky is still the same. A mexican surreno named "Diablo". Im actually surprised by how well we get along. I think it may me due to a slight language barrier, however, I think Im learning more spanish than he is english. We sit around watching the two spanish channels on tv. Its hard not to with all the beautiful women that these particular channels are known for. We just came off lockdown a ...
PID
apw:12361102
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:54:06.51Z
Title
An excerpt from my journal
Author
Kirkman, Travis
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
An excerpt from my journal: December 10, 2017 I witnessed the craziest shit last night. An inmate I know beat down a correctional officer right in front of me. To make matters worse, the inmate used a lock-in-a-sock and then took the officers mace and sprayed him with it. It all started when I came in from chow. As I made my way through the dayroom, Bama stopped me. He quickly said that he was about to beat the polices ass and to tell his bunky that he was sorry for taking his lock. At first ...
PID
apw:12358479
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:00:13.708Z
Title
An unappreciative witness to the execution of Jimmie Jeffers
Author
Greenwald, Jesse M.
Date
1995-09-12
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
An unappreciative witness to the execution of Jimmie Jeffers By: Jesse Greenwald / Arizona State Prison 09-12-95 As I sit and write these words, a few dozen yards away another man sits and waits for those that are preparing to end his life. Various devices designed to certify that all life has been extinguished from one of Gods finest works, are rigorously being tested and arranged. The atmosphere within these walls and within the throats of a thousand silent men, is so thick, that movement h...
PID
apw:12352694
Date Uploaded
2018-06-16T02:32:07.375Z
Title
An unnatural situation
Author
Boswell, Brandon
Pages
6 pages
Text (TR_WF)
"An Unnatural Situation"-Part 1 by Brandon Boswell My story is irrelevant, but the lessons I've learned may benefit the person who finds themselves thrust into a wilderness where all social protocols previously correct are not only invalid, but counter to one's survival. Growing up in white, middle class suburbia I was, by all accounts, sheltered and blissfully ignorant. My needs were met without question and I came to regard my parents as many such teenagers do; petty tyr...
PID
apw:12355146
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T21:12:00.49Z
Title
Anger
Author
Murray, B.C.
Date
2018-01-28
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
Anger Anger for me is unachievable. I am though certainly no pacifist. I don't spurn anger, hostility, or even vindictiveness. Such feelings are simply beyond my reach. Some would regard me as fortunate; say the world would benefit from more like me;‘ or argue that anger holds no value. Such sentiment alas is naive, even risible. There are man like m self. Peo le for whom roactive emotions are lost to a resolve of ho elessness where resorts to _ P gestures preclude the inducement of ange...
PID
apw:12352774
Date Uploaded
2018-06-16T02:33:45.465Z
Title
Anxiety
Author
Murray, B.C.
Date
2018
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
ANXIETY Like a leaking cistern, anxiety,slowly bleeds all semblance of life from one'sA A being. As soon as a rare detente is reached, another anguishing tempest appears .atop life's mountains of Volatile, tormenting emotions pressing everything below until the-cavity of one's heart is breached further, causing one's will to demit faster, more excruciatingly that before. Eventually, anxiety morphs into a depressed emptiness offering only a teasing, hollow eye in a storm th...
PID
apw:12352669
Date Uploaded
2018-06-15T21:38:32.89Z
Title
Arboretum
Author
Reed, Karter K.
Pages
1 page
State
Massachusetts
Text (O)
Arboretum by Karter Kane Reed I stood there staring My heart wrenched My feet like anchors Unable to turn away from the horror Behind the double row of fences topped with glistening razorwire Lay the greens and browns of trees Swaying in the majestic beauty And it pains me to see them caged that way Behind those fences Unable to breathe Suffocated It's inhumane! The loudspeaker comes to life, and a Voice tells me It's time to go The trees hardly seem to notice Oblivious to my pain A...
PID
apw:12345491
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T22:17:53.402Z

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