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- Title
- A healthy ambition
- Author
- McCreary, Howard Lewis, III
- Date
- 2019-01-27
- Pages
- 8 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- January 27, 2019 Time: 2:15 A.M By: Howard McCreary A Healthy Ambition [Part 1: Mentally Stimulation] I thank you all fore taking time out of your day to connect with my Diamond Thoughts on health. It brings me relief to know that people in society are concern or interested in the "condemn" and my salutation of the highest greeting goes to you all. What you all are embarking on is a three part dialogue on the three essential characteristics that make us human: mentality, physically,...
- PID
- apw:12356653
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-05-24T16:37:46.419Z
- Title
- A heartfelt thank-you
- Author
- Chatman-Bey, Tony
- Pages
- 3 pages
- Text (O)
- A HEARTFELT THANK-YOU I am an inmate presently housed at the Medium Security ECI-East Prison in Westover, Maryland. It is the largest prison in the state however, being located on the Eastern Shore it often feels like being in another country. I have been incarcerated for 30 years and in that time I have seen the health care providers go from very good to very bad, to what it is now “Mediocre”. As you can guess just about any inmate can give you some horror stories about the medical care in p...
- PID
- apw:12351349
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-16T19:43:02.764Z
- Title
- A hidden cost
- Author
- Mehmel, Peter
- Date
- 2009
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (O)
- Peter Mehmel A Hidden Cost The eve of my son’s fifth birthday seemed especially cruel. I’m sure he woke up excited and happy to celebrate his special day, only to find that his father was gone. I can’t imagine how my wife, six months pregnant with our daughter, managed to find the words to tell him. The party arrangements were done, the cake safely stashed, we’d confirmed who would attend and even had a few bucks left over. That evening friends were playing in a band at a local bar. Maybe eve...
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- apw:12350037
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-16T01:01:59.109Z
- Title
- A introduction into the impulsive journey of highs is how I feel
- Author
- Cox, Christopher R.
- Date
- 2020-04-13
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- 1# April 13 2020 Dear reader(s) A introduction into the impulsive journey of highs is how I feel. A recipient of 24 hour lock down with this Covid-19 viral pandemic has my fear and paranoia at an all time high. No alternative it seem is made to those of us who need to vent that we truely fear for the 1st time. This fear is spoken in the confessional booth aka the vent that connects our vents. I express them when APWA gives my body a voice and a chance to ask for help. The world should see thi...
- PID
- apw:12360176
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-12-02T18:40:57.328Z
- Title
- A lesson in language
- Author
- Piwowar, Robert
- Pages
- 14 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Lesson in Language Incarceration has forced me to postpone my plans of travelling to the continents of Europe and Asia. Six years into a twenty year sentence for manslaughter, watching Globe Trekker on PBS or flipping through vacation mags in the prison library is the closest I get. My travels into Quebec and Mexico taught me that every street sign, television or radio program, menu, and all product packaging provides a lesson in language. Simply going about a regular routine in a foreign l...
- PID
- apw:12347101
- Date Uploaded
- 2017-08-16T14:22:45.331Z
- Title
- A letter to law-enforcement executives
- Author
- Worley, Willie, Jr.
- Date
- 2014-11-26
- Pages
- 8 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Letter to Law-Enforcement Executives My name is Willie Worley Jr. I consider myself a servant of the people as the minister of Self-Defense of National Intelligence for African American Communities 3rd Party Black Panthers. Since my reign I have made it my number one goal to point to the facts of the many dysfunctions that plague our communities both African and caucasian Americans. I have focused on the causes of the social derangements that has effected our nations racial communication li...
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- apw:12346902
- Date Uploaded
- 2017-08-16T01:31:47.199Z
- Title
- A lifer's perspective
- Author
- Brunetti, Anthony
- Pages
- 4 pages
- State
- Connecticut
- Text (O)
- A Lifer's Perspective This essay is written with the intention of showing the reader why lifers--especially those sentenced at a young age-- have the most potential for change and rehabilitation, why they are the least likely to reoffend if given an opportunity for release and what life is like for the long term prisoners who have renounced the criminal lifestyle. My motivation for writing on this topic is the pain and frustration I feel, as someone who was sentenced to life--defined as ...
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- apw:12345239
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-23T15:57:01.528Z
- Title
- A little bit of sunshine
- Author
- Deaton, Keith A.
- Pages
- 3 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Little Bit of Sunshine by Keith Allen Deaton The morning was absolutely beautiful. A thick snowfall began to cover the landscape. When I woke, I didn't think to look out the condensation covered window. The grayish (alpine blue) bars not being my first thought or interest in the morning. Only later after I brushed my teeth did someone exclaim "Hey, it's snowing." Today is Wednesday and it would be a good day! For the last several months, Wednesday is always a good day! R...
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- apw:12356354
- Date Uploaded
- 2019-05-28T17:22:20.935Z
- Title
- A lonely world
- Author
- Whitt, Lee
- Pages
- 5 pages
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Text (O)
- A Lonely World "Out of sight, out of mind." That is the saying that rings with a lot of truth to it once you get locked up. When you come to prison you learn, rather quickly, just who it is you can count on to keep in touch from the outside. Whether it is by letter, by visit or even by phone call. A person's true colors eventually show through. lt makes doing time that much more difficult. I'm not saying that the time can't be done, just that it's going to take a...
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- apw:12346165
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-25T02:16:25.614Z
- Title
- A look in on the prison performing arts theater and poetry classes
- Author
- Jaynes, Bev
- Pages
- 3 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- I wish you could be witness to the enrichment and achievement, the intellectual stimulation, and the soulful creative expression going on during the Prison Performing Arts theater and "spoken word" poetry classes in WERDCE, the women's prison in Vandalia, MO and Thursdays and in the men's prison down the road in Bowling Green, MO, on Fridays. PPA is a non-profit organization based in St.Louis, MO, which provides opportunities for personal growth and character development t...
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- apw:12347831
- Date Uploaded
- 2017-11-02T19:42:28Z
- Title
- A loss of memory?
- Author
- Roberts, W.E.
- Pages
- 3 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Loss of Memory? In a recent Esquire article entitled "The Cold Open" by long-time contributor Charles P. Pierce, we are reminded of the power of memory, of our mandate public witness to history and politics, and our obligation to join together with others in order to shape a better future for our nation and our world. Pierce invokes the prescient words of Czech author Milon Kundera, who saw the struggle for independence from Soviet domination as one of "man against power... m...
- PID
- apw:12349589
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-15T19:34:03.699Z
- 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 man died today
- Author
- Key, Kenneth M.
- Pages
- 8 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Man Died Today By Kenneth M. Key It was about 12:00pm when I saw the EMTs run pass my cell house window to the adjacent cell house. The sound over the radio said, a man was down code 3 medical emergency. It would be less than a minute and a half and the E.M.Ts' would be walking back past. The word would come down he didn't make it. I would learn later in that day that it was a Friend of mine, whom we will simply call my Friend. They said my Friend had died of a heart attack, and a...
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- apw:12353542
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-09-27T00:38:09.74Z
- Title
- A message to the incarcerated Muslim
- Author
- Mujahid, Shakkir T.
- Pages
- 4 pages
- Text (O)
- Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful By Shakkir Talib Muj ahid A Message to the Incarcerated Muslim I am sad today, for the Message I bring has been shouted through the halls and walls of these universities for years. “Say, You Believe in Allah and Stand firm on it.” .1 don’t know that many of you know what this actually means. It appears that you have let your life of anger, deceit, distrust, hate, greed and lust for power, control and fame make you b...
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- apw:12351403
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-03-16T20:58:46.03Z
- 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 model of futility: The PLRA and Wisconsin's Inmate Complaint System
- Author
- Taliaferro, Robert
- Pages
- 9 pages
- Text (O)
- Robert Taliaferro, 150555 JCI P.O. Box 233 Black River Falls, WI 54615-0233 A.MODEL OF FUTILITY: The PLRA and Wisconsin's Inmate Complaint System by Robert E. Taliaferro, Jr. Introduction In 1996 Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) in response to a few highly publicized--but isolated and over—exaggerated--instances of prisoner abuse of the judicial process. The PLRA was designed as a tool to curb those abuses by making it more diffi- cult for prisoners to seek judicia...
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- apw:12349215
- Date Uploaded
- 2017-11-03T14:47:30.513Z
- Title
- A modernized dungeon
- Author
- Moody, Jesse Jr.
- Date
- 2017-12-28
- Pages
- 14 pages
- Text (O)
- A Modernized Dungeon By Jesse Moody AKA Kingsta December 28, 2017 Visualize this... After hearing and seeing all of the different and shocking news about America’s archaic penal system via the various media outlets, you decide to seek out a more sensorial experience to help you grasp the plight of the incarcerated. Searching the internet, you unexpectedly discover a nonprofit organization hosting an experiment offering substantial compensation for those willing to participate in a control gro...
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- apw:12354034
- Date Uploaded
- 2018-09-27T14:37:14.087Z
- Title
- A more complicated framework may yield more decarceration options
- Author
- Hamilton, Lacino
- Pages
- 4 pages
- State
- Michigan
- Text (O)
- A More Complicated Framework May Yield More Decarceration Options By: Lacino Hamilton Many incarcerated people find the sudden message of mass incarceration being a really bad idea, the right message, but the dominate narrative superficial. And therefore distracts from the most immediate challenges of not only decarceration, but ultimately the abolition of prisons. Let's be clear, for the most part, the current national conversation surrounding how to reform mass incarceration policies i...
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- apw:12345547
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-23T23:38:40.813Z
- Title
- A more perfect union!
- Author
- Hughes, R.
- Pages
- 5 pages
- Text (FT)
- Hughes 638 Mr. Ronald (Rashawn) Hughes 92A2940 Clinton Correctional Facility P.O. Box 2000 Dannemora, New York 12929 A More Perfect Union! When you make an observation, you have an obligation. These are words that I try to live by. It's what encouraged this article and hopefully what will inspire the commissioners' on the parole board to open their hearts, minds, and understand that people are capable of changing. In preparation for my December 2010 parole interview, I found myself ...
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- apw:12347044
- Date Uploaded
- 2017-08-16T14:22:43.214Z
- Title
- A murder victim speaks: The truth in the age of "me too"
- Author
- Douglas, Steffe'n
- Pages
- 14 pages
- Text (O)
- American Prison Writing Archive: A Murder Victim Speaks A Murder Victim Speaks: (The Truth in the Age of "Me Too") I am a murder victim... I have often said that Paul Harvey was right. I maintain that to this day. 'If you want to see the worst that society has to offer humanity sit outside a prison at shift change'. No one is more corrupt, no one is more criminal than those folks you'll see exiting or entering the facility with badges on their chests. You won't b...
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- apw:12359321
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-06-18T19:21:32.036Z
- Title
- A novel idea: Growing through creative writing
- Author
- Minatani, Rev. Dr. Corey
- Pages
- 6 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- Rev. Dr. Corey Minatani, M.Divinity Submission for Publication Consideration A Novel Idea: Growing Through Creative Writing "The cell was ten feet wide and fifteen feet long; the door was closed to others who had done wrong," I thought to myself. In reality I was trapped physically, but what of my mind? Questioning myself one day, I thought about what could be accomplished. The need to do something I had never done before was overwhelming. Then I had a novel idea, literally. I wante...
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- apw:12361152
- Date Uploaded
- 2021-02-03T15:55:17.57Z
- Title
- A page from the cage
- Author
- Twisted Tex
- Pages
- 2 pages
- State
- Ohio
- Text (TR)
- Twisted Tex Ohio American Prison Writing Archive Twisted Art Production April 1st, 2016 "A Page from the Cage" To with all & any; greetings & good day. My name is Jeremy P. Gallant (The Twisted One). I write to you from the infamous Lucasville prison, home to the 1993 11 day prison riot. I write to you from the cruel confines of 23 hour solitary isolations in the warped world of reform and rehabilitations! May my letter be received in the same context from that in which it i...
- PID
- apw:12343827
- Date Uploaded
- 2016-10-19T18:32:30.097Z
- Title
- A peek on the inside
- Author
- Pearson, Fredrick M.T.
- Pages
- 3 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- A Peek on The Inside There is the common predisposed outlook of prison and life in prison by the public. It becomes ingrained by the movies and tv shows, and its glorified by the music and those who use prison for "street credit." Prison is a lot of things. But 1 thing that prison isn't is fun. This is a system meant to reform, but designed to destruct. And the worst part is that its self-perpetual. To the unfortunate individual who find themselves in this system, we come to re...
- PID
- apw:12358326
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-06-18T18:56:18.56Z