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Title
Pitiful prison programs
Author
Tamez, Brian Christopher
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Pitiful Prison Programs The Texas prison programs need to be reconstructed -- all of them! If any legitimate official who truly cared about positive change were to witness the day to day activity in these so called programs, they would understand why we have such a terrible problem with recidivism. The quality of these … classes give merit to the theory that our whole system is designed to fail. No-one ever seems to be very concerned about negative issues like this until it affects them. To e...
PID
apw:12353317
Date Uploaded
2018-09-26T11:02:27.176Z
Title
Plan of action
Author
Cruz, Felix
Date
2013-04-20
Pages
3 pages
Text (O)
Plan of Action when I came to America I started work in the construction industry. I worked for about two years in the San Antonio area. I progresses into the other manual labor jobs while attending college at Trinity in San Antonio. The University was close to my home. By this time I was 15 years old. Next to my house was a Catholic Church the priest there was looking for a janitor to take care of the Church plus driving the school bus because the Church also had a Catholic school attached. ...
PID
apw:12349089
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:15:32.229Z
Title
Popcorn
Author
Sterling, Rick
Date
2017-04-06
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
April 16, 2017 "Popcorn" I cringe every time I hear the word "popcorn." I'm a homosexual, blonde haired, blue eyed, Texas inmate. I'm white. Popcorn is black. He flirted with me and is so cute. I love his little ears and the way he mispronounces his "S's." I catch him sucking his thumb at times. Popcorn works nights cleaning the building we live in. He invites me to help him. I'm not much into janitor work, but he's sexy, so I join him. W...
PID
apw:12350301
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T12:18:36.947Z
Title
Power that unleashes the evil in you
Author
Banos, John Wesley
Date
2007
Pages
6 pages
Text (O)
POWER THAT UNLEASHES THE EVIL IN YOU A thesis by John W. Banos It took me about three months of intellectual searching, so as to discover a title, for this superior writing that will enable it to captivate the essential and intriguing diabolic factual aspects of it. So on August 15, ;2007, i was finally able to discover it. When i was a lad, due to a lack of knowledge and understanding a very well created false illusion was implanted into my subconscious mind by T.V., and as a result of this ...
PID
apw:12351588
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T23:56:42.812Z
Title
Prison Picassos
Author
Remerowski, Eric
Date
2017-04-07
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
4/7/20 17 Saints Inside: 2011 POSTED BY ERIC REMEROWSKI AT 10:12 AM NO COMMENTS: TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2011 PRISON PICASSOS "Passion motivates more than money." Right now there's one thing that keeps me going in here more than anything else, and that's the unit's craft shop. I am fortunate to be there. Out of the 3000 or so inmates, only 48 are granted this privilege. The waiting list is long and it takes at least a year to rise to the top (most get scratched for discipl...
PID
apw:12351248
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T18:28:07.559Z
Title
Prison is a place
Author
Limbocker, Darrell
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
"Prison is a Place" What is prison like? It's not the same for everyone. The prison I know is different from the one you know or heard about on the TV or on the two minute sound bite on the evening news. Prison is a place where the first person you see looks like an all American college boy and you're surprised. Later on you're disgusted because the people on the outside still harbor prejudices about the prisoners they once knew about, such as family, relatives, frien...
PID
apw:12349579
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T19:34:02.899Z
Title
Prison tour provides real-life experience
Author
Cisneros, Ricardo
Date
2015-01-04
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
I kept searching my mind ---- replaying the memory of seeing their faces --- looking for meaning. Forty--some students from West Texas A&M toured the Neal Unit prison before the holiday break. They were part of a criminal justice class that had something to do with learning about prisoners. Three prisoners, including myself, were asked to speak to them about our lives, crimes and what led us to prison.They listened, asked questions, stared ---- then it ended. I walked away wondering, what...
PID
apw:12354638
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T16:05:30.251Z
Title
Prisoner reality: COVID-19 quarantine
Author
Hargrove, Jaymes G.
Date
2020-05-18
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Prison Reality: COVID-19 Quarantine By: Jaymes Hargrove- Beto (Originally written May 18, 2020) For so many, quarantine has been nothing more than a minor inconvenience, at least as far as staying home is concerned. You can still move around the rooms, watch TV, get online, breathe in the fresh air, whenever you want. I don’t have any of those options here in prison. I’m not asking anyone to pity my circumstances; I put myself in here and am paying the due penalty. I do however desire to give...
PID
apw:12360436
Date Uploaded
2020-12-02T18:49:03.199Z
Title
Prisoner unrepresentation
Author
Hargrove, Jaymes G.
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Prisoner Unrepresentation By: Jaymes Hargrove- Beto Over the last several months there have been a lot of news headlines regarding the different steps taken by the government and local bureaucrats to combat the escalating numbers of Coronavirus cases. Within the Main Stream Media all groups and angles have been covered except one: The Prison Population. An iron curtain is still in place because prisoners are the dregs of the populace, unworthy or any attention. Who cares if they die? All they...
PID
apw:12360434
Date Uploaded
2020-12-02T18:48:59.311Z
Title
Prisoners: A tool of extortion
Author
McCain, Steven
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Prisoners: A Tool of Extortion A prison inmate at the Eastham Unit in south Texas was recently hospitalized with a dire prognosis: twenty percent chance at life. He was the victim of an untreated, and life-threatening infection. TDCJ will, of course, declaim against their responsibility in this situation; and, in the strictest of senses, justifiably so, but this would be a uniquely legalistic position. TDCJ did not refuse to render medical assistance to this inmate; he refused to seek it, but...
PID
apw:12361292
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:58:35.461Z
Title
Professional pay for professional work
Author
Pitman, Michael Ted
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Professional Pay for Professional Work? Christmas day, 2000; minimum security cell block; 144 men. No trouble. Everyone is looking forward to a good holiday meal - one which is almost always above the norm and a gentle reminder of home. Besides, we have eaten 'trash foods' for 2 weeks previously to 'pay' for the extras which will be provided this day! 0630 - Two experienced CO's come on duty - one in the picket, one on the floor as 'rover'. Usually, experien...
PID
apw:12349804
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T20:36:10.037Z
Title
Prosecutorial misconduct - sex crimes vs non-crimes
Author
Parker, Ned G.
Date
2016-09-07
Pages
9 pages
Text (O)
Prosecutorial Misconduct - Sex Crimes vs Non-Crimes 
 N.G. PARKER is a 1964 graduate of the University of Texas with combined Majors in Psychology and Social Work and a graduate of Tulane University in 1996 with a Masters in Social Work. The purpose of this article is to present empirical evidence of PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT in alleged intergenerational transactional crimes and to challenge the PROSECUTOR to assume responsibility, integrity and common sense rather than obfuscation pursuing po...
PID
apw:12350025
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T00:30:33.198Z
Title
Real life lessons come from day-to-day living
Author
Cisneros, Ricardo
Date
2014-09-20
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
Cisneros: Real life lessons come from day-to-day living | Amarillo Globe-News Page 1 of 2 Real life lessons come from daywtomriay living ~ By Ricardo Cisneros Our bus bumped along Interstate 60 headed to Pampa as a butterscotch sun rose in the distance, piercing through the caged windows. For four long days, some of society’s worst fears from the Neal and Clements Units journeyed to the Jordan Unit. We sacrificed time and sleep, endured hassle, shackles and discomfort to volunteer in a life—c...
PID
apw:12354685
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:31:31.44Z
Title
Reducing your stress
Author
Aguirre, Victor Adrian
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Reducing Your Stress By: Victor Aguirre Lynaugh Unit Stress is a serious issue. It is literally a life and death situation. I never believed it could have such a devastating impact on your mental and physical well-being until recently when I suffered a serious panic attack. I was laying on my bunk reading a book when all of a sudden I felt a rush of adrenaline course through my body for no apparent reason. My heart was beating hard on my chest, my face became pale, and my vision blurred. I th...
PID
apw:12347273
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:54:03.246Z
Title
Shakedown
Author
McCain, Steven
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
Shakedown September 24, 2019 - Eastham State Farm, TDCJ - Institutional Division - Texas prison inmate threatened with disciplinary action for obeying the rules. The lieutenant accosted a group of junior guards, raging, "What are you doing? Why are you just sitting around? Have you nothing to do?" The lieutenant, obviously piqued, continued berating the half dozen guards that had been sitting around the passageway outside of Five Dorm. "Get in there," She roared, "Sha...
PID
apw:12359729
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:31:51.807Z
Title
Shaved
Author
Keith, Lincoln Allen
Pages
5 pages
Text (O)
Shaved "SHAVED" My hair had grown longer than I am used to anymore and, being on a restrictive custody level where we cannot go to the prison barber shop, I opted to use my shaving razor to shave my head. The bald look is far from flattering for me but more often than not in here, one must choose efficiency and relative comfort over vanity. So, I soaped up my head and began running the razor over my scalp in what has become a somewhat familiar ritual over the past two decades in thi...
PID
apw:12352020
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T12:27:06.065Z
Title
Shut it down
Author
Tamez, Brian Christopher
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Shut it Down Disclaimer / permission papers already signed Tamez, Brian C. Hughes Unit Ghandi sat down for peace, and was recognized for his efforts at nonviolent protest around the globe. Former quarterback of the San-Francisco 49'ers(SP) Kalvin Kapernack disrespectfully took a knee during our national anthem, and was awarded a contract with Nike. I with arms shackeled, and leg irons on, respectfully took to my knees and requested to speak to rank, and, or safe prisons at the Alfred Hug...
PID
apw:12356126
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T19:24:20.843Z
Title
Sinking smoothly
Author
Leatherland, Todd Alan
Date
2016-09-13
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Sinking Smoothly The plight of the American prisoner is oppresive. It is a journey into the belly of the beast where many are being eaten alive. Castaway by a society that has deemed us unfit for human consumption. We struggle against the [miry?] day of our existence. Without a voice we scream in silence. Unable to find our way through the maze we become lost. The mind is held captive by the cage. The illusionary bonds that bind us become the loving embrace we long for. A sense of sorrow is s...
PID
apw:12350239
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T12:18:13.685Z
Title
Slavery in the Texas prison system
Author
Salinas, Ernesto
Date
2019-01-14
Pages
6 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Slavery in the Texas Prison System How a 17-year old became enslaved by the state By Ernesto Salinas Slavery is alive in America. I first experienced it in the summer of 2005 when I was sent to the Clemens Unit in Southeast Texas. A smaller prison of around 1,000 inmates it is nevertheless surrounded by six or seven thousand acres of farmland. It is on this land that I was put to work. Watching me and the other men were armed guards on horseback. These guards were more than mere guards; they ...
PID
apw:12356523
Date Uploaded
2019-05-24T16:10:46.834Z
Title
Slavery in the U.S.
Author
Keith, Lincoln Allen
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
"Slavery In The U.S." 
 Should an enlightened nation, one which has fought long and hard to overcome the ugly stain that slavery left upon its history, have a literal exception to the abolition of slavery written into its constitution? It should not. Yet, the U.S. constitution does in fact have such an exception. It declares that no one is to be enslaved and forced to labor "unless" he is convicted of a crime. Now, I would be the first person to say that a person, whether ...
PID
apw:12350130
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T01:36:12.984Z
Title
Slavery is alive and well in Texas
Author
McElvain, Russell
Date
2015-09-13
Pages
3 pages
State
Texas
Text (TR)
Russell McElvain Texas Slavery Is Alive and Well In Texas and Constitutionally legal in the United States. 9-13-15 When I was convicted in April 2011, I was taken to the Middleton Transfer Unit, Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, for processing. Within minutes of stepping off the bus, I was told, loudly, "YOU ARE NOW PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS!" I thought, really? I didn't know a person could be the property of someone since the 13th Amendment was ratified on 12/18/1865 (by 2...
PID
apw:12343943
Date Uploaded
2016-10-19T22:27:54.035Z
Title
Solitary's terrible toll
Author
Murphy, Michael Heath
Pages
8 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Solitary's Terrible Toll by Michael Murphy "Every shutting up of a creature within the dungeons of its own mind is hell." -C.S. Lewis On August 21st, 2008, I was pushed out a side door of the Walls unit in Huntsville, TX and stepped out of prison for the first time in 10 years. It was an unbearably hot day made more so by the fact that I had not been exposed to the sun in more than 8 years. I proceeded to burn like a lobster and in the days to come would soon realize this was j...
PID
apw:12348130
Date Uploaded
2017-11-02T20:07:50.643Z
Title
Spoiled milk
Author
Keith, Lincoln Allen
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
"SPOILED MILK" The average American might be quite shocked to learn that there is a potential expiration date placed upon his or her constitutional rights. I know I was. I learned about this expiration date when I was "time-barred" from presenting the constitutional violations which had occurred in my severely flawed trial to a federal habeas court. According to that court, it did not matter that my constitutional rights had been denied me at trial because I had taken TOO ...
PID
apw:12350133
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T01:36:13.27Z
Title
Supplemental statement
Author
Boone, Tommy
Date
2018-09-27
Pages
12 pages
Text (TR_WF)
From: Tommy Boone Texas Prison I.D. #[ID] McConnell Unit Prison 3001 S. Emily Drive Beeville, Texas 78102 To American Prison Writing Archive Date: September 27, 2018 Dear APWA: I am in receipt of your response to my essay. This letter of response you sent me dated 9/21/18 is acknowledged here in the "form" of a supplement to the essay as follows: "Essay" Supplemental Statement My apologies, it seems in my cover letter to the essay I must have told you its liable to be diff...
PID
apw:12356731
Date Uploaded
2019-05-28T18:32:48.995Z

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