You are here

Home › New York (x) › Heterosexual (x) › Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility (Ionia, Michigan) (x)

Search results

(1 - 24 of 34)

Pages

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...
PID
apw:12353981
Date Uploaded
2018-09-27T14:35:11.473Z
Title
Aramark food corporation scandal
Author
Mack-Lemdon, Mr. L.
Date
2018-07-05
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
7/5/18 Aramark Food Corporation Scandal On May 29, 2018, I sent the Aramark Food Corporation a five (5) page notarized affidavit regarding a possible malfeasance (wrong-doing) regarding their services within the MDOC (Michigan Department of Corrections). Between 2009 and 2015, I grieved and sued the Aramark Corporation regarding my kosher diet and the inappropriate preparing of that diet, however, I never complained about the food, quality of the food or taste, only the repetitiveness and tem...
PID
apw:12354856
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T18:29:35.309Z
Title
As for my experience
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
To: The America Prison Writing Archive From: Daniel Pirkel Greetings. I am really excited about your program and I am enclosing an application. Could you send me some more information regarding your program? I am a student in the Calvin Prison Initiative (CPI), a five bachelor's degree program, and I am coordinating a letter writing campaign to reform the prison system. Any information that you can send me to help in this endeavor (including information about your program) will be put on...
PID
apw:12351761
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T01:52:45.422Z
Title
Barrell of funky's
Author
Mack-Lemdon, Mr. L.
Date
2018-07-02
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
7/2/18 Barrel of Funky's Being raped repeatedly as a young child is a very horrible experience and it will tear the mind to pieces if you fail to deal with it. I am a victim of rape, however, out of shame and embarrassment, I never told anyone. Instead, I self-medicated. In other words, I became a drug addict. Drugs took me for a real ride. They were a "killer in a thriller". 1987-1988 - brain surgery-- mentally ill w/ seizures 1988-1992 - prison 1992-1994 - drugs---->left f...
PID
apw:12354836
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T18:29:12.663Z
Title
Bill Schuette & juvenile lifers: Justice delayed, justice denied
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Date
2018-08-20
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
To: APWA From: Daniel Pirkel Re: Bill Schuette & Juvenile Lifers - Justice Delayed, Justice Denied Disclaimer: I hereby submit the article below for your publication, and thereby renounce all rights to it, except to publish it in other venues within the public domain. I am not interested in royalties, except that I would like a courtesy copy of the article if you decide to publish it. You can edit it in any fashion that you see fit. One of the most controversial and important issues being...
PID
apw:12354784
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:35:38.838Z
Title
Can the MDOC be fixed?
Author
Mack-Lemdon, Mr. L.
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Can the MDOC Be Fixed? No, this is not a trick question, however, the state of Michigan will never know the answer. The reason why is because its not that the Michigan Department of Corrections cannot be fixed. It is because of what it will take to fix it. Consider Structure The MDOC needs to be more structured. No one is on the same page. Most of their own policies and operating procedures are personally interpreted as the interpreter wants to interpret it. If another staff member says “That...
PID
apw:12354832
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T18:29:06.737Z
Title
Denying First Amendment rights: Mail policy in the MDOC
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12360839
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:45:30.603Z
Title
Discovering the answer to the question: who am I?
Author
Noonan, Bryan
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
Airzericcm PIZE072 Wfifing Archive Page I of 2 Discovering the Answer to the Question: Who Am I? The journey of self—discovery begins early in childhood, and it is influenced greatly by a child’s parents, by other influential adults, and by one’s own peers. This desire to answer the question “Who am I?” is often challenged by how others may answer the question for us. For many young children, name—calling cuts deeply. Elementary school meanness starts on the playground and continues into late te...
PID
apw:12359061
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:15:07.276Z
Title
Do you know why there
Author
Mack-Lemdon, Mr. L.
Date
2018-08-12
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
NO TITLE August 12, 2018 To whom it may concern: Do you know why there are so many unsolved crimes in Michigan? I think I do. For more than 30 years I have been running in and out of Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), therefore, it can be said that I may know something, no everything, but something. During these multiple decades, I have witnessed numerous ex-cons, once released, return for another, then another and then yet another tour inside the MDOC. I am one of those ex-cons. I ha...
PID
apw:12354781
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:35:34.708Z
Title
Does restorative justice let offenders off the hook?
Author
Noonan, Bryan
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
i/.lme72'can Prison W/r2’tz'ng Archive Page 1 of 2 Does Restorative Justice Let Offenders Off the Hook? As a movement, restorative justice is gaining momentum in the United States. Its history comes from native healing circles that are designed to hold offenders accountable as well as to heal the people affected by the offense. Modern restorative justice is an approach to criminal justice that seeks to collectively address harms, needs, and obligations. This is done through the volu...
PID
apw:12359064
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:15:11.356Z
Title
Fire in prison & State Employee Accountability Act (SEAA)
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Date
2020-02-11
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12361184
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:56:03.889Z
Title
Flawed housing policy creates polarization and hate crimes
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Date
2019-11-03
Pages
8 pages
PID
apw:12360853
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:45:54.546Z
Title
Homosexuality
Author
Mack-Lemdon, Mr. L.
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Is The Michigan Department of Corrections Promoting Homosexuality? Logically: If any woman works in a men's correctional facility, do you believe that she knows or should know that there is a great possibility that she may, at some point, see a male prisoner's private parts or maybe in some manner exposed? Possibly. Why then do female staff look into areas such as the men's rest room, showers, and other places where males are possibly exposed? In a men's facility, there ar...
Text (O)
IS THE MICHIGAN OF ODRRECTIONS PRCMIIING logically: If any woman works in a mm's correctional facility, do you believe that she knows or should know that there is a great possibility that she may, at some point, see a male prisoner's private parts or maybe in some manner exposed? Possibly. my then do fmale staff look into areas such as the men's test room, showers, and other places where males are possibly exposed? In a men's facility, there are 335 female prisoners, there...
PID
apw:12356056
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T18:50:13.66Z
Title
How to collect moments of happiness
Author
Noonan, Bryan
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
American Przlron lVr2'z‘z'7z,gArc/Jz’ve How to Collect Moments of Happiness America is the land of opportunity, and as such it has also been called the wealthiest nation on earth. Wealth certainly has its benefits, as it makes a lot of things in life easier, but does it guarantee happiness? I contend that the ability to be happy is independent of one’s wealth. Instead, happiness requires an intentional perspective to see and appreciate the simple joys of life. In “If We Are So Rich, ...
PID
apw:12359059
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:15:04.96Z
Title
Is it a cost or profit center?
Author
Mack-Lemdon, Mr. L.
Date
2018-07-01
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
7/1/18 Is It a Cost or Profit Center? There is no precise figure for the cost of housing someone in a Michigan prison. The cost vary depending upon the security level, health care needs, programming needs, etc. One of the latest figures I have seen is $38,809.00 per year for a Michigan prisoner. (Some families do not earn this amount per year). Corrections cost the state of Michigan $2 billion per year. There is no way to view that as a profit center. It cost tax payers mightily. The fact tha...
PID
apw:12354905
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T19:26:04.043Z
Title
MDOC health care
Author
Mack-Lemdon, Mr. L.
Date
2018-06-30
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
MDOC Health Care 6/30/18 Besides the money, I always had this belief that the reason any person that chose to be a nurse, doctor or be in any part of the medical field was because of the level of compassion, care and love they had for people. I was wrong, not completely wrong, however, wrong. I admit, I have met several people in the medical field that not only have a great level of compassion, care and love for people, but also a great attitude. This is not true regarding the "medical s...
PID
apw:12354712
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:32:01.997Z
Title
Money over matter - M.O.M
Author
Mack-Lemdon, Mr. L.
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Money Over Matter M.O.M. What is the MDOC and some of its "Clip-on-Agencies" really about? Let's find out. Health Care: Empirical evidence suggest that MDOC Health Care exist, in part, because it is a requirement. Although health care provides services, these services are so egregious that it cannot actually be called treatment. Health Care is not an intervention or prevention type service. Matter of fact, Health Care alleges that everything pertaining to prisoners is about cos...
PID
apw:12358483
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:00:19.933Z
Title
Parole reform
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Pages
6 pages
Text (O)
From: Daniel Pirkel To: American Prison Writing Archive Re: Parole Reform Disclaimer: I hereby submit the article below for your publication, and thereby renounce all rights to it except it publish it in other venues within the public domain. I am not interested in royalties, except that I would like a courtesy copy of the article if you decide to publish it. Thank you for your time and consideration. Parole Boards have the arduous responsibility of deciding when, if ever, convicted felons ar...
PID
apw:12355132
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T21:11:40.444Z
Title
Parole reform 2.0
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
From: Daniel Pirkel To: American Prison Writing Archive Re: Parole Reform 2.0 
 According to the Michigan Department of Correction's (MDOC) Policy Directive (PD) 06.05.104(Z), the MDOC prefers to return parolees to the county in which they were originally convicted unless they have a job or family member willing to house them in another community. In effect, parolees are sent to homeless shelters in areas where their former drug dealers and associates are located, despite the parolees&ap...
PID
apw:12352723
Date Uploaded
2018-06-16T02:32:42.163Z
Title
Prison education
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Date
2018-02-01
Pages
5 pages
Text (O)
2/1/2018 
 To: APWA From: Daniel Pirkel Re: Prison Education 
 Education is the single most important element in rehabilitating prisoners. The Rand Corporation's MetaAnalysis (spanning 32 years of research) has demonstrated that correctional education reduces individual recidivism rates by 43%, thereby saving taxpayers the cost of re-incarceration and fostering public safety by preventing people from committing future crimes. This should not be shocking, as the reformative nature of educ...
PID
apw:12352717
Date Uploaded
2018-06-16T02:32:34.693Z
Title
Reinstituting good time
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR)
From: Daniel Pirkel To: APWA Re: Reinstituting Good Time1 The yearly operating budget of the Michigan Department of Corrections is over 2 billion dollars, consuming a 19% of the State's genera! fund. This is far more than what Michigan spends on education. While no one doubts the necessity of prisons, reducing expenditures without sacrificing public safety and security is possible. In recent years, Michigan's legislators have considered various reforms but have passed few laws to si...
PID
apw:12353056
Date Uploaded
2018-09-25T21:48:00.585Z
Title
Rethinking the criminal justice system's new and ineffective war
Author
Noonan, Bryan
Pages
5 pages
Text (O)
Rethinking the Criminal Justice System's New and Ineffective War The last several decades have seen an explosion in America's prison population. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, America's prison population reached nearly 2.3 million by 2009 .1 The popular notion is that much of this massive increase in prisoners has been due to both the federal and state wars on drugs. Yet , the war on drugs on its own does not give us a full picture of why America now has the highe...
PID
apw:12359155
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:17:23.214Z
Title
State employee accountability act: A proposed legislative amendment for the state of Michigan
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Date
2020-02-11
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12361187
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:56:07.811Z
Title
Testimony- How prison has affected my view of the future
Author
Pirkel, Daniel
Date
2018-10-10
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
To: APWA From: Daniel Pirkel Re: Testimony— How Prison has Affected My View of the Future Before my incarceration, I was a selfish, egotistical fool. Additionally, my low self- esteem motivated me to personify toxic masculinity. After a series of unfortunate events (including betrayal by the love of my life, and my ex-girlfriend ripping my son out of my arms), I tried to commit suicide five times at the age of 19 years old. I took a bottle of pain killers, attempted to drown myself, and jumpe...
PID
apw:12355910
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T17:57:13.027Z

Pages