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Title
28 days from Nirvana
Author
Kayer, George
Pages
2 pages
State
Arizona
Text (O)
28 Days From Nirvana By George Kayer My condition is so rare, on the North American continent less than 3,400 people are stricken by it. The population of this continent: home to Canada, Mexico and the U.S.A. is estimated at half a billion people . Through government reports, we know it's found in only 36 areas in the United States. The mortality rate is 40% to 93% depending on a state's resources and its government's willingness to aggressively combat this rare condition. Rega...
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apw:12344093
Date Uploaded
2016-10-20T10:56:33.87Z
Title
4 year old nephew travels across the state to visit, but is denied by prison staff
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2017-08-25
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
4 year old nephew travels across the state to visit, but is denied by prison staff About a month or so ago I made arrangements with my family about when they would visit me. I was excited to meet my 4-year old nephew named Carter for the first time ever, as well as my 6 year old nephew Keegan. I needed to get my 4-year old nephew Carter on my visit list so my parents, who were traveling across the state of South Dakota to visit me with him could get in to see me. I contacted the Unit Coordina...
PID
apw:12350889
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T16:49:57.87Z
Title
A bag of rags please, governor
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12363242
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:44:48.7Z
Title
A deaf person would probably welcome it
Author
Pitman, Michael Ted
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
A deaf person would probably welcome it, but I'm sure that it has driven many men mad at its extreme! Noise; all kinds of and all levels and durations. Music is simply noise of another kind to some and not all singing is truly welcome. On an air craft carrier the noise is not just loud in decibels, but nearly constant with launch and recovery operations around the clock. In prison, the noise is both loud and persistent with a little easing of the din in early morning hours. Normally, the...
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apw:12361403
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:01:17.371Z
Title
A person cannot become who they need to be by remaining who they are!!
Author
Purkey, Wesley I.
Date
2014-03-18
Date
2014-03-18, 2014-03-18
Pages
2 pages
State
Indiana
Topics
life lessons
Text (FT)
"A PERSON CANNOT BECOME WHO THEY NEED TO BE BY REMAINING WHO THEY ARE!!" By Wesley I. Purkey, Federal Death Row. My great Aunt Ga-ga who adopted me when I was kid, who didn't weigh a buck five soak and wet, inundated me with an assemblage of words of wisdom, which has left an indelible imprint on me. These "golden sayings" were generally flaunted when she was trying to school me on the importance of obtaining and continuing my education, and the need for learning from...
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apw:12341395
Date Uploaded
2015-09-27T15:04:38.45Z
Title
A view from the bottom
Author
Corbett, Burl N.
Pages
13 pages
Text (O)
A VIEW FROM THE BOTTOM by Burl N. Corbett The legal profession loves to quote the hoary aphorism "We are a nation of laws" to wheedle the rest of us into sanctioning their self—appointed role as our protector. The platitude's bitter truth, however, soon becomes apparent to those accused of a crime when he or she finds themself charged with not only the primary offense, but a slumgullion of barely applicable sister charges, an obnoxious practice of flinging every conceivable all...
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apw:12350144
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T01:36:13.956Z
Title
A.D.C. The beast
Author
Hagen, Daniel Thomas
Pages
9 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Title: A.D.C. The Beast by Daniel Hagen The Public's "keep them locked up" mentality leads to a distorted view of incarceration and the perceived purpose of an objective correctional system. The sex offenders situation draws attention to the stagnated state of human sexuality, natures and suppressed sexual instincts whose opportunities in life have been permanently diminished by the loss of rights, morally policed by the same system that the delusionally institutionalized penal...
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apw:12350772
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T16:16:16.977Z
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
Beginning of a change
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Beginning of a Change... "In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a brave and scarce man, hated and scorned. When the cause succeeds, however, the timid join him...for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot." That is a quote I often think of by Mark Twain when doing my life sentence and actually trying to enforce my Constitutional rights and promote change here. People don't like change and it can be a difficult and dangerous thing to do at a prison, especially alone as I a...
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apw:12361611
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:06:19.592Z
Title
Being of light: Meditation and transcendence inside administrative segregation
Author
Frandsen, J.D.
Date
2015
Pages
2 pages
State
Wyoming
Text (O)
Being of Light by J.D. Frandsen Meditation and transcendence inside Administrative Segregation "The world of every day life cannot ever be taken as something personal that has power over us, something that could make us, or destroy us, because man's battlefield is not in his strife with the world around him. His battlefield is over the horizon, in an area which is unthinkable for an average man, the area where man ceases to be a man."- Juan Matus. The cell door slams, gloved ha...
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apw:12345115
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T00:46:20.047Z
Title
Bigotry at Jameson Annex
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2020-03-12
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
3/12/2020 Bigotry at Jameson Annex The defination of a bigot according to the American Heritage Dictionary is: n. One who is intolerant esp. in matters of religion, race, or politics. Myself being white or I guess to politically correct term, Caucasian and a Zen Buddhist who practices meditation and runs the small Buddhist Group here at the Jameson Annex of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, I can tell you I have experienced bigotry here in it's many forms. My personal view is that it ...
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apw:12361470
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:02:54.648Z
Title
Breaking the cycle
Author
Moser, Ryan M.
Date
2016
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
Breaking the Cycle By Ryan M. Moser Originally published in the Spring 2016 Beacon Re-Entry Newsletter Florida's high recidivism creates a costly burden on taxpayers and is overwhelming the criminal justice system at an unprecedented rate. Statistics vary, but out of the 100,000 men and women incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections, approximately 75% will come back as a re- offender in their lifetime. Official records show that 35% of inmates released will return to prison w...
PID
apw:12353062
Date Uploaded
2018-09-25T21:48:06.77Z
Title
Bring it on
Author
Tooker, Charles
Date
2019
Pages
4 pages
PID
apw:12362444
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:30:31.27Z
Title
Cell restriction for writing a phone kite in blue ink
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Cell Restriction for Writing a phone kite in blue ink. It never ceases to amaze me at how petty correctional officers can be when they want to write somebody up or how unit staff use such petty write-ups to punish prisoners, often retaliation. On September 12th, 2017 while I was working in the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Jameson Annex Kitchen I was called over by a correctional officer. This correctional officer had a bunch of minor write-ups in his hand. He asked me "Do you know yo...
PID
apw:12349890
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:23:30.755Z
Title
Comments on medical services in California prisons
Author
Moore, Stan
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Comments on Medical Services in California Prisons Submitted by Stan Moore 12 April, 2019 I have been in California prisons since later summer of 2015, when I was sent to reception at San Quentin. I got off the bus with a urinary catheter and leg bag due to a presumed prostate problem that arose when I was awaiting sentencing at Marin County Jail. At San Quentin they diagnosed a bladder infection and put me on antibiotics for a week. The infection went away, the catheter was removed, and I co...
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apw:12357677
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:29:21.435Z
Title
Deficient medical treatment at CMC west
Author
Moore, Stan
Date
2018-07-09
Pages
6 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Sten Moore AY1455 07/09/19 CMC West, G-2B-32L Deficient Medical treatment at CMC West The very serious failure at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to care for the medical needs of it's population is well known and has been the object of litigation and intervention by the state government, the courts, etc. One may think that the problem has been resolved of one reads press releases from CDCR. One should not believe the CDCR entirely, but listen to the voices of ...
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apw:12355097
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T21:10:53.362Z
Title
Do not agree justice systems
Author
Kim, Daniel
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Do not agree Justice Systems I paid over $100,000 to a lawyer, my contract included investigation because I figure out without investigation I can not defense my case at the trial. Unfortunately my lawyer didn't do it for save his money then I fired him and ask to the court appoint public defender to me because public defender use public money for investigations. but court denied because I have a house then order me with in 9 business days sold house and hired private lawyer and bring in...
PID
apw:12358576
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:02:42.503Z
Title
Early personal impressions of prison & the legal system
Author
Moore, Stan
Pages
8 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Submission from Stan Moore Early Personal Impressions at Prison & the Legal System I am now 62 years old and have been down for almost four years. I was originally accused of threatening a business client's life and charged with criminal threats. I knew that I was innocent of that charge and I wanted go to trial if necessary and get an acquittal. Early on I began to see the flaws of the criminal justice system. I lived in Marin County, CA and I was represented by a public defender. O...
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apw:12355225
Date Uploaded
2019-01-21T19:51:42.9Z
Title
Empty room Buddhist group
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12363245
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:44:51.282Z
Title
Enjoy your spoiled salad
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Enjoy Your Spoiled Salad I have been working in the kitchen here at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Jameson Annex for about 5 months. One of the things I see on a regular basis is salad that is past its use by date on the bag still being served to prisoners. On friday September 29th I took out some cases of salad from the refridgerated cooler. I made sure all of the bags were good and that they were not past the best by date printed on the package. Two cases were past their best used by ...
PID
apw:12349887
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:23:30.37Z
Title
Essay on poor food served at the South Dakota State Penitentiary and its effects
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Essay on poor food served at the South Dakota State Penitentiary and its effects. The food served to prisoners at the South Dakota State Penitentiary is not very nutritious, of poor quality, and usually does not taste very good. In the years I have been locked up the food continues to get worse and the quality and nutrition continues to be poor. The prison contractor named CBM provides not only the food that is served in the chowhall on trays but also runs the prison commissary. This to me se...
PID
apw:12350440
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T13:43:36.954Z
Title
Essay on the need for education and job training for prisoners to help keep them from returning to prison
Author
Bell, Shane
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
To: The American Prison Writing Archive From Shane Bell, South Dakota State Penitentiary Re: Essay on the need for education and job training for prisoners to help keep them from returning to prison. There is a real need to have education and job training opportunities available to prisoners. Warehousing prisoners and then letting them out of prison with no education or job training is a recipe to recidivism back to prison. I have seen it time and time again. A prisoner gets out of prison whe...
PID
apw:12350437
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T13:43:36.553Z
Title
Expired donut refund, your fired!
Author
Bell, Shane
Date
2020-08-01
Pages
2 pages
PID
apw:12362857
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:37:52.702Z
Title
For the last 3 years
Author
Williams, Nash
Pages
14 pages
Text (O)
For the last 3 years I have lived in fear. Fear and sorrow. Alone in a mass of humanities waste. Castaways. In roughly 60 square feet of an all—inclusive concrete and steel studio, where my toilet almost touches my bed. Most commonly called a cell. My landlord of sorts, the New Jersey Department of Corrections. I've visited five different ‘facilities’. Stripped and searched countless times. I've had a couple of rapist/murderers as bunkies (roommates) and have had to shower and shit ...
PID
apw:12355344
Date Uploaded
2019-01-21T21:23:02.162Z

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