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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 ...
PID
apw:12347044
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:22:43.214Z
Title
Attica on my mind
Author
Rhynes, Michael
Date
2011-06-06
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
Michael Rhynes Attica on My Mind My day begins by getting up before the contemporary version of Pavlov's bell rings, a half hour before count, which starts at 7:00 AM. While performing my morning ritual of washing my face, brushing my teeth, and combing my hair, with such mindless devotion it would send a marine sergeant into authoritarian fits of glee, I subconsciously search for a way to affirm my humanity. The breakfast list is being taken, and naturally I sign up. Every morning for t...
PID
apw:12351816
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T01:52:49.829Z
Title
Behind enemy lines
Author
Stewart, Al-fatah
Date
2015-04-13
Pages
16 pages
Text (O)
Dr. Al-fatah Stewart, D.D. Sullivan Correctional Facility Fallsburg, New York 12733 Date: April 13th 2015 5,301 words 379 lines 16 pages 61 paragraphs BEHIND ENEMY LINES (The untold story of a true fighter) I was born July 5th 1974, in Mount Sidonham hospital located in a part of New York City called Harlem. My father, Wayne Stewart, a humorous, dark cinnamon complexioned black man, about five foot seven in height, weighing a chiseled one hundred and sixty pounds, was a Vietnam veteran, who s...
PID
apw:12351537
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T23:56:39.884Z
Title
Behind these walls
Author
Harewood, Ian
Pages
2 pages
Text (FT)
BEHIND THESE WALLS By Ian Harewood Free will is all about choices. In prison you have no free will. Every day, you have to do what someone tells you. You can't wake up in the middle of the night and go for something as simple as ice-cream or a snack. I remember when I had free will growing up. I wish that my choices had been different. As a kid I was always trying to fit in. But back in those days, the dark-skinned guys were the butt of jokes in school, the ones who weren't popular....
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apw:12347004
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T02:16:35.825Z
Title
Beyond bars: voices of NLG jailhouse lawyers
Author
Lewis, Teddy
Pages
7 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Beyond Bars: Voices of NLG Jailhouse Lawyers By Teddy Lewis This moment feels like a maze which holds many rooms yet only one of them holds the key Lately I notice that so many men like to rip and run to the yard. And try to impose their will on various things, from lifting weights to lifting a telephone. Suddenly I came to notice that my life was without legal balance because my lack of legal know how left me stagnated and without true hope. One day someone came to me and said "why"...
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apw:12347971
Date Uploaded
2017-11-02T19:54:57.582Z
Title
Bullied gay
Author
Prince
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
If you examine and inquire into the nature and psychology of men and their love, list, desire, and relationship with women. You deprive a white correction officer of sex, conversation, and relationship with women up in esp Attica Correctional facility, the officers take their depression, hurt, emotions, and frustration violently out on the inmates. they will kill inmates. Its not a white or black thing. Even the bullies and gangsters get jealous and envy another man who has a woman on their s...
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apw:12349526
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T19:18:07.477Z
Title
Childhood abuse in America
Author
Prince
Date
2017-11-29
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
From: Mr. Prince Backman, Sing Sing Correctional Facility To: Bronx Supreme Court November 29, 2017 Re: Childhood Abuse in America When I was approximately 9 years old. Me and about 7 people from the project housing, went swimming. I was the youngest. Someone pop the lock on my locker, and stole my brand new Puma sneakers. One of the boys who lived in my building made an accident #2 in the pool. He went to clean himself and use my shirt and pants to clean himself, from my broke into locker. I...
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apw:12352290
Date Uploaded
2018-06-15T18:54:09.418Z
Title
Claims they see no remorse
Author
Prince
Pages
6 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Remorse is not something that a person acted out with like a soap opera. A defendant can articulate a display of remorse in court or at the parole board with crying and the good acting skills. Remorse is seen in a person demeanor his/her action, manners, and character. My respect towards women and men. People tried to rape me when I was 9 years old and 12. I was falsely arrested and jailed 3 days at the age 14. I was spit on as a child, kicked, punched and slapped in my face, cut with glass, ...
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apw:12352251
Date Uploaded
2018-06-15T18:53:20.595Z
Title
Crazy, right?
Author
Hughes, R.
Pages
12 pages
Text (FT)
Hughes 1 Mr. R. (Rashawn) Hughes The Art of the Short Story This piece is written for all the children who suffer as a result of a parent's wrong choice. The author, R. (Rashawn) Hughes 92A2940, who has been locked up for most of his two daughters' lives, in attempt lo express what his own conscience echocs to him about what he feels his daughters are going through, decided to compose a letter in their honor, giving them and all children in similar shoes—a voice. "Crazy Right?&...
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apw:12347054
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:22:43.77Z
Title
Currently I am faced with a dilemma
Author
Borden, Chavelo
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Dear A.P.W.A. Currently I am faced with a dilemma for which I truly believe must be addressed. My name is Minister Chavelo Borden #[ID] & recently I become the victim of an injustice for which I am in question of the matter being silenced. From 10/3/19 to 10/19/19 my person was illegally detained & unlawfully imprisoned to the SHU/Box for false allegations of a cutting incident. The allegations were dismissed! After being released from the SHU/Box, I was informed that the alleged pris...
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apw:12359586
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:28:28.481Z
Title
Despite the new
Author
Malachi
Date
2020-05-14
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Dear Reader - A.P.W.A: Date: May 14, 2020 Despite we now enduring the extremely troubling times of Covid-19, I hope this letter also finds you well. I’m highly elated. All have enjoyed with reading my submitted fine essays! Believe, there’s no thwarting my individual motivation. So, the excellence will get better each and all t.i.m.e (Things I Must Earn). As expected I passed down your address, to another incarcerated citizen. You should be on the lookout for his correspondence. Im pretty sur...
PID
apw:12361974
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:22:13.334Z
Title
Did New York State Correctional learn anything after the Attica uprising.
Author
Brown, Melvin
Pages
2 pages
State
New York
Text (TR)
Melvin Brown New York Did New York State Correctional Learn Anything After the Attica Uprising. That is the "Question." This a True Story Well I really dont think so, because some inmate's are being abuse as I speak to you on paper. Please let's us go back, for few minute's; On September 13 1971 it was a sad day for the state of New York, inmate's was being kill by state law enforcement on T.V. by the order of Govern Rockefeller, I was not the age 14 me and my fa...
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apw:12343757
Date Uploaded
2016-10-19T17:56:12.993Z
Title
Easy pickings DOCCS' overtime scams making state coffers dry
Author
Messer, Sheldon
Date
2014-02-10
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
Easy Pickings DOCCS' Overtime Scams Milking State Coffers Dry By Sheldon N. Meeser On January 30, 2014, Albany Times Union reporter, Rick Kerlin wrote an article entitled "State overtime. clock hit $611M: Crucial staffing needs blamed for rise; comptroller urges tightening". In the article, karlin reported that the state's overtime bill is increasing and the rise is due to a "smaller workforce" and downsizing of the state's workforce by Gov. Cuomo. What caug...
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apw:12350045
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T01:01:59.77Z
Title
Fight for justice, illegal harsh and excessive sentance and fatally defective and false judgment of convictions, and cruel justice center
Author
Prince
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Re: Fight for Justice, Illegal harsh and excessive sentence and fatally defective and false judgement of convictions, and cruel justice center The courts in New York State has slavery oppressive rules in the courts in all jurisdictions. Rules such as the courts will not entertain a motion, appeal, or cry out to the courts, whereas the defendant filed an appeal of motion too late, or did not mention a ground or claim in a first motion or petition. The court will painfully allow a person to suf...
PID
apw:12351084
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T17:18:03.454Z
Title
God engineering love campaign
Author
Borden, Chavelo
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Minister Chavelo Borden N.Y. American Prison Writing Archive APWA c/o Hamilton College 198 College Hill Road Clinton, N.Y. 13323-1218 Re: God Engineering Love Campaign Dear A.P.W.A, My name is Chavelo Borden (Minister) & I am the Minister for Unity of United Separation Ministry. I'm reaching out to you due to many requests from the prisoners of this facility to do so pertaining to our God Engineering Love Campaign. For the last 90 days many networks, congregations, & even organiz...
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apw:12354703
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:31:51.985Z
Title
Governmental intentional infliction of oppressive injustice
Author
Prince
Date
2017-10-09
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Sing Sing Correctional Facility 10/9/17 Re: Governmental Intentional Infliction of Oppressive Injustice In year 2004 during intake transfer orientation at Coxsackie Correctional facility, I asked the members of the Parole Board: "I am appearing at the Parole Board in 2013, I would like to know whether the Parole Board consider significant circumstances of mitigating factors of childhood abuse?" The Parole Board member say "No because not every child who was abused kill somebody...
PID
apw:12349523
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T19:18:07.126Z
Title
Hello to all
Author
Malachi
Date
2020-02-05
Pages
3 pages
PID
apw:12361196
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:56:20.611Z
Title
Hello to all [2]
Author
Malachi
Date
2020-06
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
Date: June 6, 2020 Dear American Prison Writing Archive: Hello to all. As already clearly known my name: Malik Malachi Mohammad. (m) I am very fundamentally elated, to be an archive. Best and significantly believe and eternally honor. Matters will get far much better. Because all matters indeed are preconceived and pertinent via self-consciously profound proportionally. Meanwhile. There's pockets of protest. Going on around the world. Absent getting political. Donald Trump and his admini...
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apw:12362281
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:27:43.846Z
Title
Hello, please be keenly adviced
Author
Malachi
Date
2020-07-06
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Mr. Malik Mohammad Marcy Correctional facility Box. 3600 Marcy, New York 13403-3600 Date: July 6, 2020 Dear Reader - A.P.W.A: Hello. Please be keenly adviced. I hope all are in good spirits. Spite we all being in the midst of a human health Pandemic - Covid-19. On my said behalf. I rather raise little children. Then attemp to fix broken men. It's real and unbelievably farce and sham in this environment. Mentally ill inmates Patients are being seriously and continuously galvanized. Galvan...
PID
apw:12362600
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:33:10.772Z
Title
Higher education: the key to rehabilitation!
Author
Hughes, R.
Pages
3 pages
Text (FT)
Hughes 643 Mr. Ronald (Rashawn) Hughes 92A2940 CHnton Correctional Facility P.O. Box 2000 Dannemora, New York 12929 Higher Education: The Key to Rehabilitation! Because there is over two million people presently incarcerated in the United States, we, as a nation should be motivated to become engaged with the issue of higher education for prisoners. Yes, nobody wants to pay for prisoners to go to college—but what is the alternative? Releasing « them, letting them return to your community witho...
PID
apw:12347050
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:22:43.439Z
Title
I broke the law
Author
James
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
I broke the law. And in breaking the law I was aware that I will be sentence to a prison term. What I wasn't aware of in serving that prison term is the constant physical, verbal, and mental abuse. Also the constant racism this is why it is easy to say that the prison system is modern day slavery. I dont want to complain and not take responsibility for my actions. That is not case. The prison system is a cesspool of perpetual negativity. The average prisoner has to be on guard from both ...
PID
apw:12354700
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:31:47.563Z
Title
I can speak on so much
Author
Borden, Chavelo
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
To: All who are seeking knowledge firsthand From: Chavelo Borden Location: SouthPort Correctional Facility Re: "My Thoughts 'Briefly'" I can speak on so much that I have been personally involved in like the Clinton Standoff between Prisoners and Staff; I can speak personally about the Murder of the young brother Terry Cooper who was murdered at 25 years of age by Correctional Officers who still roam free while totally disregarding Human rights to Life and Liberty; I can sp...
PID
apw:12349616
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T19:51:38.321Z
Title
Justice does not exist
Author
Stewart, Al-Fatah
Date
2014-10-06
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Dr. Al-fatah Stewart D.D. Sullivan C.F. po box-116 Fallsburg, N.Y. 12733 Justice does not exist In America, justice is like the mythical unicorn, everyone has heard of one but who has actually ever seen one? Mistakes do happen, some are honest ones and some are not. The wealthy in this country, enjoy protection but many people are wrongfully convicted, wrongfully judged and punished. The most adversely affected are poor black and Hispanic people. The police lie and falsify evidence, prosecuto...
PID
apw:12347116
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:22:45.688Z
Title
Learning to grow inside a prison cell
Author
Brown, Jamel Lamont
Date
2014-11-10
Pages
6 pages
State
New York
Text (TR)
Jamel Brown New York ESSAY Learning to Grow Inside a Prison Cell My nightmare begins in 1988 when a Latino man living around the corner from where I reside was murdered The investigating Detective and Bronx district Attorney office put my name in the mix after I had a domestic dispute I was put in a mock line-up and told I was identified by a person I never seen before I confess to my Judge that I had no knowledge of the crime the Judge said I know but that's everybody's line in the...
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apw:12343745
Date Uploaded
2016-10-19T17:56:12.266Z

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