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Title
1st amendment under siege
Author
Magnific, Roc
Date
2017-03-03
Pages
3 pages
Topics
Prisoners' writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text (TR_WF)
"1st Amendment Under Siege" Recently last year (May,2016) Arkansas Department of Correction Czarina Wendy Kelly issued a rather fastidious policy that cited newspaper clippings would be banned from prisoner mail, classifying them as (wait for it - with bated breath) "contraband"!? According [ineligible] to ADC (Ay, Carumba! Arkansas Department of Corruption) policy, they are... concerned about drug smuggling but said vitiated policy does not affect newspapers sent directly...
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apw:12350565
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T14:09:39.949Z
Title
4993 word essay
Author
Powers-Wali, Anthony
Pages
16 pages
Text (FT)
4993 Word Essay At the age of sixteen I was incarcerated for First Degree Murder and later sentenced to 77-years in prison. There seemed to be little consideration of the affects it would have on a teenager to be housed with adults. Fortunately for me I was a fighter. There is a strange unwritten rule in prison that if somebody is willing to stick up for himself from day one then other prisoners will be willing to help him. If you don't stand up for yourself then you are left to the wolv...
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apw:12347577
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:26:46.677Z
Title
A convicts reposte
Author
King, Bradford
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Bradford King Thumb Correction Facility 3225 John Conley Drive Lapeer, Michigan 48446 email @ Jpay.com A Convicts Reposte I have watched the events in our nation, of late, and that brings to mind a line from a 60's song, "Hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace." Looking back at my experience of the 60's and 70's, I now wonder, are we in reverse. Voices seem to be that of hate, degradation, and racism. This message is spread by the very people ...
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apw:12362024
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:23:06.165Z
Title
A day in the life of time
Author
Clemmons-Bey, Eric
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
A Day in the Life of Time My name is Eric. I was born and raised in St.Louis, but for the past 34 years I have been in prison in Missouri. I have been in the South East Correctional Center at Charleston, Missouri for seven years now. When I was 21, I was sentenced to 50 years without the possibility of parole for killing a young man who was trying to rob my younger brother. I did not have a prison record. Very few people have any idea what it is like to be incarcerated for decades. Here is wh...
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apw:12346733
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:44:48.789Z
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...
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apw:12347101
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:22:45.331Z
Title
A perspective on prison
Author
Beverley, Michael
Pages
13 pages
State
New Hampshire
Text (O)
A Perspective on Prison By Michael B. Beverley When I was a boy, my mother often said that one-day people would no longer have names, we would be known only by a number. I know she didn’t mean what I would bring upon myself, yet it is not entirely disingenuous to say I am now known as 78552. That is my inmate ID within the New Hampshire state prison system. However, I would rather be remembered as Michael. Though I am now a felon, it wasn’t how my life began. I was the third of eight children...
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apw:12345755
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T12:49:45.093Z
Title
A renaissance
Author
Whetzel, Stephen
Date
2010-07-20
Date
2010-07-20, 2010-07-20
Pages
12 pages
State
Indiana
Topics
pen pals, psychiatric aid, confessional, personal story
Text (FT)
A Renaissance by Stephen Whetzel Page 1 of 12 It started with a visit to the psychologist. Behind the ominous, gray, concrete wall surrounding the Indiana State Reformatory, not many areas existed where one could go to in order to escape the late summer heat. That old maximum-security prison, a place born of a harsher time, was never known for comforts. Therefore, whether or not I felt the need for a counseling session with Eric, my psychologist and substance abuse counselor, I looked forward...
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apw:12341322
Date Uploaded
2015-09-27T12:48:43.808Z
Title
A.V.P.
Author
Brown, Rahasheem
Pages
3 pages
State
New York
Text (TR_WF)
A.V.P. How can violence be reduced in prison? Well, in my own opinion, the answer is simple: support the "Alternative to Violence Project!" This program, started by Quaker's back in the late 1970's right here at Green Haven Correctional Facility, is one which is now being used to combat the spread and use of violence all over the world. The Alternative to Violence Project (from this point on, to be referred to as A.V.P.) is an interactive workshop, that gives insight to it...
PID
apw:12343778
Date Uploaded
2016-10-19T17:56:13.847Z
Title
American paradox
Author
King, Bradford
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Bradford King Thumb Correction Facility 3225 John Conley Drive Lapeer, Michigan 48446 email @ Jpay.com American Paradox One day I happened upon this quote, the origins of which I do not know: "I cannot tolerate the fact that a man should be judged not for what he is but because of the group he happens to belong." Reflecting on this, it brings to light that (man for centuries) has more often than not been judging one another predominantly by race not individuality. Given the diversit...
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apw:12362078
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:24:04.083Z
Title
American prisons and free-world staff not ready for second wave of COVID
Author
Magnitic, Roc
Pages
7 pages
Topics
Prisoners' writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text (TR_WF)
"American Prisons and Free-World Staff Not Ready for Second Wave of Covid" "When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity." Never before have many would have thought such a [crisis?] as the Covid-19 pandemic would wreck havoc upon all parts of American life. But when it comes to prisons, a lot of the free-world staff (e.g. - guards, medical staff) as well as the residents of t...
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apw:12361864
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T16:13:06.874Z
Title
Betrayal
Author
Harris, Larry "Rocky"
Pages
6 pages
State
Illinois
Text (O)
Betrayal By Larry “Rocky " Harris Everyday across America, the innocent are sent to prison. This is an ugly fact that most citizens of this great country do not want to deal with. It is not a topic that will come up over cocktails with friends. I The segment of the American population involved in this nightmare is usually the poor, specifically a poor man sold out by the public defender appointed to the criminal case. The case I write about falls into this category: a poor man raising his...
PID
apw:12345327
Date Uploaded
2016-10-23T17:20:46.928Z
Title
Black Lives Matter: Are they ignoring Blacks in prison?
Author
Magnitic, Roc
Pages
6 pages
Topics
Prisoners' writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text (TR_WF)
“Black Lives Matter: Are They Ignoring Blacks In Prison?" Ever since its origin in 2013, the Black Lives Matter movement has… repeatedly stressed it was founded on the idea that Blacks were ad libitum being targeted as well as being murdered by police for being Black indiscriminately. As a Black man who has experienced police paramilitary tactics while (WWB) in the wee hours of the morning, of which such was used to obtain a... search warrant (with affidavit) whereas police lied in their...
PID
apw:12363057
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:41:25.707Z
Title
Bread and water vegan : struggling for health and humanity inside prison
Author
Allah, Intelligent
Pages
4 pages
State
New York
Text (O)
Intelligent Allah 1,014 words #95A4315 Woodbourne Cor. Facility Box 1000 Woodbourne, N.Y. 12788 BREAD AND WATER VEGAN Struggling for Health and Humanity inside Prison By Intelligent Allah Milk and hamburgers are staples of the state prison diet, not almond milk and soy burgers. Processed canned fruit soaked in high fructose corn syrup is a commissary privilege, but there is no fresh fruit. Suede boots are issued by the New York State Department of Correctional Services, yet animal—friendly bo...
PID
apw:12345872
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T18:13:42.242Z
Title
C O P S, Pa. style
Author
Carroll, Wesley R.
Date
2016
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
COPS, Pa. Style By Wesley Carroll Within the courthouse, during a criminal felony trial, the proceedings went as follows. As I was cross examining a police office, it went as follows... I said, "Officer, did you see my client, the accused defendant handcuffed and sitting at my table in the court, in this criminal case, flee the scene of the crime?" The officer said, "No sir, but I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender several blocks away."...
PID
apw:12347237
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:48:16.955Z
Title
Censorship in Michigan prisons
Author
Hamilton, Lacino
Pages
3 pages
Topics
Prisoners writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text (O)
Eensorship In Michigan Prisons By: Uacino Hamilton Today, another book was rejected. The fifth time in the past two weeks this has happened. All because the book wasn't sent from an "approved vendor." To the uninformed public such a requirement may appear on its face reasonable, the Michigan department of Corrections should control where information prisoners are receiving is coming from, and what that information is. But in practice, its a form of censorship. A policy that pro...
PID
apw:12351823
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T02:47:33.878Z
Title
Christmas - Thanksgiving on going discriminations
Author
Carroll, Wesley R.
Date
2015
Pages
2 pages
Text (FT)
S.C.I. WAYMART, Waymart, Pa. 18472 CHRISTMAS - THANKSGIVING ON GOING DISCRIMINATIONS Apparently since my win of grievance #596611, nothing was corrected nor did defendants comply. Defendants even went further by somehow getting the inmate accounting dept. (and others) to take all my monies from Oct., Nov., Dec. 2015, and continuing. This means as well that I continued to work hard on my kitchen job for all these months, yet get NO PAY. Thruout Nov., Dec. and ongoing, I have been denied all co...
PID
apw:12347229
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:48:16.501Z
Title
Criminal justice system, hypocrisy
Author
Carroll, Wesley R.
Date
2016
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Criminal Justice System, Hypocrisy By Wesley Carroll Isn't it amazing? I and many thousands of others have been saying for many years, that the so called entire criminal justice system, is totally broken. Not until after so many of us have been wrongfully passively injured by it, and much public protest, officials now say the same thing. It has been a proven fact for many years that it is totally ineffective, broken, discriminatory, and in many cases has killed. Where is the real crimina...
PID
apw:12347248
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T14:48:18.292Z
Title
Education behind bars
Author
King, Bradford
Pages
3 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Bradford King Thumb Correction Facility 3225 John Conley Drive Lapeer, Michigan 48446 email @ Jpay.com Education Behind Bars Arriving at prison with a Masters Degree and college teaching experience, I was appalled by the lack of availability and no interest in college for prisoners. There was talk of some prisoners using PELL Grants through a specific college. I heard stories of days prior to my incarceration, where college instructors came into the prison and some motivated prisoners did obt...
PID
apw:12362030
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:23:11.344Z
Title
Egyptian days for one gallimaufry enterprise
Author
Magnific, Roc
Pages
5 pages
Topics
Prisoners writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text (TR_WF)
Egyptian Days for One Gallimaufry Enterprise If you operate an enterprise built upon desiring and getting the gold of Tolash (e.g., ill-gotten wealth will do no one good) that's not worth a tinker's damn, you will be a business many consider "ne touchez pas, nole me tangere" (e.g., one not to be touched). This is what's facing the Kakistrecratic Arkansas Department of Correction as it finds itself stricken with one gey case of "blue flu" and increasing inmat...
PID
apw:12351169
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T17:50:48.359Z
Title
Follow dreams
Author
King, Bradford
Pages
2 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Bradford King Thumb Correction Facility 3225 John Conley Drive Lapeer, Michigan 48446 email @Jpay.com Follow Dreams In the past, more exact a little more than 50 years ago, I wrote a college paper about a Langston Hughes poem. That poem had an unknown affect on me throughout the rest of my life. I had no idea how much until experiencing recent politics. As I looked at my past the obvious is glaring that at times I forgot the true meaning of those short but poignant lines. The obvious example ...
PID
apw:12362027
Date Uploaded
2021-06-10T15:23:08.618Z
Title
From public enemy to enemy of the state
Author
Holbrook, Robert Saleem
Date
2008-05-30
Pages
4 pages
Topics
Prisoners' writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text (O)
Page 1 of 4 From Public Enemy To Enemy of The State by Robert Saleem Holbrook When I was a child I used to often walk past the old Eastern State Penitentiary on Fairmount Avenue in North Philadelphia and stare in awe at its high walls and ramparts seemingly towering into the sky believing naivety that the old prison was an ancient castle from the days of knights and kings. There were times myself and other kids my age used to try and scale the walls to get a glimpse of what was inside, how ir...
PID
apw:12351243
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T18:28:07.223Z
Title
I am currently incarcerated
Author
Shelley, Edward C.
Pages
11 pages
Text (TR_WF)
NO TITLE I am currently incarcerated in a Washington State Correctional Institution serving a 129 month sentence of which I have just completed 5 years. I have spent 8 of my last 11 years in an incarcerated situation. Looking back over my life, it is hard to believe I have come to this point. Yet in retrospect, I can clearly see where my alcoholism and drug addiction led me to make some poor choices in my life, and I certainly didn't heed the warning signs that are so clear to me now. Pr...
PID
apw:12347904
Date Uploaded
2017-11-02T19:42:31.091Z
Title
Interview of Lacino Hamilton by the opening statement (2)
Author
Hamilton, Lacino
Pages
4 pages
Topics
Prisoners' writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text (O)
INTERVIEW OF LACINO HAMILTON BY THE OPENING STATEMENT OS: What is the first thing you want people to know about living in prison? LACINO: That prison is an emotional and psychological torture that is far worse than any torture to the body, by design. Days and weeks and months and years of being told up is down and right is left, punished for not acquiescing, for not showing extreme deference, influences the oven/vhelming majority of imprisoned men and women to give up or give in, and become mer...
PID
apw:12357190
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:12:38.51Z
Title
Is the American deus ex machina in trouble?
Author
Magnific, Roc
Pages
6 pages
Topics
Prisoners' writings, American -- Unknown, Unknown. Department of Correction
Text (TR_WF)
"Is the American Deus Ex Machina in Trouble?" For years billions of taxpayer... dollars have been spent building state and federal human warehouses to "combat crime and protect John and Jane Q. Public from crime." Many politicians have been elected because of advocating "get tough on crime: build more prisons - it'll mean more jobs and security for concerned citizens." Furthermore: "Let's punish repeat offenders by increasing existing or let's...
PID
apw:12353384
Date Uploaded
2018-09-26T19:49:11.037Z

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