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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: First amendment under attack in Illinois' prisons: the price of dissent
Author: Peter, George, Jr.
Pages: 11 pages
State: Illinois
Text (O): FIRST AMENDMENT UNDER ATTACK IN ILLINOIS’ PRISONS: THE PRICE OF DISSENT Exercising one's first amendment rights is analogous to breathing; we only learn to appreciate it when our capacity to I do either is impinged upon. However, there are certain events which serve to heighten an individual's awareness to particular circumstances, and for those of us who are incarcerated, we quickly discover how tenuous our ability is to engage in first amendment activities that the average person ...
PID: apw:12345356
Date Uploaded: 2016-10-23T17:20:49.235Z

Title: The taxpayer's burden
Author: Harris, Larry "Rocky"
Pages: 6 pages
State: Illinois
Text (O): THE TAXPAYER'S BURDEN I am a prisoner housed at the Illinois Department Of Corrections Prison located in Pinckneyville Illinois. If the reader was to punch up this prison on the State website one would find that the current rate of incarceration is at $18,355.00 per one year of my living in prison. This is down from the $30,000.00 price tag that was in place in the early days of the 2000's. One would ask why is is getting cheaper? The budget cuts in the prison system due to the budg...
PID: apw:12345334
Date Uploaded: 2016-10-23T17:20:47.403Z

Title: When is it enough
Author: Harris, Larry "Rocky"
Pages: 8 pages
State: Illinois
Text (O): When is it Enough   I have 21 years behind these walls. I never figured my life would spin out this way. When I was a young man I was buck wild. I rode the iron horse and lived by no mans rules. Being a free spirit brought me into contact with the prison system at an early age. I bowed to no man. When push came to shove I used whatever means was necessary to protect my family, myself. You can only beat "the man" for so long, then you got to pay the piper. At 24 I took the law into m...
PID: apw:12345318
Date Uploaded: 2016-10-23T17:20:46.046Z

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