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...
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...
MHEN IS IT ENDUGH I have 21 ysars bahind thaas walls. I navar Figursd my lifa would spin out this way. when I was a young man I was buck wild. I rods tha iron horas and livsd by no mans rulas.vBsing a Frsa spirit brought ms in to oontaot with ths prison systam at an aarly age. I bowad to no man. when push came to shove I usad what svsr maans was nsoassary to protect my fami1y,mysa1f. You can only boat "the man“ For so long,thsn you got to pay the piper. At 2h I took the law in to my own ...
