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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
I thought to myself
Author
Kucinsky, Charles
Pages
1 page
Text (TR_WF)
I thought to myself it must have been something I did or said but it was probably for nothing at all. Probably the fear factor - that those officers strong armed me, choked me and beat my body like their gun & badge wasnt threatening enough. Did they just want to intimidate me? I blamed myself and tryed to justify their actions. Did they justify themselves by saying I was a gang member; that I wasnt innocent? Is that what I might have deserved? If that was my punishment who decided the pu...
PID
apw:12352439
Date Uploaded
2018-06-15T19:44:31.809Z
Title
Sources of stress in prisons
Author
Agrawal, Shree
Pages
13 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Sources of Stress in Prisons There are an uncountable number of sources of stress in prison. The worst source of stress to prisoners is the unlawful policies and practices inflicted on them. These policies and practices are senseless and are designed solely to make life miserable for prisoners. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that prison regulations that infringe on the federal rights of prisoners must serve some legitimate purpose. Most prisoners want to serve their sentence in p...
PID
apw:12349807
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T20:36:11.049Z
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
Through my eyes: The shake down
Author
Key, Kenneth M.
Pages
5 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Through My Eyes : The Shake Down By Kenneth M. Key The setting is one all fimiliar - we are usually awaken by someone who gets up early and notices the water and the toliet had been cut off. Indicating we are about to be shook down. Its a level one shakedown and its a statewide, which means officers from (various?) institutions, so 30 plus will be (converging?) upon us to search for (contraband?) such as knives, home made wine, drugs, phones etc. Its (over?) four hundred officers. Inmates are...
PID
apw:12349682
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T20:16:15.19Z
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