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Title
A lot has been written
Author
Dorotik, Jane
Pages
5 pages
State
California
Text (O)
A lot has been written Original Dorotik CA A lot has been written about the prison system lately -- why we as a nation incarcerate so many, why the bureauocratic and unweildy system is only expected to make minimal cuts to its 11 billion dollar budget while education and social supports are slashed to the very core, why California's prison system has the highest recidivism rate of any state in the nation? But little is written of the individual suffering that occurs in devastating ways o...
PID
apw:12344502
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T15:41:58.187Z
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....
PID
apw:12347004
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T02:16:35.825Z
Title
Caged view - April 10, 2015
Author
Vitality, Prison
Date
2015-04-10
Pages
3 pages
Text (FT)
Caged View -- April 10, 2015 The demented cement wall I open my eyes to every morning is more than a century old and bleeds tear gas when it gets really humid. Some of the white paint from its last paint-job remains and has been scorched with black soot from recent fire -- no doubt set in protest from a dissatisfied resident. The wall is pockmarked with multicolored scabs from years of paint-jobs, has crude gang graffiti painstakingly carved with paperclips, and bears battle scars from the co...
PID
apw:12347357
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:03:32.838Z
Title
Dancing daydreams - March 11, 2015
Author
Vitality, Prison
Date
2015-03-11
Pages
3 pages
Text (FT)
Dancing Daydreams - March 11, 2015 My balance teeters as I land, spinning on one foot atop of the abrasive concrete, preparing for another leap. I don't bite it, but man... it's close. I feel a shot of adrenal relief seize my body, and I bite back an impetuous smile as my body springs into a final landing of a five-piece pirouette... umm... I mean, tornado-kick. I'm gasping for oxygen, my muscles tensed, and I feel the stares of unwelcome eyes. Of course, in prison, unwelcome e...
PID
apw:12347361
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:03:33.046Z
Title
First reversal
Author
Miller, Phil
Date
2014
Pages
3 pages
State
New York
Text (O)
Published in the fall edition of Cornell Univ.'s literary journal, "Writer's Bloc." (2014) First Reversal by Phil Miller "Phil, can you help me?" asks an unfamiliar voice. I'm sitting at my desk in the law library of Five Points Correctional Facility, where I work as the administrative clerk. I lift my head, making eye contact with the stranger. "That depends; what do you need help with?" I ask, hoping that his request will be something simple; I&a...
PID
apw:12345985
Date Uploaded
2016-10-24T21:23:34.612Z
Title
Killing the poor tonight: A Copernican revolution in racial politics
Author
Chyatte, D. Joseph
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
D. Joseph Chyatte SID# 22150296 Killing the Poor Tonight: A Copernican Revolution in Racial Politics “I remember the day I became colored.” — Zora Neale Hurston, “How it Feels to be Colored Me” I was retching and gagging, physically ill, as I watched the video of Philando Castile’s summary execution play over-and-over on the television. My eyes blurring with tears and my teeth clenched, impotent rage consumed my body . . . thinking of Philando’s partner—that strong, savvy, woman—and their sma...
PID
apw:12349945
Date Uploaded
2018-03-15T21:58:43.195Z
Title
Man versus beast - January 30, 2015
Author
Vitality, Prison
Date
2015-01-30
Pages
2 pages
Text (FT)
Man Versus Beast - January 30, 2015 I stare at my freshly washed T-shirt hanging from a string clothesline against the wall. I've seen this sight a thousand times yet never seen it at all. What a pathetic shirt. Would anyone in the freeworld wear it? Probably not. Wearing it would be frowned upon, especially in a public place like a store or restaurant. Not that I think much about what's acceptable in public, but every once in a while I allow myself a little role-playing game to fil...
PID
apw:12347365
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:03:33.288Z
Title
Most of us believe the parole board
Author
Dorotik, Jane
Date
2010-01-21
Pages
3 pages
State
California
Text (O)
Most of us believe the parole board Jane Dorotik Most of us believe the Parole Board Commissioners have a very serious job in determining who should stay in prison and who should be released. After all, the burden of public safety would seem to lie squarely on their shoulders. If a prisoner can t, after years of incarceration, prove to these commissioners they are not a menace to public safety, then maybe they shouldn't be released. My guess is this is what the public generally thinks......
PID
apw:12344508
Date Uploaded
2016-10-21T15:41:59.185Z
Title
Naked destiny
Author
Vitality, Prison
Pages
3 pages
Text (FT)
Naked Destiny I feel instead of hear a squeaky groan come from my chest in reaction to the sharp pain penetrating my eardrums. They fixed the loudspeaker last night. The same loudspeaker I paid Dennis 4 Ramen noodle soups to disable a couple of weeks ago. I was hoping for a longer reprieve, but over all the money was well spent. My cage is located in such a manner as to perfectly convey the demon speaker's scream from hell. One can avoid the resulting pain with a pair of earplugs, but I ...
PID
apw:12347368
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:03:33.489Z
Title
The Texas prison system
Author
Hawkins, Preston D.
Date
2010-05-03
Date
2010-05-03, 2010-05-03
Pages
3 pages
State
Texas
Topics
recidivism, medical care
Text (FT)
page a ' The Texas Prison System ! ' I am a prisoner in one of Texas' many Prison units, and have been in this system for (10 years) for a crime that I did not do . I have no family on the out side so its realy hard on people like myself, because with out out side help the only thing that is left to be done is to hustle to survive because we do not get any thing or any help from the prison in the line of commissary, proper items to keep a person clean . The little that they giv...
PID
apw:12341476
Date Uploaded
2015-09-27T16:44:27.443Z
Title
The office
Author
Rogers, Ramon
Date
2012-12
Pages
1 page
Text (FT)
THE OFFICE For over two years I've gotten up each morning and walked the short distance to my office. This is a special place, exclusive yet ominous, with an odd and interesting history. It had been built several decades ago, a 12' x 12' cage of sturdy metal diamond grating. It was originally an observation post but later reduced to a dark and dusty storage for paperwork and unused furniture. When the office became my own personal work area it was my responsibility to equip acc...
PID
apw:12346597
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T00:32:31.199Z
Title
The prison veil
Author
Marrero, Jamie
Pages
9 pages
Text (O)
Jaime Marrero The Correctional Writer's Initiative BRCI - 330923 Student #2 028 4460 Broad River Rd. Columbia, SC 29210-4012 THE PRISON VEIL An Essay by JAIME MARRERO I am known to the state of South Carolina, as "INMATE #330923", but my given name is Jaime Eduardo Marrero——and I was once known to the Navy as Aviation Machinists Mate Petty Officer Second Class Air Warfare Designee Jaime Marrero --but, I became a "ward" of the South Carolina Department of Corrections a...
PID
apw:12351719
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T01:19:43.43Z
Title
Veteran denied help dies
Author
Chase, T.A.
Pages
4 pages
Text (FT)
Veteran Denied Help Dies By T. A. Chase A veteran died on a Tuesday. He did not die from combat related injuries. Nor did he die as one of the many thousands of veterans who commit suicide each year. This quiet, religious and honorably discharged veteran passed away because of his governments overt action to prevent him from obtaining the assistance he both needed and was due. He was a veteran incarcerated. A disturbing and unknown statistic is that on average approximately 8% of any inmate p...
PID
apw:12347457
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:10:45.496Z
Title
Why are we a nation of prisons
Author
Hammer, Charles
Date
2010-08-05
Date
2010-08-05, 2010-08-05
Pages
7 pages
State
Oregon
Text (TR_WF)
Why Are We a Nation of Prisons? By Charles Hammer Is our prison system a mystery to the average citizen? An uncomfortable mystery best not to examine too closely? So it was to me until I became intimately involved in its working. No doubt the greatest part of the mystery is: Why does it cost so much? Why are our prisons so full and why do we need more? Unlike what many Americans may think, the justice and correctional systems of this country are built on retribution- not rehabilitation. And, ...
PID
apw:12341573
Date Uploaded
2015-09-29T21:33:28.57Z