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Title
A few thoughts about the cell
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Date
2003
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
Mikhail Markhasev Corcoran, CA I wrote this essay in 2003, while I was in the hole (SHU). It was printed in The Beat Within, a youth outreach in the S.F. Bay area. I want to share it with A.P.W.A. You have my permission to post it. A few thoughts about the cell The cell... for some, it is a taste of hell — where single day is an eternity to dwell But as for me, when I’m in the cell a sweet serenity upon my heart it spells my doubt and uncertainty it quells my fear dispels — amidst the noise, ...
PID
apw:12357853
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:35:13.617Z
Title
Affidavit invoking Florida statute 16.615(4)(c)(d)
Author
A.M.O.S
Pages
8 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Affidavit Invoking Florida Statute 16.615(4)(c)(d) I am being held captive under the unlawful custody of the Florida State Prison industrial complex, due to the infringements of my constitutional rights to a fair and speedy trial. Wherefore, I'm humbly invoking the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to act as an arbiter as far as propose a panacea and remuneration of these social injustices within the judicial forum(s). On October 29th 2009, I went to trial for aggravated...
PID
apw:12355326
Date Uploaded
2019-01-21T19:56:05.26Z
Title
Deceptive justice
Author
Williams, Jerome
Date
2013-04-29
Pages
15 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Deceptive Justice By Jerome Williams, IN We have all heard or recited the United States Pledge of Allegiance, specifically that part which states "with freedom, liberty, and justice for all." I, however, submit to you that this declaration is no more than the line of a master con man. At first glance this argument may appear to be ludicrous at best. However, the truth is quite clear as it has always been present. It has just been suppressed by the continuous indoctrination and veili...
PID
apw:12347683
Date Uploaded
2017-11-01T19:34:15.402Z
Title
Did you know that physical
Author
A.M.O.S
Pages
9 pages
Text (TR_WF)
NO TITLE To whomever this may concern, Did you know that physical and/or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society? Yet many people with physical or mental impairments have been precluded from doing so because of discrimination; others who have a record of disability or are regarded as having a disability also have been subjected to discrimination. Did you know historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate qualified...
PID
apw:12356671
Date Uploaded
2019-05-24T16:38:19.227Z
Title
Favorite quote
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
Favorite Quote by Mikhail Markhasev "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Gospel of Matthew 16:26 True sayings are like signposts on the road of life, pointing us in the right direction. We keep them as needed reminders of what's meaningful on a journey often marked with diverging paths. But, sometimes, when our strength fails, these sayings keep us. The piercing questions spoken b...
PID
apw:12357979
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:39:19.483Z
Title
From thief to belief: Life in the monastery of the prodigal son
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
From Thief to Belief: Life in the Monastery of the Prodigal Son by Mikhail Markhasev III The outside world is fascinated with the inside arena of prison life, where the realm of the riveting struggles for survival is often displayed in a most raw manner. But for most of us on the inside, the upside down universe of prison living is a twisted caricature of life: a shameful existence, stained with past sins and marred by excruciating pain of other people's suffering. Glorying in prison lor...
PID
apw:12358970
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:12:50.11Z
Title
From thief to belief: Life in the monastery of the prodigal son
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Pages
7 pages
Text (O)
From Thief to Belief: Life in the Monastery of the Prodigal Son by Mikhail Markhasev I Somehow I was more at home in jail than in the free world. From juvenile hall and youth camps, to county jail and prison, the ground beneath my feet was more certain, more structured, and more acceptable than the unpredictable merry-go-round of outside society where the pressure to succeed revealed my inner emptiness and insecurity. Was it because I've become institutionalized and feared the challenge ...
PID
apw:12357937
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:37:57.068Z
Title
How Manson made peace with the son of man
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
How Manson Made Peace with the Son of Man by Mikhail Markhasev I've heard that God does no miracle until all human resources are exhausted. That's certainly true with Charles Manson. Most people believe he is guaranteed a hot seat in Hell, but there are plenty of others, who prayed, hoped, and wrote Charlie about Jesus, seeking to pull this infamous blasphemer out of the pit of his own making... It's impossible to detail all the conversations about God, life, and death, we shar...
PID
apw:12354769
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T17:33:16.426Z
Title
Monastery of the prodigal son
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Pages
4 pages
Text (O)
Monastery of the Prodigal Son by Mikhail Markhasev Working in’a prison chapel is not unlike a box of chocolates: it should be plain and simple, but you never know what you're gonna get. In here, the sacred and the profane blur into an undiscernable stew of characters and circumstances, radiating faith and folly, seeking a slice of Heaven within the half-baked pie of our Hell. Thankfully, our facility's designated place of worship is an unassuming cluster of cubicles huddled around t...
PID
apw:12358965
Date Uploaded
2020-06-18T19:12:42.535Z
Title
My name is ... Wisdom
Author
A.M.O.S
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
My name is... Wisdom, whence Knowledge birth his kids from Hence, without me Understanding will not live long Heaven sent to represent for all the mothers in the struggle No matter how much trouble you into, I will always love you! Spoken word for Justice but I'm not acting like Janet Jackson Reluctant to give the Lucky black mail-man a chance at happiness Ignorance of the system is the reason His-Story keeps repeating We believe in the future even if you can't see it Why is Lady Ju...
PID
apw:12353297
Date Uploaded
2018-09-26T11:02:05.332Z
Title
Restorative justice inside out
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Pages
10 pages
Text (O)
Restorative Justice Inside Out ‘by Mikhail Mrkhasev I I smiled throughout the court proceedings. Arrogant and uncaring, I smiled at the victim's devastated family, as thy watched me strut into the courtroom day in, day out. Unmoved, I smirked when the guilty verdict was announced. When the flocking journalists outside the courthouse asked me how I felt, I grinned disdainfully and flicked an obscene gesture in reply: an apt summary of my life's purpose, values, and identity at that p...
PID
apw:12357663
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:28:51.655Z
Title
Taking justice into my own hands
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Pages
2 pages
Text (O)
Taking Justice Into My Own Hands by Mikhail Markhasev 
 Unknowingly, I stumbled unto the path of restorative justice through the family of the man whom I murdered in cold blood during a botched robbery. During my trial, this family decided not to pursue the death penalty because they did not want my family to suffer the agony they experienced as a result of my crime. At the time, as a calloused teenager blinded and bound by a straight-jacket of self-absorbed thinking, I did not recognize my f...
PID
apw:12356141
Date Uploaded
2019-05-23T19:24:42.871Z
Title
The grievance or the graveyard
Author
A.M.O.S
Pages
6 pages
Text (TR_WF)
The Grievance or the Graveyard is the ultimate ultimatum Praying for better days so I praise Shalomaleichem! Dead Jacobs awakened, rising up to the skyline horizon The book of Judges us, like honeybees in the carcass of lions Rhetorical questions I inquire, while writing lower case letters Co-defendants predict the future like Egyptian fortune tellers Convicted felons dwell in persecution, the Bad and Bourgeois I can feel the tension circumvent thru Hip-Hop music From slave trading to mass in...
PID
apw:12355090
Date Uploaded
2019-01-16T21:10:40.324Z
Title
Why a philosophy major is necessary for prisoners
Author
Markhasev, Mikhail
Pages
5 pages
Text (O)
Sophia in the System: Why a Philosophy Major is Necessary for Prisoners by Mikhail Markhasev Man does not live by bread alone, but also by ideas which have consequences. Many of us in prison have not thought through the consequences of our actions, and are spending years -- if not a lifetime -- behind bars because of an unexamined life. Criminality is an outward symptom of a failed worldview, an unresolved existential crisis which oozes character defects and harmful actions. Gang membership, ...
PID
apw:12357858
Date Uploaded
2019-10-28T20:35:25.601Z