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member name: Arnie King
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May 27, 2006 10:27 PM EDT --
Corrections empire, policies such as mandatory sentences, the elimination of good-time deductions, and the use of private vendors in service contracts were introduced. The rate of parole continued to decline . . .
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June 27, 2006 09:23 PM EDT --
Introduction
The purpose of this project is to identify the origin of violence and to explore its impact upon the individual, a community and society. Human beings learn about violence in many ways and . . .
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April 25, 2006 09:49 PM EDT --
For every form of life (plants, animals, and humans), there are growth and development stages. Sunlight and water are the primary ingredients, but for all forms of life to exist, there needs to . . .
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May 05, 2006 10:32 PM EDT --
The emotional temperature of the nation may be apathetic, while a cloud of pessimism hovers above our heads. But my tall glass of Welch's grape juice is half full, and I keep drinking. Despite the . . .
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May 09, 2006 06:56 PM EDT --
The original prison in America was designed to confine and isolate the criminal violator from law abiding citizens. Within the confines of those dreary concrete and steel perimeters, two different systems . . .
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April 27, 2006 07:17 PM EDT --
For the past two Wednesday mornings, separate groups of twenty teenagers each have entered the Baystate Correctional Center to attend a Prison Voices workshop. It's so fortunate these Westwood . . .
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May 01, 2006 08:14 PM EDT --
One of the few opportunities for communication to flow beyond prison walls is at the Bay State Poetry Society, which regularly meets four times a year.
In the early 70s, poetry readings were introduced . . .
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May 30, 2006 08:00 PM EDT --
Prison and Sentencing in Massachusetts, published by Mass Inc., recommends that prison construction should continue to build a minimum bed for every new medium cell. The state prison population, an estimated . . .
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December 29, 2006 06:12 PM EST --
Approximately 30 years ago, a young beautiful woman traveled to Walpole, a maximum security prison in Massachusetts, to visit with me. I had been preparing for this moment for several days, haircut, clean . . .
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April 25, 2006 09:55 PM EDT --
If I am to return to society, how would you want me to be?
Approximately 90% of the Massachusetts prisoners will (someday) be released to the community. In 1994, 3,763 prisoners were either paroled, general . . .
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April 25, 2006 10:09 PM EDT --
Someone once said that if it was meant to be, then it should definitely happen. This statement refers to karma, fate, even God's will to be done. But what about an unsuccessful effort? Was God's . . .
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May 13, 2006 11:07 PM EDT --
Here it comes! 2005! I have another opportunity to think about all the things I want to change, even challenge, in my life. Every year I go through this routine. I usually select a quiet moment . . .
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July 06, 2006 07:48 PM EDT --
(Written 2001)
As a child, I remember the importance of voting in my family household. Both parents were active in civic organization and community activities, while working regular jobs and raising . . .
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May 06, 2006 09:15 PM EDT --
Warm Greetings!
I received a request that I write about what daily life is like in prison. The following is an interview I did for Rising Times about 4 or 5 years ago. A few things have . . .
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May 06, 2006 10:32 PM EDT --
Paul is 28 years old and is serving a 6-8 year prison sentence for bank robbery. He grew up in a Jamaica Plain household with his parents and 2 older sisters, attended parochial schools and had greater . . .
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