Tag: crime
member name: Arnie King
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April 16, 2006 10:22 PM EDT --
At a recent program meeting, I listened to a woman share a story of loss, pain, recovery and survival. Her mother was killed in the Midwest by two youths about five years ago. The initial feeling of . . .
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April 16, 2006 10:37 PM EDT --
I dropped out of high school at 17, shot and killed an innocent man at 18 and entered Walpole State Prison at 19, barely avoiding the death penalty. I try each and every day to do something that . . .
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April 21, 2006 07:49 PM EDT --
The environment of the visiting area in prisons varies depending upon the security level; the differences may be contact vs. non-contact, the number of visitors allowed, dress attire, length of visiting . . .
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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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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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April 17, 2006 09:20 PM EDT --
Approximately 600 individuals are in prison sentenced to remain for the rest of their natural life. These men and a few women were convicted by jury trial of first-degree murder, either felony-murder . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:47 PM EST --
My plan was to come to Boston to purchase marijuana and pills, but (unknown to me) I was dealing with the devil. It was late on a Tuesday night, in October 1971, and I was almost running out of drugs. . . .
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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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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 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 17, 2006 09:14 PM EDT --
Most prisoners rarely use the visiting center. They may never see the inside design and settings. Although for some it is the social hub for interaction with family members and friends, there is a contingent . . .
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April 21, 2006 07:58 PM EDT --
Martha Swetzoff was seated by the time I entered the room. She had arrived with Robin Casarjian, noted author of Forgiveness and Houses of Healing. Martha was politely introducing herself to the group . . .
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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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April 17, 2006 09:26 PM EDT --
Thousands of men and women return to Massachusetts communities annually after being imprisoned, sometimes for many years. Within 12 months, over 50% will be in custody again for violating criminal laws . . .
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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 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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