Tag: education
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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May 01, 2006 08:03 PM EDT --
Prisons are reflective of a system that promotes arrogance in a very brutal way towards the powerless ones. Approximately 2 million in chains, while a substantial amount of people are subjected to parole, . . .
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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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August 14, 2006 05:22 PM EDT --
BOOK REVIEW
Aeeshah Ababio-Clottey
Kokomon Clottey
H. J. Kramer
1998; 213 pages
ISBN 0-915811-82-0
Racial healing is a subject very few people want to discuss in an open forum. Even though conflict . . .
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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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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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March 18, 2006 10:21 PM EST --
It's difficult to write about physical scars. Each one has it's own story. Though oftentimes painful, my scars connect me to my past, which I cannot ignore. For . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:25 PM EST --
Over 95% of all prisoners will eventually return to the community. The amount of years in prison, which varies depending upon crime and background information, is determined . . .
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April 16, 2006 10:33 PM EDT --
Due to improved medical care and lots of personal resilience, people are living much longer. We are living longer than our parents and the next generation should outlive us. There are new ways . . .
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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 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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August 14, 2006 05:31 PM EDT --
by Michael Eric Dyson
2001 ISBN 0-465-01755X
Basic Civitas Books 292 pages
Book . . .
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March 18, 2006 10:14 PM EST --
It was Fall, 1984, and I had recently been transferred to minimum security placement. Finally, I was distancing myself from prison violence, peer pressure, and portraying masculine images. I believed . . .
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