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Guest Commentary: Better Mental Health Services in Prisons Could Save Lives

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|Date: July 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Better Mental Health Services in Prisons Could Save Lives

My biggest regret is that I kept the secrets of my childhood locked away for as long as I did. By Reginal ...

My biggest regret is that I kept the secrets of my childhood locked away for as long as I did. By Reginald Stephen In the early 1970s, he came over just about every weekend. One night, when my parents ...

July 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Indefinite Solitary Confinement is Purgatory

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|Date: July 06, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Indefinite Solitary Confinement is Purgatory

Suffering and mental health deterioration with no end in sight By Michael “Scientific” Rivera “Indefinite ...

Suffering and mental health deterioration with no end in sight By Michael “Scientific” Rivera “Indefinite solitary confinement” is a phrase coined by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017 to defi ...

July 06, 2022
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Guest Commentary: After Roe, What Will They Take from Us Next?

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|Date: July 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: After Roe, What Will They Take from Us Next?

There is no law that governs men and their bodies that, at any moment, can be reversed. By Natasha White ...

There is no law that governs men and their bodies that, at any moment, can be reversed. By Natasha White It is sad that women in the United States required a law to protect their right to do something ...

July 04, 2022
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Guest Commentary: ‘You Have Options,’ the Nurse Said. ‘No Longer,’ the Supreme Court Said

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|Date: July 03, 2022
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Guest Commentary: ‘You Have Options,’ the Nurse Said. ‘No Longer,’ the Supreme Court Said

The fall of Roe means the fall of a woman’s right to choose. By Heather Jarvis My mother figured out I wa ...

The fall of Roe means the fall of a woman’s right to choose. By Heather Jarvis My mother figured out I was sexually active when I was 14 years old. We went to Planned Parenthood to explore my contrace ...

July 03, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Why Black Fathers Are Misunderstood

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|Date: June 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Why Black Fathers Are Misunderstood

Preparing to be a father from prison By Abdur Rahman Malik There are so many misconceptions about Black f ...

Preparing to be a father from prison By Abdur Rahman Malik There are so many misconceptions about Black fathers. How often has the mother of a child spilled myths about the Black father willfully aban ...

June 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Watching Gang Violence from the Outside

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|Date: June 13, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Watching Gang Violence from the Outside

By Carnell Wingfield, Jr., Prison Journalism Project I don’t regret how my life started. I was blessed to ...

By Carnell Wingfield, Jr., Prison Journalism Project I don’t regret how my life started. I was blessed to have friends who would die for me. Of course I wish they were here, but when you live like thi ...

June 13, 2022
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Guest Commentary: There Is No Forgiveness in the Eleventh Hour

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|Date: June 12, 2022
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Guest Commentary: There Is No Forgiveness in the Eleventh Hour

By KC Johnson, Prison Journalism Project “How did you end up in prison?” they always ask. What they reall ...

By KC Johnson, Prison Journalism Project “How did you end up in prison?” they always ask. What they really want to know is, “What is wrong with you? How did things become so out of control?” They want ...

June 12, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Ailing 80-Year-Old Veteran Deserves Compassionate Release

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|Date: April 17, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Ailing 80-Year-Old Veteran Deserves Compassionate Release

He fought for our country. Can we fight for him? By Rodney Baylis Freddie Cole dropped out of school in t ...

He fought for our country. Can we fight for him? By Rodney Baylis Freddie Cole dropped out of school in the 10th grade in 1958 and enlisted in the U.S. Army that same year. In 1961, while stationed in ...

April 17, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Why Colorado State Penitentiary Is the State’s Most Violent Prison

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|Date: April 15, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Why Colorado State Penitentiary Is the State’s Most Violent Prison

Try giving its residents rehabilitative programs instead of more punishment. By EC Theus-Roberts Prison h ...

Try giving its residents rehabilitative programs instead of more punishment. By EC Theus-Roberts Prison has always been a violent place. A 2020 study by the Prison Policy Initiative on the number of v ...

April 15, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Unbearable Weight of Life in Prison

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|Date: April 02, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Unbearable Weight of Life in Prison

I don’t remember when I last saw my daughter. By Felix Sitthvong A few days ago, my cousin sent me an upd ...

I don’t remember when I last saw my daughter. By Felix Sitthvong A few days ago, my cousin sent me an updated photograph of my daughter. She’s almost 13 years old and beautiful like her grandmother. S ...

April 02, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Corrections Departments Must Establish Rehabilitation Program

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|Date: March 17, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Corrections Departments Must Establish Rehabilitation Program

Too many incarcerated persons are being discounted despite years of therapy, counseling and education. By ...

Too many incarcerated persons are being discounted despite years of therapy, counseling and education. By Steve Brooks For a quarter of a century, I have been waking up each day in prison with a missi ...

March 17, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Omicron Spread Continues at San Quentin State Prison

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|Date: January 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Omicron Spread Continues at San Quentin State Prison

By Steve Brooks At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), a musical symphony of hoarse voices, hacking coughs and ...

By Steve Brooks At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), a musical symphony of hoarse voices, hacking coughs and the clearing of congested nasal passages is signaling another outbreak of COVID-19. The new Om ...

January 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: How Quarantine Killed My Workout Routine

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|Date: January 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: How Quarantine Killed My Workout Routine

By Kory “Hussain” McClary Since COVID-19 2.0 hit, New Jersey State Prison has been shut down. No yard, no ...

By Kory “Hussain” McClary Since COVID-19 2.0 hit, New Jersey State Prison has been shut down. No yard, no gym. Movement has been limited to the tier in which you are housed. Now, I’m stuck in my cell ...

January 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: New Year’s Rung in with Gas Grenades

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|Date: January 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: New Year’s Rung in with Gas Grenades

Rowdy behavior on the eve of a new year brings a messy, sticky surprise. By Calen J. Whidden The end of t ...

Rowdy behavior on the eve of a new year brings a messy, sticky surprise. By Calen J. Whidden The end of the year in Florida is phenomenal as it ushers in the fall with its crisp, mild nights, still da ...

January 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: My Family Behind the Wall

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|Date: December 24, 2021
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Guest Commentary: My Family Behind the Wall

The Christmas holiday is an opportunity to create new bonds By Ryan M. Moser Every day is challenging in ...

The Christmas holiday is an opportunity to create new bonds By Ryan M. Moser Every day is challenging in prison, but some of the toughest days are the special occasions and celebrations that make life ...

December 24, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Compromising the Compromised

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|Date: December 19, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Compromising the Compromised

Debate over vaccine mandate raises questions about prison staff’s obligation to those in their custody By ...

Debate over vaccine mandate raises questions about prison staff’s obligation to those in their custody By Brandon J. Baker During the past 21 years of incarceration, I experienced a cycle of emotions, ...

December 19, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Problem with Mandatory Minimum Sentences

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|Date: December 13, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Problem with Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Trying to Find Purpose and Hope When Life Feels Meaningless By Tariq Maqbool Today, as I returned to my h ...

Trying to Find Purpose and Hope When Life Feels Meaningless By Tariq Maqbool Today, as I returned to my housing unit from my regular work detail in the prison chapel, I heard one of my fellow prisoner ...

December 13, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Disaster of Delta – Lockdown Blues

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|Date: December 08, 2021
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Guest Commentary: The Disaster of Delta – Lockdown Blues

A new round of infections causes massive disruption across the entire facility By Reginald Stephen In Sep ...

A new round of infections causes massive disruption across the entire facility By Reginald Stephen In September and October, positive COVID-19 cases at Greenhaven Correctional Facility spiked signific ...

December 08, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Incarceration is a Vicious Cycle

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|Date: December 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Incarceration is a Vicious Cycle

Generation after generation are experiencing the efficiency of the prison system By Eric Finley “Where’s ...

Generation after generation are experiencing the efficiency of the prison system By Eric Finley “Where’s my Daddy?” “He‘s gone to prison.” These words are a precursor to the destruction of yet another ...

December 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: A Plea for the Elimination of Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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|Date: December 02, 2021
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Guest Commentary: A Plea for the Elimination of Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

By Ryan M. Moser If you stare at the same spot on the wall for an hour, then you’re probably bored or day ...

By Ryan M. Moser If you stare at the same spot on the wall for an hour, then you’re probably bored or daydreaming. If you intermittently stare at the same spot on the wall for 120 days in a row, you’v ...

December 02, 2021
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