In 1874 on McNeil Island, a body of land west of Steilacoom, Washington, was where the first penitentiary was built in the United States. Washington state was the first region in this country to establish a brick-and-mortar prison solely for the purpose of warehousing human bodies. The state has been the national leader in the prison […]
As I looked through Target’s greeting card section to send something for Christmas I had to remember that the card I chose could be no larger than 6” x 8” with no more than a single fold, commercially produced and made of standard cardstock. According to the Michigan Department of Correction’s mail policy I had […]
I used to listen to Kanye West often. “Late Registration” was one of my favorite albums, so you can’t get me not to sing along to every single word of “Gold Digger.” Over the years, West has never been afraid to speak out even if what he had to say wasn’t in line with popular […]
Slave Trades Are Righteous Because Ultimately Corruption Keeps Selling Earlier today I received a link to an article that mentioned my name in the investigation of a Starbucks downtown due to my raising awareness about the company as an exploiter of prison slave labor. The store’s windows were found shattered this morning. The store […]
Living in a Liberal and progressive utopia… where same sex couples can safely walk the streets holding hands, where the crosswalks are painted with rainbows, where, “What are your gender pronouns?” is a introduction question, and where ‘black lives matter’ signs lean in the window of every other storefront Now I come to wonder how […]
In hotbed areas like Florida where elections are coming quickly there are as many as 5 prisons participating in the National Prison Strike. There are several demands listed in the strikes official call that require political action and policies to be made on behalf of prisoners’ rights. Prisoners are calling for the public to make these […]
What are prisons for? Are they to help inmates become better people then who they were when they entered by preparing them for a productive life in society? Or are prisons for warehousing people to lock away and forget? Think about your response to that question, is the ideal hope or does your response actually […]