Inside|Outside
Walking Home…
Montana State Prison is divided into two parts: the high security side and the low security side. A fence topped with separatess the two classes of prisoners. There is no mixing of the populations. Convicted of a violent crime, I began my sentence on the high-side... »
Reporting MSP/DOC Staff Misconduct…
For most, that sense of powerlessness evolves from our own ignorance of the laws that are there to protect us. Most of us find ourselves unaware, or uninformed, of the provisions of policy and law that offer a proper and just course of action to take in presenting our grievances to respective agency authorities and the courts.... »
Thanks to John Wirtala for informing the public of the Parole Board activities.
"They offer an inmate a parole board meeting before they are eligible. If the inmate isn’t aware of this when he shows up they flip them for a full year or two if they are exceptionally early. That way they can set the budget and count on that income for the next year or... »
White Elephant…
Our prisons are full because intake exceeds outflow. The bottleneck in the system seems to be the Board of Pardons and Parole. No matter how statistics are manipulated, research shows there are approximately 600 inmates who, as their duly elected sentencing judges planned, are eligible for parole right now... »
womens resistance at perryville…
This comes from Jon's Jail Journal - the post for January 3, 2010. I'm giving you the lead and linking you back there for the rest, because if you haven't checked out his blog, you need to now. It's a blogspot for bloggers from jails and prisons with special focus on TentCity and Arapio.... »
Greg Kahn on Prisoner Reentry…
Greg Kahn documented Douglas Bolden, 52, following his release. Bolden lives in Fort Myers Florida, cares for four children and at the time of the photo-essay was struggling to find work. »
Addiction Behind Bars-
*Just A Guy is an inmate in a California state prison. His blogs run twice a week, here. Something I’ve neglected to talk about at length since my blog began back in April is addiction in prison. Obviously, a very large percentage of us in prison are here for things that ultimately were related to drugs.... »
Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day- John Hannan A quote from a John Hannan letter that I found interesting. Enjoy- »
American Justice 2009
"We, as Americans, like to take pride in our sense of justice. We believe that no other country in the world does a better job of protecting the rights of its citizens. For 50 years I believed this myself; then…I was arrested." »