by Dana Gray (W76776) "The population of inmates that show the lowest potential for recidivism are seniors and LWOPs who have "aged out" of crime and served 25 or more years....
Their Writings
Instead of Incarceration
by Phillip Sutton The mighty United States of America, in its human rights righteousness, wags its shaming finger at the rest of the world while hiding the fact that it is home...
Response To Reparations Hearing Of Mid-February 2021
by an Incarcerated Person Thank you for acknowledging this letter. As an incarcerated person of a continuous three decades, and from an intersectionality of marginalized groups,...
Unworthy Me
by Norman Williams AKA Bariki My American dreams My highest aspiration I find empty, hollow - shallow Droplet of the American dreams. Droplet of the American dreams Inside the...
Sentencing And Prison Reform
by Mike Williams Lengthy sentences do not deter crime and neither do short sentences. What, then, can provide both fair sentencing, AND ensure public safety? If you will allow me...
World Day Against The Death Penalty
by Kevin Cooper On December 17, 2003, I was given an execution date of February 10, 2004, here in the state of California, in the prison of San Quentin. For the next 54 days I...
Life Without The Possibility : A Lived Experience
by Michael Zaharibu Dorrough Please forgive me for any inconvenience that my writing may cause. I am writing in the hope that I might contribute to changing the way that people...
Minority Oppression: Economics, Race And Incarceration
by Dana Gray In Clarence Darrow's essay, "Crime and Criminals," he makes the case that all crime is rooted in economics and the inability of minorities to get ahead as the cause...