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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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“I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth’s inhabitants, none of us will survive—nor will we deserve to.”

― Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance