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America’s Prison System
Omar Askia Ali
The count in 2016 for life sentenced prisoners in America was almost 160,000. But out of that amount, 50,000 have life without parole. In the 1980s and 90s, President Ronald Reagan, Bush, and Clinton waged… Full Transcript
American Prisons as Senior Citizen’s Warehouses
Charles Karim Diggs
Hello everyone. My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m at Graterford, uh, prison. And my number is AK7945, Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426. I wanted to, uh, share my feelings about the senior citizens in… Full Transcript
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Edward Pinkney
Reverend Edward Pinkney from Benton Harbor, Michigan, now located in Marquette, Michigan penitentiary, Michigan Branch Prison, just across Lake Superior from Canada. Hundreds of years ago, our nation put these considered less than human in… Full Transcript
I am Reginald S. Lewis. The watchful eyes of the prison officials behind the mass oppression discourages us from talking to each other, and so a free exchange of communication is severely obstructed. After one… Full Transcript