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An Introduction
My name is Verlie Word. Location, Nottoway Correctional in Virginia Department of Corrections. I’m serving multiple life sentences in the Virginia Department. In 1993, two men lost their lives because of my action. I do… Full Transcript
Dear State of Ohio
My name is Heather Jarvis. I’m calling from Marysville, Ohio at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. This is called “Dear State of Ohio.” Dear state of Ohio, everything inside me wants to scream, cry and… Full Transcript
Measured Justice
This piece is called “Measured Justice: a [inaudible] chaotic financial, political, and social time.” It’s becoming quite clear that justice and revenge are perfectly compatible. Justice has, over centuries, been doled out by many hands… Full Transcript
Is There a Fear To Love?
Charles Karim Diggs, and I’m calling from Pennsylvania, Graterford. And, uh, my, uh, title for the subject tonight is, “Is There a Fear to Love?” You may ask yourself, what does love have to do… Full Transcript
American Prisons as Senior Citizen’s Warehouses
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
Philly Courts to Give Sham Resentencing Hearing
“Philly courts to give sham brief sentencing hearings to brother Ghani and other child lifers. by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. Kempis Ghani Songster—sentenced death by incarceration, or life without parole, at 15 years old for murder—has… Full Transcript
Go On
My name is Spoon Jackson in that New Folsom Prison. And the title of the poem I’m reading is “Go On.” I cannot go on like this, but I will go on, on and on… Full Transcript
Alright, my name is Steven Nicholson here at Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, MI. The name of this poem is “20,000 Days.” Sometimes I feel like a miserable, minuscule, pitiful, little fool. 20,000 days on… Full Transcript