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Daily Prison Life Series: Florida Prisoner Michael Henderson – Hypocrisy v. Positivity
Photo by Altin Ferreira on Unsplash Is it possible to quantify the amount of, or in the case of amerika's prison industrial complex, the lack of positivity? Even in the comparative state, measured against the vast amount of hypocrisy, the lack of positivity equates to...
Washington State: House Bill 1344, Emerging Adult Parole
In a state like Washington that has no functional rehabilitative motivators, House Bill 1344, Emerging Adult Parole, may be a step in a positive direction. Washington's parole is limited in scope to juvenile offenders and sex offenses, with very few parole cases tied...
Literature behind bars and reading between the lines
The prison system has always had its flaws, and its also had its fair share of celebrities. No, we’re not talking about the doom and gloom of high profile cases, we’re talking about literary legends; the kind of convict we all want to meet. But this post isn’t just...
Rory Andes’s Review of “My Stroke Of Insight” by Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD
In her remarkable book, My Stroke Of Insight by neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD, I was taken on her profoundly objective tour of her own life trauma. As a neuroanatomist who taught and performed research at Harvard Medical School, when Taylor had an abrupt...
From GED to PhD
Photo by Taha Mazandarani on Unsplash I have been incarcerated for over twenty years now, a lifetime for many. When I was 21-years-old, I took a man's life in a fight that I started. Yet, while I unquestionably deserve to be in prison, I never wanted to be a man who...
Rory Andes’s Review of “The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street” by Helene Hanff
In her follow up volume to "84, Charing Cross Road", Hanff takes you on a ride through her adventures in London in "The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street." After 20 years of corresponding with the Doel family and a burning desire to visit London, Hanff finally cashes in on...