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An Open Letter To Survivors of Gun Violence
Our hearts are saddened. I know this event just happened and you're trying to make sense of it. You can't. Crazy people have been doing senseless stuff like this since time began. Whether it was the Romans massacring Jewish people or terrorists flying planes in...
Poetry From Prison: Angel Dedication
Hello Angels, I received this beautiful poem from Michael and want to dedicate it toĀ all of you. My title would be, "Ode to Angels." Love & Light! Ā ~Leah Ode to a Friendship I shed a tear When I thought no one could see, I couldnāt imagine Your words were for me....
Letters From Prison: No Mental Health Help For Ohio Inmates
From www.rehabcenterforwomen.org: According to a report by the Treatment Advocacy Center, in 2012 the United States had 10 times more mentally ill individuals in its prisons than the amount who are treated in psychiatric hospitalsĀ (356,268 in prison, vs.Ā 35,000 being...
Review of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mendel
Station Eleven is one of those books that is so well-conceived and executed that you are sad when there's no more to read. After reading so many post-apocalyptic novels, many which barely bother to explain what caused society's collapse, I expected another contrived...
The Hardest Part of Prison
After a while, even the horrid conditions of prison become normal to its occupants. Waking up everyday in a concrete cell, being told when you can shower, use the phone, or even use the bathroom eventually fall into place as routine. No big deal ā it just is. I...
If You Love Me
I cannot tell you how many times I've been on the phone while regrettably being forced to listen to another inmate on the phone next to me scold his girlfriend or mother for not doing something he had asked them to do. "Why haven't you sent the money? . . . you said...