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Protection or destruction
Title: Protection or Destruction By: Beverly Jaynes In 2016, when the Missouri Legislature overrode Governor Nixon's veto, to pass a far-ranging firearms deregulatory law, which removed the protective requirements of undergoing background checks, training, and...
A look in on the prison performing arts theater and poetry classes
I wish you could be witness to the enrichment and achievement, the intellectual stimulation, and the soulful creative expression going on during the Prison Performing Arts theater and "spoken word" poetry classes in WERDCE, the...
Bloom grown from a crack in the wall
Bloom grown from a crack in the wall By Beverly Jaynes Reaching light from deceptive darkness, its seed mysteriously nurtured within, imposing walls cannot contain its growth. Breaking free unexpectantly, from bleak, stark surroundings, the...
State-sanctioned vengeance
State-Sanctioned Vengeance By Beverly Jaynes Even in Missouri, the second-most executing state in the nation, legislators are now poised to repeal our law of death - our death penalty. Conservatives and Republicans, now concede that...
To fight like a man?
To Fight Like a Man? The NFL bullying scandal has raised questions of conscience: What is the measure of a man? What are the consequences of exalting brutality and violence? How do we define human...
How state funds are spent on prisons
How State Funds are Spent on Prisons By Beverly Jaynes My wish for the new year is that some public or media entity would investigate how state funds are spent by the Missouri Department of...
How solitary confinement has been good for me in prison
How Solitary Confinement Has Been Good for Me in Prison I've been on protective custody and administrative segregation status at the two Missouri women's prisons for almost three years now, liking it and needing its...
This is my story
Beverly Jaynes NO TITLE Dear American Prison Writing Archive, This is my story. It’s about domestic abuse, which led to my crime and then the abuse of power by state officials during my imprisonment. It’s...
In the killing chamber (revised copy, July 2014)
In the Killing Chamber Today, execution by lethal injection is the method used by death penalty states. Until the fall of 2013, a three-drug cocktail of the anesthetic, sodium thiopental, to induce unconsciousness, the paralyzing...
Worthy lives
Worthy Lives I wrote the list below, “Reasons Not to Dismiss Older People's Lives As Worthless and Useless”, in a tongue—in—cheek manner; but it was inspired by the contempt and disrespect that some younger women...Loading...
