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COVID-19 is mean but the immune system is meaner
COVID-19 Is Mean But the Immune System Is Meaner After a miserable summer without air conditioning, at Western Missouri Correctional Center (WMCC), the fall came, which was a welcomed reprieve from the smoldering summer heat....
Prison riot at Crossroads Correctional Center
PRISON RIOT AT CROSSROADS CORRECTIONAL CENTER On May 12, 2018, Crossroads Correctional Center, a maximum security prison, in Cameron, Missouri, was put on lock—down—status after approximately two hundred offenders rioted. According to FOX 4 NEWS,...
Book review: Orange is the new black
BOOK REVIEW: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK I recently read "Orange Is The New Black" by Piper Kerman. I didn't get why it was a #1 New York Times best-seller. Maybe it was Piper's honesty...
Another ineffective prison reform plan
ANOTHER INEFFECTIVE PRISON REFORM PLAN I recently read an article in The Kansas City Call concerning the plan to spend $296 million to reduce Missouri prison overcrowding. Let me be frank: the "Justice Reinvestment Initiative...
A book review of Writing my wrongs: Life, death, and redemption in an American prison by Shaka Senghor
A Book Review of Writing My wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor by Zachary A. Smith I read this book after another prisoner received it as a gift from...
Life, it seems, will fade away
"Life, it seems, will fade away Drifting further every day Getting lost within myself Nothing matters, no one else. --Metallica Fade to Black "What did you hit him with?" the guard asked. "I didn t...
Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones
TURNING STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO STEPPING STONES by Zachary Smith Learning how to tie my shoes didn't come easy. If no one was around to help me, my shoes went untied, which often caused me to...
Prison reform now (P.R.N.) Action Alert!!!
PRISON REFORM NOW (P.R.N.) ACTION ALERT!!! An Action Alert was previously dispersed throughout the population regarding S8129. For those that missed the notification, S8129 (if passed) will require offenders to pay 50 cents per visit...
Moved to tears
Words: 238 Zachary Smith, #521163 Crossroads Corr. Center 1115 E. Pence Road Cameron, Missouri 64429 MOVED TO TEARS I sat on my perch, relaxing, listening to Enigma, having just finished an arduous legal endeavor, when...
Prison life
PRISON LIFE By Zachary A. Smith It's a beautiful spring afternoon: the sun is shining bright; the temperature is 63 degrees, with a slight cool breeze. I am confined to my wing. The window in...
One-two punch of justice
One-Two Punch of Justice I have planned to write a post about the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act (MIRA) for some time now. But my continued battle with the Attorney General's office has prevented me...
Weeding out the genes
WEEDING OUT THE GENES The world is what it is: Men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it, A Bend in the River —V.S. Maipaal I recently had...
Home sweet home
Home Sweet Home Twice—convicted murderer Mark woodworth recently won a postconviction appeal. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the county prosecutor withheld favorable evidence from Woodworth prior to his trial, undermining confidence in the jury's...
Second Prison Writer's Workshop
Second Prison Writer's Workshop I finished writing my first story of the prison writer's workshop with twenty-two hundred words. It's not how long you make it, it's how you make it long. As Penny C....
Prison Writer's Workshop
PRISON WRITER'S WORKSHOP I recently moved, exchanging a passive-aggressive old man for Josh, a guy a year younger than myself, who also likes to write. We've known each other for twenty years; he was my...
Hamilton's legal hype dishonest and undeserved
HAMILTON'S LEGAL HYPE DISHONEST AND UNDESERVED As a pro se litigator and author of the Smith's Guide legal series for prisoners (Smith's Guide to Habeas Corpus Relief for State Prisoners Under 28 U.S.C. §2254; Smith's...
Satisfaction of MIRA judgement
Satisfaction of Mira Judgment The black cloud of debt has departed, on October 16, 2013, the State of Missouri filed its Satisfaction of Judgment motion with the Cole County Circuit Court. All liens against...Loading...
