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The inspiring inspiration of love
The Inspiring Inspiration of Love I have currently been incarcerated for 22 years, being separated from my family and life in general has been an agonizing experience and difficult to endure. There are never any...
Freedom is a must
Freedom is 21 Must During the past 22+ years of incarceration I have personally seen and experienced much; the anger, pain, frustration and psychological suffering are real. I will remember many events for the rest...
Parole reform now
[email protected] I I l \ ‘ ODIHIOTII Views & commentary. from around the community Inside the Box: Parole Reform Now By Matthew Hattley .1 women are denied their freedom every year, costing tax payers over...
A prisoner tells his tale
SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL www.shawangunkjournal.com Thursday, September 4, 2014 Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale Parole Decision: The Breakdown By Matthew Hattley Every person receiving an “indeterminate” sentence will automatically be scheduled to see the...
Ours is a broken prison system
Thursday, November 13, 2014 Inside The Box By Matthew Hattley Ours Is A Broken Prison System I realize that when I critique the prison system, the average person reading my words believes I am doing...
Q&A 3
Q&A 3 Inside the Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale By Matthew Hattley Q&A 3 Neither presidential candidate has much to say about prison or prisoners. Are prisoners aware of how the country is dividing?...
Q&A 4
Shawangunk Journal Thursday, December 1, 2016 Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Matthew Hattley Q&A 4 If you could send one suggestion to Governor Cuomo about improving the rehabilitation chances of prisoners in...
Recreation while incarcerated
Recreation While Incarcerated Every New York State jail and prison offers some form of recreation for the detained and incarcerated population, indoor and/or outdoor. Some have longer periods of access to such, depending on the...
Maintaining relationships while incarcerated, our jails are ages behind the rest of the world
SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL Thursday, August 13, 2015 Maintaining Relationships While Incarcerated Our Jails Are Ages Behind The Rest Of The World By Matthew Hattley The New York State Department of Corrections (DOCCS) promulgates the strengthening of...
I am not my past - part 2
comments @ shawangunkjournal.com SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, MAY 7,2015 • 3 Opinion " Views & commentary from around the community I Am Not My Past — Part 2 By Matthew Hattley Over the course of my...
Surviving & growing in the New York state prison system - part 2
Surviving & Growing in the New York State Prison System - Part 2 By Matthew Hattley On the flip side, there have been days where I woke up and just felt like giving up...
Surviving & growing in the New York state prison system
Inside the Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale By Matthew Hattley Surviving & Growing in the New York State Prison System I am currently serving a 25-years-to-life sentence for second degree murder. I...
Questions and answer #2
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016 3 comments @shawangunkjournal.com SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Questions & Answer #2 Events of recent weeks have stirred memories of 1968 and set off waves of...
Questions and answers
Questions And Answers By Matthew Hattley Many people have questions about the world of New York’s prison system. Matthew Hattley, a prisoner now at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility who has contributed many columns to the...
Change is coming, part 2
[email protected] SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, MAY 12,2016 • 3 Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Change Is Coming, Part 2 By Matthew Hattley I f personal safety is really a primary concern of DOCCS,...
Change is coming
comments @ sha wangunkj ournal.com SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 • 3 Opinion." views & commentary from around the community Change Is Coming By Matthew Hattley Ihe current NY State prison system is in...
Paying homage
SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL comments@shawangunkj ournal. com March 24, 2016 Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Paying Homage By Matthew Hattley uring the past 23 years of (my incarceration I have met, corresponded and interacted...
The other side of the story
SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 29,2015 Inside The Box The Other Side Of The Story By Matthew Hattley fter reading "Correcton Officers Want Better Safety __ .Inside Prisons," by Heather Yakin in the Times Herald Record...
Reasonable doubt: Part 2 of a series
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL Opinion: Views & commentary from around the community Reasonable Doubt: Part 2 Of A Series By Matthew Hattley When a person receives a specific amount of time (25 years...
Reasonable doubt: Part 1
SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, JUNE 26,2014 • 3 Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale Reasonable Doubt Part 1 I n the past I've attempted to explain the parole hearing process for readers, but it's...
Immoral justice
Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale By Matthew Hattley Immoral Justice Now that I am finally in a medium security facility, I am able to see all the prisoners who are scheduled to...
Maximum to medium security: a step closer to home?
SHAWANGUNK JOURNAL THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale Maximum to Medium Security: A Step Closer to Home? By Matthew Hattley After spending the past twenty years in various maximum...
In search of the truth
A Prisoner Tells His Tale By Matthew Hattley In Search of the Truth While reading the letters section in the February 13 issue of the Shawangunk Journal, I came across one written by Patricia Mitchell...
Could 2014 be a year of promise?
Inside The Box: A Prisoner Tells His Tale by Matthew Hattley Shawangunk Journal Thursday, January 30, 2014 Could 2014 Be A Year Of Promise? After living in a dejected and detached environment for twenty-one plus...
The Marriott it's not
Thursday, December 19, 2013 Inside The Box A Prisoner Tells His Tale The Marriott It's Not By Matthew Hattley After you are sentenced at your county court, you will shortly be transferred and released to...Loading...
