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Bill HB-2386
Bill HB-2386 by Christopher Balmer GX-5754, SCI Forest In the summer 20 14 Correctional Forum, Bill HB-2386 (submitted by Rep. T .. Stephens, R.-Montgomery County). was printed for people to see. Happily the Prison Society...
Control your own future
CONTROL YOUR OWN FUTURE When I was ten years old, my family moved to Galeton in Potter County, Pennsylvania. Galeton was a beautiful country town filled with endless possibilities. During that move, I was locked...
Uniqueness
Uniqueness UN IQUENESS For many of us, the word “unique” is unrecognized. Through society’s standards, human beings have begun to act in conformity with how society thinks another should act. Parents, at times, raise their...
Youth suicide
Youth Suicide “We all have dispositions and personalities and we seem to have innate tendencies either toward seeing more of the bright side or more of the dark side.”* As in youth suicides or any...
Never-ending fight
Never-Ending Fight by Christopher Balmer GX-5754, SCI Forest People might believe that men and women incarcerated in the prisons around this country live with no reason for responsibility. Prison life is a never-ending fight, emotionally,...
Alone with nobody
ALONE WOTH NOBODY For many that are incarcerated, being alone hurts more often than any other pain we may experience. Having no one to share the ideas, thoughts and passions we have, slowly but surely...
Finding appreciation
Finding Appreciation Our lives are filled with many things that we don’t appreciate. For instance, we rarely appreciate someone who yells and curses at us, or someone who talks down to us and belittles us....
Positive psychology
Positive Psychology Definition: Positive Psychology. “The study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. It includes positive emotions, positive individual traits and positive institutions.” In this article, I want to...
Relationships
Relationships Many people look at the word “relationship” and connect this word to some kind of connection between two different individuals: male and female, male and male, and female and female, depending on what your...
Ignorance as a social progress downfall
Ignorance as a Social Progress Downfall By Christopher Balmer "'The law must be stable, yet it cannot stand still.' The words are those of Roscoe Pound. They refer to the two ideals that must be...
Department of Corrections? -Or- Department of Control?
. DepadllleDt of co..Jrectioaas? - o .. Depanaaent ol Control? by Christopher Balmer One of the main focuses involving the Pennsylvania prison system is solitary confinement, which will always be an issue debated amongst human...
Victims of crime
VICTIMS OF CRIME By Christopher Allen Balmer When we suffer from the consequences of crime, we sometimes allow the rage of being victimized control the way we live or work. Our daily routines are disturbed...
When crime victims revenge
WHEN CRIME VICTIMS REVENGE By Christopher Allen Balmer First and foremost, this article is not an attempt to undermine victims of criminal acts. This article is to bring reality to the table for individuals to...
Obey or disobey? Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' corrupt realities
OBEY OR DISOBEY? Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ Corrupt Realities By Christopher Baliner Many correctional officers employed who work for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections are sometimes caught between a rock and a hard place in...
In re: "they are not like us"
In Re: "They Are Not Like Us" By William M. DiMascio June 2013 Graterfriends As a man who sits behind these razor-wire fences, locked down inside in isolation 23 hours a day, alone, to deal...
Institutionalism
INSTITUTIONALISM Many of us incarcerated individuals who are cognizant about the nature of prison life will have the ability to grasp the inner meaning behind this article. lnstitutionalism plays a tremendous role in controlling the...
To open the doors of confinement
TO OPEN THE DOORS OF CONFINEMENT by Christopher Balmer I hate these days when l’m all alone. . . Without anybody, so far away from home. Six years spent in complete isolation, never witnessing a...
When a man cries
WHEN A MAN CRIES By Christopher Balmer The last six years of solitary confinement have brought many emotions I’ve never been in tune with to the surface. Tears have fallen down my face many times...
Why the abuse continues
WHY THE ABUSE CONTINUES A fine example of why abuse on prisoners continues to flourish is Harry Nicoletti, a former Pennsylvania prison guard, not receiving the 18 months of prison time that he should have...
Confinement of the living
by Christopher Balmer People vs. the Animals: When we think of confinement, automatically prison flashes in our minds: 16 x 9 foot cells, unsanitary conditions, loud noise, loneliness, depression, etc. are all a part of...
Discipline
1; Word defined as: 1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior. 2. Controlled behavior resulting from such training. 3. A state of order based on submission to rules and authority....
God's essential purpose
God’s Essential Purpose When human beings go against God’s essential purpose, they have decided to disregard God. We as Christians should never allow someone else’s evil to make our choices for us. Jesus walked this...
Let change come
LET CHANGE COME On March 13, 2013, the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania filed a civil rights action in Federal Court against our new Department of Corrections Secretary, John Wetzel. They make claims against him,...
Life after John
Life After John On May 6, 201 I, John McClellan, a 42-year-old Philadelphia native, committed suicide while being housed in the Restrictive Housing Unit at SCI-Cresson. On May 6, 201 I at around I 1:30...
Reduce solitary confinement
REDUCE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Campaigning for the Confined I am calling members of my community to campaign for the reduction of prisoners held in solitary confinement for long terms. Many members of my community are unaware...Loading...
