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To be confined in any jail
circa 2022

To be confined in any jail

Magnific, RocArkansas
American prisons and free-world staff not ready for second wave of COVID
October 13, 2020

American prisons and free-world staff not ready for second wave of COVID

"American Prisons and Free-World Staff Not Ready for Second Wave of Covid" "When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity." Never before have...
Magnific, RocArkansas
Black Lives Matter: Are they ignoring Blacks in prison?
October 13, 2020

Black Lives Matter: Are they ignoring Blacks in prison?

“Black Lives Matter: Are They Ignoring Blacks In Prison?" Ever since its origin in 2013, the Black Lives Matter movement has… repeatedly stressed it was founded on the idea that Blacks were ad libitum being...
Magnific, RocArkansas
Is the American deus ex machina in trouble?
March 23, 2018

Is the American deus ex machina in trouble?

"Is the American Deus Ex Machina in Trouble?" For years billions of taxpayer... dollars have been spent building state and federal human warehouses to "combat crime and protect John and Jane Q. Public from crime."...
Magnific, RocArkansas
Egyptian days for one gallimaufry enterprise
November 14, 2017

Egyptian days for one gallimaufry enterprise

Egyptian Days for One Gallimaufry Enterprise If you operate an enterprise built upon desiring and getting the gold of Tolash (e.g., ill-gotten wealth will do no one good) that's not worth a tinker's damn, you...
Magnific, RocArkansas
1st amendment under siege
March 3, 2017

1st amendment under siege

"1st Amendment Under Siege" Recently last year (May,2016) Arkansas Department of Correction Czarina Wendy Kelly issued a rather fastidious policy that cited newspaper clippings would be banned from prisoner mail, classifying them as (wait for...
Magnific, RocArkansas
Southern discomfort
October 14, 2016

Southern discomfort

“Southern Discomfort” Then there’s the joke inmates in Arkansas prisons that goes something like this: what’s the difference between a near-sighted armadillo and an Arkansas inmate? Eventually the former sees well enough to sojourn safely...
Magnific, RocArkansas
Holiday blues 'n blahs
October 14, 2016

Holiday blues 'n blahs

Roc Magnific Holiday Blues ‘n Blahs There’s nothing more effacing for one to lose control of hiser positive thinking when being confined during holidays. Melancholy, despair, depression (especially that dog, depression)… tag-team to assault one’s...
Magnific, RocArkansas
The straight fire
October 14, 2016

The straight fire

"The Straight Fire" Pop quiz, mental midgets: which country locks up more people than any other country in the world? If you guessed Communist China: ay, caramba! Wrong! Its the good oll U.S.A. Shocked? Don't...
Magnific, RocArkansas
On prison health care
October 14, 2016

On prison health care

"On Prison Health Care" When it comes to prison health care, the best way to describe it is by an old axiom true: "Galen says "yea," Hippocrates says "nay" (e.g. doctors and nurses disagree over...
Magnific, RocArkansas
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If you are working on an APWA-related project, please let us know how you plan to utilize the Archive. We hope to share information about your work with our readers and, whenever possible, with relevant APWA authors.

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