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452 words on incarceration
November 6, 2017

452 words on incarceration

 452 Words on Incarceration Prison is a poisoned environment. It leaves no one untouched. It seeps into the pores like mustard gas. It fouls the very air we breathe, polluting it with anger and hatred...
Roberts, W. E.Ohio
A loss of memory?
November 6, 2017

A loss of memory?

 A Loss of Memory? In a recent Esquire article entitled "The Cold Open" by long-time contributor Charles P. Pierce, we are reminded of the power of memory, of our mandate public witness to history and...
Roberts, W. E.Ohio
Federal prison shuts down commissary hours for facilities workers
November 6, 2017

Federal prison shuts down commissary hours for facilities workers

 Federal Prison Shuts Down Commissary Hours For Facilities Workers Approximately 140 inmates were denied the opportunity to purchase necessary commissary items in an apparent conflict between Corrections Officers, their labor union and prison administrators this...
Roberts, W. E.Ohio
Fill in the blank
November 6, 2017

Fill in the blank

 Fill in the blank I live in a world of almost no color - white, black, gray and khaki - the institutional palette, the colors of imprisonment. It is a bland place without flavor or...
Roberts, W. E.Ohio
Rise
November 6, 2017

Rise

 Rise It is time to recognize that there is an epidemic in this nation and in our world hidden from view only by our complicity in a public blindness. It is time to move beyond...
Roberts, W. E.Ohio
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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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