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From the Ground Up
June 13, 2019

From the Ground Up

 From the Ground Up BY Mathew Lucas Ayotte Peer to Peer Mentorship is an integral aspect of humanizing the criminal justice system by encouraging; while at the same time empowering the persons most effected by...
Ayotte, Mathew LucasMaine
Who's paying for Maine's new prison?
June 13, 2019

Who's paying for Maine's new prison?

 Who’s Paying for Maine’s New Prison? At present a new prison is being built in Windham, Maine — right next to and on top of the old Maine Correctional Center. True, legislation approved funding for...
Ayotte, Mathew LucasMaine
Product of a broken system
June 13, 2019

Product of a broken system

 Product of a Broken System “Prisons are the temples where devils learn to pray. Every time we turn the key we twist the knife of fate, because every time we cage a man we close...
Ayotte, Mathew LucasMaine
Second chance Pell Grant
June 13, 2019

Second chance Pell Grant

 Second Chance Pell Grant Testimony The Second Chance Pell has allowed me to finish something I started twenty years ago. My first college experience was short lived, ending with my expulsion and arrest for crimes...
Ayotte, Mathew LucasMaine
Something ya'll should know
June 13, 2019

Something ya'll should know

 Something Ya’ll Should Know Think of this as a very small eco-system, yeah, like that of a small pond. The point being is that you’re all fish. Little fish. Get over yourselves and realize that...
Ayotte, Mathew LucasMaine
There are many types of torture,
June 13, 2019

There are many types of torture,

 There are many types of torture, Ways to twist, pain, alienate, and cause despair Even the tantalizing expectation of some yearning fulfilled This, too, could and indeed can be called torture — Yet, it is...
Ayotte, Mathew LucasMaine
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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.

APWA is an open access archive. We encourage use of the writings for research, course planning, and projects engaged in examination of the criminal legal system. Reproduction of essays in their entirety infringes on author copyright without their explicit consent from the writers. Please contact us if you plan to reproduce entire essays; we will do our best to put you in contact with the authors for consent, and their compensation for any project that is profit making.

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