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Tarnished tales
September 1, 2019

Tarnished tales

 Tarnished Tales "What a twisted trail we lead when we pursue those darkest deeds..." In early 2018 a flu epidemic flooded this prison. The facility was quarantined two or three times, and prisoners were sick...
Jarvis, DarrellMichigan
Primal passions, primal pains
September 1, 2019

Primal passions, primal pains

 "The days go slow and the years go fast..." - Old Prison Talk "I'm crazy, you're crazy, we're all crazy." - "Dr. Ravi Yarid" State Prison Coldwater, Michigan 2018 "Primal Passions, Primal Pains" Straddling the...
Jarvis, DarrellMichigan
Lost roads to nowhere
September 1, 2019

Lost roads to nowhere

 "Lost Roads to Nowhere" (Non-Fiction 'Essay') By: Darrell Jarvis [ID] Lakeland Correctional Facility 141 First Street Coldwater, Michigan 49036 USA This is prison, the real thing. I dread to admit as these years dissolve I...
Jarvis, DarrellMichigan
Down Ocqueoc Road
2018

Down Ocqueoc Road

 TR ,2\/WED \/37'»); j;;ZJ‘:7 DOWN OCQUEOC ROAD -/ When visiting America, Charles Dickens was heard to say: "There's only two things that I wish to see, the Niagara Falls and Eastern State Penitentiary." Like many...
Jarvis, DarrellMichigan
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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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