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Our voices
July 9, 2019

Our voices

Our Voices The word “innocent in the criminal justice system” is often mentioned when one individual is telling another individual about someone they know who did not commit a crime individual have been accused of....
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
I have seen the angel death
July 2, 2019

I have seen the angel death

I Have Seen the Angel Death I have seen the face of life and I have seen the grip of death and I have seen interesting sights in between and I have seen good times...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Slave plantation prison D.O.C.
July 2, 2019

Slave plantation prison D.O.C.

Slave Plantation Prison D.O.C. I Am The Forgotten Locked Away in A Plantation Prison Box Punishment From The Human Minds of Men Them Wanting Me To be Who I'm Not I Am The Sins of...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Wasted time death sentence
July 2, 2019

Wasted time death sentence

Wasted Time Death Sentence The time that I wasted is my biggest regret Spent in the plantation places I will never forget Just sitting and thinking about the things that I've done The crying, the...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Incarcerated inmates lives matter
July 2, 2019

Incarcerated inmates lives matter

Minister Khalil Shabazz Muhammad AKA Mr. Dewayne Lee Harris #[ID] The system as well the Civil Rights Movement illustrates the potential of a coalition between a disadvantaged group working with allies from a wide range...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
No choice
July 2, 2019

No choice

The American Writing Archive 198 College Hill RD Hamilton College Clinton, NY 13323 To Whom this Letter May Concern: My name is Minister Khalil Shabazz Muhammad A Washington State prisoner. I am writing concerning your...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
The Stockholm syndrome
July 2, 2019

The Stockholm syndrome

The Stockholm Syndrome The Stockholm Syndrome is an emotional attachment to ones captor formed as a result of continuous stress, dependence, and need to cooperate for survival. This malady come to for after a 1973...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Truth is
July 2, 2019

Truth is

Truth Is Keeping it real: Keeping it real is a phrase which is often used callously in our daily discourses. However, the concept underlying the concept of keeping it real is one enormous gravity, indeed,...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Crime in black community
July 2, 2019

Crime in black community

Crime in Black Community Crime first originates in the mind which encompasses many factors that, across all social, economic and racial barriers. Its causes and effects have racial barriers. Its causes and effects have long...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
What is a Washington state inmate
July 2, 2019

What is a Washington state inmate

What is a Washington State Inmate A inmate is a individual alone on an island of despair, a drifting sea of disgrace with little or no hope of survival, suspended in time with no meaning,...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Imprisonment blacks
July 2, 2019

Imprisonment blacks

Imprisonment Blacks Does it have to be a waste of time? I posed this poignant to myself after a recent exchange with a fellow prisoners whom I hold enormous respect. On this particular day, I...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Why African American should vote
July 2, 2019

Why African American should vote

'Why African American should vote as citizens living in America, voting is the only African American individual power guaranteed to us by the constitution of the United States. Every decision that governs African American lives...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Gangstas lifestyle
July 2, 2019

Gangstas lifestyle

Gangstas Lifestyle What it about "gangsta lifestyle" that's so alluring and enticing, that draws and pulls so many youths to commit their lives to a world of disorder and destruction? That compels them to defy...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
Free my mind
July 2, 2019

Free my mind

Free My Mind You may have incarcerated my body, but you’ll never arrest my mind. With each passing day I am free though different recessed of time. I am able to spend time with my...
Harris, Dewayne L.Washington
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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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