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Fighting for our humanity
February 17, 2022

Fighting for our humanity

Mason, FrederickArizona
Colored time
February 2022

Colored time

"Colored Time" For your perusal, not sure you have this FM Frederick Mason #[ID number] USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, Arizona 85734 "There's colored time and white time, and the worst time to do...
Mason, FrederickArizona
How many errors??
circa 2022

How many errors??

Mason, FrederickArizona
Are we being punished?
February 10, 2021

Are we being punished?

Mason, FrederickArizona
Waiting for death
February 8, 2021

Waiting for death

Mason, FrederickArizona
Blessed are the merciful
February 4, 2021

Blessed are the merciful

Mason, FrederickArizona
We aint got no paper
February 2021

We aint got no paper

Mason, FrederickArizona
Where cometh mercy?
February 2021

Where cometh mercy?

Mason, FrederickArizona
What harm?
January 9, 2021

What harm?

Mason, FrederickArizona
Christmas still come
December 24, 2020

Christmas still come

Mason, FrederickArizona
A coup de main
December 19, 2020

A coup de main

Mason, FrederickArizona
Christmas 2020 in prison
December 3, 2020

Christmas 2020 in prison

Mason, FrederickArizona
The pandemic journals (Day 256: Fake tests?)
November 29, 2020

The pandemic journals (Day 256: Fake tests?)

Mason, FrederickArizona
The pandemic journals (Day 216: Return of lockdown)
October 21, 2020

The pandemic journals (Day 216: Return of lockdown)

Mason, FrederickArizona
Prison ethics 101
October 14, 2020

Prison ethics 101

Prison Ethics 101 Ethic - A principle or system of right or good conduct. Ethics - The study of the nature of morals and of moral choices. - The American Heritage Dictionary 5th edition Lesson...
Mason, FrederickArizona
A psalm from prison
October 14, 2020

A psalm from prison

A Psalm From Prison Holy Father, it is You who created all things, and by Your hand all things are made; to You I make my plea, Father, plead my cause, O Lord, with those...
Mason, FrederickArizona
Don ye not the lead cloak
October 14, 2020

Don ye not the lead cloak

Feel free to add to the archives FM Don Ye Not The Lead Cloak "Don ye not the lead cloak; cast off the garments of anxiety, lest ye become subdued by another's weight, and fall...
Mason, FrederickArizona
Fighting oppression: Man vs USP Tucson
October 2, 2020

Fighting oppression: Man vs USP Tucson

Please feel to post. Thank you. FM. Fighting Oppression (Man vs USP Tucson) During difficult times, there comes a time where you must stand for something, even in prison. The assumption that society has is...
Mason, FrederickArizona
The pandemic journals (Day 67: Blind eyes)
August 8, 2020

The pandemic journals (Day 67: Blind eyes)

The Pandemic Journals (Day 67: Blind Eyes) If you're new to this series, know that there's no real order. I take one day out of my journal and write an essay on it. Although I...
Mason, FrederickArizona
The pandemic journals (Day 120: Gender agitation)
August 3, 2020

The pandemic journals (Day 120: Gender agitation)

Hope I havent sent this one like this already FM The Pandemic Journals (Day 120: Gender Agitation) Today is August 3rd, 2020, but I wanted to jump back a couple of weeks in my pandemic...
Mason, FrederickArizona
The pandemic journals (Day 91: Sorrow)
August 2, 2020

The pandemic journals (Day 91: Sorrow)

The Pandemic Journals (Day 91: Sorrow) My name is Frederick Mason, currently an inmate at USP Tucson. I've written over 2000 pages on experiences in prison, but wanted to do a separate project, chronicling my...
Mason, FrederickArizona
Do inmates have rights ... No response
July 13, 2020

Do inmates have rights ... No response

Do Inmates Have Rights... No Response The question is, of course rhetorical, but you'd never know it from the response I got from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Here's what...
Mason, FrederickArizona
Please Mr. Postman: Mail issues at USP Tucson
July 6, 2020

Please Mr. Postman: Mail issues at USP Tucson

Please Mr. Postman (Mail Issues at USP Tucson) Today is July 6th, 2020. I'm here at USP Tucson, waiting for mail. Here at USP Tucson, this activity is more like a crapshoot; will we get...
Mason, FrederickArizona
Chronicles of August (when birds attack... smile)
February 13, 2020

Chronicles of August (when birds attack... smile)

Chronicles of August (When Birds Attack. . . Smile) Frederick Mason USP Tucson PO Box 24550 Tucson, AZ 85734 My name is Fred, and I share my experiences from prison to help those understand that...
Mason, FrederickArizona
Even inmates care: In memory of Kobe Bryant
January 30, 2020

Even inmates care: In memory of Kobe Bryant

Trulincs - Mason, Frederick - Unit: TCP-B-B From: To: USP/SPC Unicor/Programa Unicor Subject: ***Request to Staff*** Mason, Frederick, Reg#, TCP-B-B Date: 01/30/2020 10:59:47AM To: unicor Inmate Work Assignment: nil Even Inmates Care (In Memory of...
Mason, FrederickArizona
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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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