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Prison labor
2021

Prison labor

 Prison Labor Definitions. Confinement: The state of being confined. Imprisonment: The state of being imprisoned. Incarceration: The state of being imprisoned or confined. Penal Servitude: Imprisonment together with Hard Labor. Hard Labor: Compulsory labor imposed...
McCain, StevenTexas
Making justice just
2021

Making justice just

 Making Justice Just How long has the U.S. criminal justice system been evil? Some might say, and accurately so, since the founding of the nation. What makes the criminal justice system evil? The answer to...
McCain, StevenTexas
Eastham flu shots: An inmate incentive program
October 2020

Eastham flu shots: An inmate incentive program

 Eastham Flu Shots An Inmate Incentive Program On October 7, 2020 our Masters setup an inoculation station in the North Chapel. The night prior, a large number of the state's slaves at the facility had...
McCain, StevenTexas
Prisoners: A tool of extortion
March 4, 2020

Prisoners: A tool of extortion

 Prisoners: A Tool of Extortion A prison inmate at the Eastham Unit in south Texas was recently hospitalized with a dire prognosis: twenty percent chance at life. He was the victim of an untreated, and...
McCain, StevenTexas
Too high on the mountain
January 16, 2020

Too high on the mountain

 Steven McCain Too High on the Mountain Truth is oftentimes stranger than fiction. The events described herein are real; they actually happened. The names, however, have been changed to protect the innocent. The room where...
McCain, StevenTexas
The days of tempest present
December 17, 2019

The days of tempest present

 Steven McCain The Days of Tempest Present There is an old seafarer proverb that says, "Red skies in the morning, sailors take warning; Red skies at night, sailors delight." In prison our morning skies are...
McCain, StevenTexas
Shakedown
November 19, 2019

Shakedown

 Shakedown September 24, 2019 - Eastham State Farm, TDCJ - Institutional Division - Texas prison inmate threatened with disciplinary action for obeying the rules. The lieutenant accosted a group of junior guards, raging, "What are...
McCain, StevenTexas
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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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