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The coronavirus and Black Lives Matter in Iowa prisons
July 13, 2020

The coronavirus and Black Lives Matter in Iowa prisons

 THE CORONA VIRUS AND BLACK LIVES MATTER IN IOWA PRISONS By Jack Hays The marginalized and imprisoned here in Iowa have no voice -- whether you are Black, mentally ill, poor, other minority, or all...
Hays, JackIowa
Censure and deceit: Another Iowa scandal swept under the bureaucratic rug
February 11, 2020

Censure and deceit: Another Iowa scandal swept under the bureaucratic rug

 "Censure and Deceit: Another Iowa Scandal Swept Under the Bureaucratic Rug" By Jack Hays As early as 2006, a female employee of the Clinical Care Unit - a unit for the seriously mentally ill at...
Hays, JackIowa
Why solitary confinement is torture
January 2020

Why solitary confinement is torture

 Why Solitary Confinement Is Torture By Jack Hays Black's law dictionary defines "torture" as, "To inflict intense pain to body or mind for purposes of punishment..."1The United Nations has classified solitary confinement by its very...
Hays, JackIowa
America's alternative slavery
December 2019

America's alternative slavery

 America's Alternative Slavery By Jack Hays (2019) "We've gone from plantations to penitentiaries..." --Reverend Al Sharpton 1 I am the "white" son of a "black"2 Labor Leader. That is what he called me... his "white...
Hays, JackIowa
Shades of innocence: America's wrongful conviction trade
December 2019

Shades of innocence: America's wrongful conviction trade

 Shades of Innocence: America's Wrongful Conviction Trade By Jack Hays On October 26th, 2015, former Iowa Governor, Terry Branstad, lamented, "We know that in a system run by humans, mistakes can be made."1 This was...
Hays, JackIowa
Corruption, fraud, dishonesty, and exploitation in Iowa prisons -- with impunity
2019

Corruption, fraud, dishonesty, and exploitation in Iowa prisons -- with impunity

 Corruption, Fraud, Dishonesty, and Exploitation in Iowa Prisons -- With Impunity By Jack Hays Clarinda Correctional Facility, Clarinda, Iowa (2019) In Spring of 2016, I was the elected Secretary of the National Association for the...
Hays, JackIowa
Part I: The U.S. prison asylums: Why Americans should be concerned
June 15, 2018

Part I: The U.S. prison asylums: Why Americans should be concerned

 Part I The U.S. Prison Asylums: Why Americans Should Be Concerned by Jack Hays* *I apologize for the handwritten work. The Administration of this prison - all former prison guards - deliberately suppress any use...
Hays, JackIowa
Part II: The U.S. prison asylums: Why Americans should be concerned
November 28, 2017

Part II: The U.S. prison asylums: Why Americans should be concerned

 Part II The U.S. Prison Asylums: Why Americans Should Be Concerned By Jack Hays* "Prisons are designed for keeping secrets, for holding inside not just men [and women] but also their lives and the details...
Hays, JackIowa
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