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Carceral logic: on 'sitting still'
February 21, 2023

Carceral logic: on 'sitting still'
Safrit, Matthew North Carolina
Waking up
June 30, 2022

Waking up

 Waking Up By: Matthew “Matt” Safrit I have given much thought to the idea of reform. Prison reform, social reform, State reform (etc.). Essentially, many of my musings have centered around encouraging democratic and egalitarian...
Safrit, Matthew North Carolina
Willie
September 19, 2021

Willie
Safrit, Matthew North Carolina
A meta-ethic: The answer to the existential problem
September 13, 2021

A meta-ethic: The answer to the existential problem

 Ethics: An Incarcerated Person's Position Hey! A suicidal, homicidal, apathetic, narcissistic, incarcerated piece of shit may or may not have solved an important ethical problem. (I.e., is about to tell you how to live your...
Safrit, Matthew North Carolina
Wake-up call
2021

Wake-up call

 Wake-Up Call By: Matthew “Matt” Safrit Nash Correctional Institution is a retirement home for child molesters. As such, it is presumably the softest prison in America. Rather than being thankful that their lives are not...
Safrit, Matthew North Carolina
The mud
May 29, 2020

The mud

 The Mud—by Matthew “Matt” Safrit, May 29th, 2020 They tell me I exist. They tell me I exist, and in order for me to understand myself as a distinct being-in-the-world, I have to observe the...
Safrit, Matthew North Carolina
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