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Solitary confinement: my typical day as a teenager in the box on Riker's Island
January 30, 2023

Solitary confinement: my typical day as a teenager in the box on Riker's Island

Solitary Confinement: My Typical Day as a Teenager in the Box on Riker’s Island 4am. The c.o. is walking the tier, taking a list of whoever wants to go out for recreation later. I’m supposed...
Katehis, John New York
Systemic exploitation
January 18, 2023

Systemic exploitation

Cunningham, Kareem New York
No relapsing
2023

No relapsing

Best, Desmen New York
The moment
2023

The moment

Best, Desmen New York
Breaking the curse
2023

Breaking the curse

Best, Desmen New York
Living
2023

Living

Best, Desmen New York
Childhood
2023

Childhood

Best, Desmen New York
Imagine this
June 29, 2022

Imagine this

Imagine this By William Muller Even though it is pitch black outside, I know it is after 5:45 a.m. There is no clock to see, but I can hear my watch ticking somewhere in the...
Muller, William New York
How to feed and care for your prisoner: A relationship maintenance manual for prisoners and their loved ones
2022

How to feed and care for your prisoner: A relationship maintenance manual for prisoners and their loved ones

HOW TO FEED AND CARE FOR YOUR PRISONER A Relationship Maintenance Manual For Prisoners And Their Loved Ones How To Feed And Care For Your Prisoner Commiserations and condolences on your loved one's imprisonment. As...
Gottsche, Marcus New York
The realities of my world
2022

The realities of my world

Rodriguez, Tiona New York
Successful
2022

Successful

Best, Desmen New York
Power in transition
November 10, 2021

Power in transition

Cunningham, Kareem New York
Chasing likes
May 15, 2021

Chasing likes

Cunningham, Kareem New York
Good morning! My name is James White
March 2, 2021

Good morning! My name is James White

White, James New York
The asylum
2021

The asylum

#1 Poem: The Asylum I'll Never Be Able To Heal From The Mental-Trauma/23-Years Of Torture, And Oppression, Constant-Drama/It's An Undescribable-Transition/From A State Of Independence, To A State-Prison/Keeping One's Head "High", Requires Navigating Tribulations, Turmoil, And...
Best, Desmen New York
The modern plantation
October 20, 2020

The modern plantation

1 The Modern Plantation In this age of iconoclasty, when monuments to the treasonous leaders of the defeated Confederate states are being pulled down by justifiably fed-up mobs, when heavily militarized police forces are being...
Gottsche, Marcus New York
A prison avowal
October 17, 2020

A prison avowal

Piwowar, Robert F. New York
Collateral damage
May 20, 2020

Collateral damage

Cunningham, Kareem New York
My hope is that my input of over 20 yrs experience in prison
May 15, 2020

My hope is that my input of over 20 yrs experience in prison

1) My hope is that my input of over 20 yr.s experience in prison will helped us better understand the barriers and hurdles that incarcerated people face today when it comes to trying to focus...
White, James New York
Raped to death
March 15, 2020

Raped to death

March 15, 2020 Robert Johan Richter 1 Raped to Death I give up. I quit. I can't win. On Monday, December 30, 2019, a sergeant stole my Kufi right off of my head. She is...
Richter, Robert New York
Power relations in the culinary arena
March 12, 2020

Power relations in the culinary arena

Cunningham, Kareem New York
Euphemism
February 8, 2020

Euphemism

Euphemism A publication of the Attica Institute for Advanced Penological Studies Visiting professor Marcus Gottsche, author and lead researcher Euphemism. Noun. From the Greek eu- (good) + pheme (speech). 1. The use of a word...
Gottsche, Marcus New York
Hard knock university
February 6, 2020

Hard knock university

Cunningham, Kareem New York
Disposable population
2020

Disposable population

Cunningham, Kareem New York
How to feed and care for your prisoner: A manual in two parts
December 5, 2019

How to feed and care for your prisoner: A manual in two parts

How To Feed And Care For Your Prisoner A Manual in Two Parts comprising An Essay of the Same Name and A Shorter Piece, Its Compliment presented by Marcus Gottsche for the Edification and Diversion...
Gottsche, Marcus New York
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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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