Skip to content
  • Home
  • The Archive
    • Search the Archive
    • How to Submit
      • How to Submit
      • Permissions-Questionnaire
  • About
    • About the Archive
    • The Team
    • Archival Silences
    • Projects Inspired by the Archive
  • Curated Collections
  • FAQs & Terminology
  • Saved Selections

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.

The 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.

*At this point in the Archive’s growth, it’s important to revisit actions taken to protect privacy when the APWA had fewer resources. For this reason, we are temporarily pulling all essays and poetry under pseudonyms and anonymity to quality check and ensure all identity protecting redactions have been thoroughly applied. The privacy of the writers in the APWA is a top priority, and so is displaying their writing as they wish it to be displayed. We will restore all pieces as soon as we can confirm the highest quality privacy protections.

Help using the APWA search.

Wildcard Operators

The * operator replaces zero or more characters, so searching for w*ess would match “wilderness”, “witness”, “WordPress” and also “wess”.

The ? operator matches exactly one character, so searching for gr?y would match “grey” or “gray”, but not “gravy” or “groovy”.

Boolean Searches

Relevanssi uses + and – for the operators: cats -dogs and cats +kittens.

If you prefer instead to use the verbal AND and NOT operators, those can be used too.

Phrase Searches

Put phrase in quotation marks, e.g., “just as complicit”.

Help using the APWA search.

  • Loading...
  • Loading...
  • Loading...
  • Loading...
  • Loading...
  • Loading...
  • Loading...
  • Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
I'm a inmate currently house at a prison in Pennslyvania
circa 2024

I'm a inmate currently house at a prison in Pennslyvania

Colvin, RaymondPennsylvania
Lost
circa 2024

Lost

Colvin, RaymondPennsylvania
Depths
December 12, 2023

Depths

Colvin, RaymondPennsylvania
The GTL network scam, selling used tablets to inmates
November 19, 2023

The GTL network scam, selling used tablets to inmates

Hann, CarolPennsylvania
A reflection of hope
October 10, 2023

A reflection of hope

Boston, CraigPennsylvania
Don't give up
August 16, 2023

Don't give up

From the Desk of JEFFERY A. SHOCKLEY-[ID] SMART COMMUNICATIONS/PADOC-P0. BOX 33028, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33733 “Don’t Give Up” (8/16/23) Hello Community, as a person serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania state prison, it is...
"Shock," Jeff (Jeffrey A. Shockley)Pennsylvania
On solitary
April 25, 2023

On solitary

Boston, CraigPennsylvania
The alias of the strawman
2023

The alias of the strawman

THE ALIAS OF A short poem on government Keith Lamont Straw Man: A third party used in some transactions as a temporary transferee to allow the principal parties to accomplish something that is otherwise impermissible....
Burley, Keith L., Jr.Pennsylvania
Hearsay cases are getting overturned
2023

Hearsay cases are getting overturned

Hann, CarolPennsylvania
One smart guy
2023

One smart guy

Younker, Shawn M.Pennsylvania
Bible study
January 2023

Bible study

Clark, Ronald, Jr.Pennsylvania
Battered women's syndrome is a legitimate defense
circa 2023

Battered women's syndrome is a legitimate defense

Hann, CarolPennsylvania
Heart 2 heart with my lil bros
circa 2023

Heart 2 heart with my lil bros

Berry, VictorPennsylvania
Mercy - compassion shown to an offender - not revenge
circa 2023

Mercy - compassion shown to an offender - not revenge

Brown, JamesPennsylvania
Heatwave and absence of air conditioning - a deadly combination "... It's inhumane"
circa 2023

Heatwave and absence of air conditioning - a deadly combination "... It's inhumane"

Green, MuwsaPennsylvania
State Correctional Institution (SCI) Rockview were built in 1856
circa 2023

State Correctional Institution (SCI) Rockview were built in 1856

Green, MuwsaPennsylvania
Voice's in my head
circa 2023

Voice's in my head

"Voice's In My Head" From as soon as I open my eyes to right before I nod out my brain is racing. Life is difficult for everybody, so many problems that we as a people...
Charleston, Brandon, Sr.Pennsylvania
What's the verdict
circa 2023

What's the verdict

"What's The Verdict" "What's the verdict" is what the judge asked. Their suppose to be my peers but they don't care about the facts. I was asked to stand as the foreman read it. Family,...
Charleston, Brandon, Sr.Pennsylvania
Sitting in the cell
circa 2023

Sitting in the cell

"Sitting in the cell" Three walls and a door plus a small window. Looking out the window to see barbed wire finches and mountains. Putting together a plan to achieve freedom. Starring at the bottom...
Charleston, Brandon, Sr.Pennsylvania
"An eye for an eye" is the prospective the justice system presents
circa 2023

"An eye for an eye" is the prospective the justice system presents

"An eye for an eye" is the prospective the justice system presents. But Death By Incarceration is a barbaric as well as out dated system society is accustomed to. How can society speak about reform...
Charleston, Brandon, Sr.Pennsylvania
Not coming home
circa 2023

Not coming home

Not Coming Home By: JEFFERY A. SHOCKLEY [ID] (SCI-MERCER) A mother visits with her child and the child asks, "Mommy, when is daddy coming home?" She responds: "My Child, you will be grown when daddy...
"Shock," Jeff (Jeffrey A. Shockley)Pennsylvania
Like yesterday
circa 2023

Like yesterday

From the Cell lof JEFFERY A. SHOCKLEY-[ID] SMART COMMUNICATIONS/PADOC -SCI-FAYETTE, P.O. BOX 33028, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33733 Like Yesterday If I could have back just a moment of time for each time I did not...
"Shock," Jeff (Jeffrey A. Shockley)Pennsylvania
What does it mean to survive?
circa 2023

What does it mean to survive?

From the Desk of JEFFERY A. SHOCKLEY [ID] SMART COMMUNICATIONSPADOC, SCE MERCER, P.O. BOX 33028, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33733 "As I walked toward my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred...
"Shock," Jeff (Jeffrey A. Shockley)Pennsylvania
If I knew then ...
circa 2023

If I knew then ...

From The Desk of JEFFERY A. SHOCKLEY-[ID] SMART COMMUNICATIONS /PADOC - SCI-MERCER P.O. BOX 33028, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33733 If I Knew Then... How many of us have heard the statement... "If I knew then...
"Shock," Jeff (Jeffrey A. Shockley)Pennsylvania
What goes through this mind?
circa 2023

What goes through this mind?

From the Cell of JEFFERY A. SHOCKLEY-ES4796 SMART COMMUNICATIONS/PADOC-SCI-FAYETTE , P.O. BOX 33028, ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33733 WHAT GOES THROUGH THIS MIND? What goes through this mind that in time I must resign to be...
"Shock," Jeff (Jeffrey A. Shockley)Pennsylvania
Back to top
Open filters
Close
Loading...
Johns Hopkins logo
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Takedown and Changes Policy

© 2025 Johns Hopkins University. All Rights Reserved.

Page load link

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.

Thank you for your message. It has been sent.
There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.
Go to Top