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I will start this essay by pointing out
November 13, 2019

I will start this essay by pointing out

Gerald Uden WMCI 7076 Road 55-F Torrington, Wyoming 82240 11/13/2019 American Prison Writing Archive (APWA) Hamilton College Digital Humanities Initiative 198 College Hill Road Clinton, New York 13323 RE: Essay I will start this essay...
Uden, GeraldWyoming
Awoke: A modern day green book
February 13, 2019

Awoke: A modern day green book

Please include the main body in your letters to the editor section or on any other platform of your publication. Awoke: A Modern Day Green Book 2/13/2019 
 I heard a colored woman on The...
Flores, MichaelWyoming
I have had fifteen years
September 16, 2018

I have had fifteen years

I have had fifteen years to observe, first hand, the American justice system and its treatment of the original inhabitants of this continent. I am an enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe. I wish...
Yellowbear, Andrew John, Jr.Wyoming
America's sustainable civil war
January 1, 2018

America's sustainable civil war

Americas’ Sustainable Civil War The Antithesis of Humyn Advancement 1/1/2018 I am not a famous person or any type of authority in the subjects of criminology or economics. Most would discredit me saying, ”He’s just...
Flores, MichaelWyoming
Super-masculinity
December 15, 2017

Super-masculinity

Cristopher Buckham Wyoming Medium Correctional Facility 7076 Road 55F Torrington, Wyoming 82240 
 Super-masculinity 
 The antisocial behaviors most feared by society in released prisoners include an inability to admit responsibility or concede defeat, a...
Buckham, ChristopherWyoming
Bang! The door goes shut!
June 12, 2017

Bang! The door goes shut!

Bang! The door goes shut! In all situations it is the people that create the atmosphere or the environment within a community, and in this collective we have two distinct groups; inmates and prison administration,...
Harris, Daniel LeeWyoming
A speed trap in a small midwestern town
April 28, 2017

A speed trap in a small midwestern town

A speed trap in a small Midwestern town, circa 1952. That is how I equate the current state of criminal justice in the United States today. The unsuspecting citizen who explores his options in other...
DeLogé, Steven AllenWyoming
Hello my name is Walter Eiden
June 30, 2015

Hello my name is Walter Eiden

Walter Eiden Wyoming To APWA Hello my name is Walter Eiden # I'm an inmate at W.S.P. Wyoming State Pen I have been in prison 14 years and have 10 years to go. Since I...
Eiden, WalterWyoming
Being of light: Meditation and transcendence inside administrative segregation
2015

Being of light: Meditation and transcendence inside administrative segregation

Being of Light by J.D. Frandsen Meditation and transcendence inside Administrative Segregation "The world of every day life cannot ever be taken as something personal that has power over us, something that could make us,...
Frandsen, J. D.Wyoming
Did Brimmer exercise the judicial standards?
July 17, 2013

Did Brimmer exercise the judicial standards?

Did Brimmer exercise the judicial standards? With regards to the recent Associated Press article which ran in the Casper Star-Tribune, June 30, "U.S. District Judgment Clarence Brimmer retires at 90." I was pleased to hear...
Yellowbear, Andrew John, Jr.Wyoming
Inmates don't surrender religious rights
July 15, 2012

Inmates don't surrender religious rights

Inmates don’t surrender religious rights Andrew Yellowbear, Perspective July 15, 2012. Sunday Casper Star Tribune On June 26, the Casper Star-Tribune published an editorial, “Yellow-bear decision shows un-common common sense,” about my statutory and constitutionally...
Yellowbear, Andrew John, Jr.Wyoming
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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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