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It is not that unoften in a correctional facility that when an inmate is in a state of mental crisis
It is not that unoften in a correctional facility that when an inmate is in a state of mental crisis that he be tethered down to a "state of the art " solid steel restraint...
In the end I may have earned this outcome
In the end I may have earned this outcome. One day earlier, our crew was all lined up waiting to go out to the Rec Yard. While waiting one of the female CO's noticed a...
From the Ground Up
From the Ground Up BY Mathew Lucas Ayotte Peer to Peer Mentorship is an integral aspect of humanizing the criminal justice system by encouraging; while at the same time empowering the persons most effected by...
Who's paying for Maine's new prison?
Who’s Paying for Maine’s New Prison? At present a new prison is being built in Windham, Maine — right next to and on top of the old Maine Correctional Center. True, legislation approved funding for...
Product of a broken system
Product of a Broken System “Prisons are the temples where devils learn to pray. Every time we turn the key we twist the knife of fate, because every time we cage a man we close...
Second chance Pell Grant
Second Chance Pell Grant Testimony The Second Chance Pell has allowed me to finish something I started twenty years ago. My first college experience was short lived, ending with my expulsion and arrest for crimes...
Something ya'll should know
Something Ya’ll Should Know Think of this as a very small eco-system, yeah, like that of a small pond. The point being is that you’re all fish. Little fish. Get over yourselves and realize that...
There are many types of torture,
There are many types of torture, Ways to twist, pain, alienate, and cause despair Even the tantalizing expectation of some yearning fulfilled This, too, could and indeed can be called torture — Yet, it is...
Conjugal visitation
Conjugal Visitation There are still a few state prison systems (e.g. New York, Connecticut, Mississippi) that allow conjugal visitation to prisoners confined to the Department of Corrections. Usually this accommodation consists of either trailers or...
Employment
EMPLOYMENT There are a few jobs that are available to the women here. The paying jobs are two librarians, two computer lab workers, 7 industry workers, then the cook, the baker is paid from each...
Houston, we have a problem
"Houston, we have a problem"! I am born & raised in Houston, TX, currently incarcerated in Maine. Anyone that has been or is incarcerated understands the instinctive fear of the unknown and/or that we can't...
Descriptions of sources of stress, and ways of coping
Descriptions of sources of stress, and ways of coping. Where can I start about the sources of stress in here? There are so many forms of stress from the guards screaming at the top of...
Institutional problems that plague Maine's prisons
Geoffrey Reese Maine "Institutional Problems that Plague Maine's Prisons" I have been incarcerated at Maine State Prison since August/2009. At that time, Maine's population was 95% white which culminated the Department of Corrections systemic racism...
Re: essay submission
NO TITLE The American Prison Writing Archive 198 College Hill Road Clinton, N.Y. 13323 May 22, 2016 Re: essay submission I am eight years into a long sentence at the Maine State prison. Previously, I...
The case for laptop computers for prisoners
THE CASE FOR LAPTOP COMPUTERS FOR PRISONERS I Page 1 of2 Brandon B. Drewry #96609. Maine State Prison. 807 Cushing Road. Warren. ME. 04864-4603. (6/13/ 2014) IF we are not seeking to create and maintain...
Maine State Prison: Oppressively limited access to legal and educational resources (4-1-14)
Brandon B. Drewry #96609. Maine State Prison. 807 Cushing Road. Warren. ME. 04864-4603 Maine State Prison: Oppressively limited access to legal and educational resources (4-1-14) IMAGINE that you were conducting research, and then producing in...
Maine State Prison: Oppressively limited access to legal and educational resources (3-25-14)
Brandon B. Drewrv [ID]. Maine State Prison. 807 Cushing Road. Warren, ME. 04864-4603 Maine State Prison: Oppressively limited access to legal and educational resources (3-25-14) Imagine that you were conducting research, and then producing in...
Maine v. Drewry / Drewry v. Maine: Twisted justice
Brandon B. Orewrv #96§09. Maine State Prison. 807 Cushing Road. Warren. ME. 04864-4603 (February 11, 2014) Maine v. Drewry I Drewry v. Maine: 'Gtwigttb Jugtice Introduction 9YJ YEARS AGO, on 8/27/2004, a displaced worker at...
The purpose of prisons... / Introduction
Brandon B. Drewrv #96609. Maine State Prison. 807 Cushing Road. Warren. ME. 04864-4603 THE PURPOSE OF PRISONS ... I Introduction I BEGAN drafting the attached article in brief clips of time (20 to 45 minutes)...
Maine State Prison: Oppressively limited access to legal and educational resources (1-30-14)
Brandon B. Drewrv #96609. Maine State Prison. 807 Cushing Road. Warren, ME. 04864-4603 Maine State Prison: Oppressivelv limited access to legal and educational resources (1-30-14) IMAGINE that you were conducting research, and then producing in...Loading...
