Category: Forum
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BRING PAROLE BACK TO ILLINOIS By: Stanley Howard
BRING PAROLE BACK TO ILLINOIS By: Stanley Howard October 10, 2020 Illinois is one of a few states in the entire country without a parole system that evaluate prisoners to decide if and when a prisoner should be released. The current system is inadequate and needs to be dismantled and replaced with one that is…
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Innocent Prisoners Are Going to Die of the Coronavirus
While millions of americans shelter in place, one group simply cannot escape the coronavirus: prisoners. Among them are hundreds of people who have plausible claims that they are innocent, whose cases were working their way through the courts—until the coronavirus ground regular court business to a halt. What these stories reveal is the threat the virus…
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No need to wait for pamdemics: The public health case for criminal justice reform.
We offer five examples of policies that could slow the spread of a viral pandemic in prisons and jails – and would mitigate the everyday impact of incarceration on public health. by Peter Wagner and Emily Widra, March 6, 2020 Prison Policy Initiative The United States incarcerates a greater share of its population than any other nation in the…
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Transformational Rhythms The Journey Pt. 4
Entrepreneurship/ Intrapreneurship Is the final class offered here in the Transformational Rhythms series at Dixon Correctional Center. Each of the 3 proceeding classes were important steps that prepared me to understand this class. Before taking the Entrepreneurship/ Intrapreneurship class I thought I knew about what makes businesses an organizations work. I believed that all that…
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Transformational Rhythms The Journey Pt. 3
Thriving Teams After completing FFL and TTL, the next class up is Thriving Teams (TT). I remember thinking that I probably won’t jibe with this class because as a long term prisoner i’d become conditioned to avoid working with others. That is a typical trait among those who have been incarcerated for 20 yrs. or…
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Where do I fit in?
I am not a people’s person. This is because people have made fun of my person from the moment I started becoming a different person. “I keep it real”, says people. “But what is real?”, I ask myself. Who defines the boundaries of who we can be or how far we are allowed to wander…
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Procrastination
Procrastination makes watching t.v. easy. I should be writing, improving my skill, but When the idiot-box shoves Rick and Morty into my face I can’t look away. I’m held captive by the possible ways vulgarity is expressed—artfully of course. All of the bunks here are uncomfortable. I sleep in an uncomfortable bunk. There’s no right…
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Transformation Rhythms: The Journey Pt. 2
Subject Transformational rhythms Journey step 2 The second class titled Taking the Lead (TTL) helped strengthen my ability to be influential, its focus is 5 practices and 10 influential skills. When you learn something that is having a positive impact the desire to share that information is strong. But it’s important to learn how to…
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Student Of The Tree
STUDENT OF THE TREE. There’s a tree outside my window. It stands there, its branches like broad arms twisting themselves toward the sun. Some days I watch the wind blow through the gaps between its green locks; it is mesmerizing. Now, I sit on my bunk, warm and protected from tonight’s chill. The tree learned…
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WHO ARE YOU
WHO ARE YOU By BRIAN BEALS AND DARIIUS FRANKLIN CAST Darrion Benson …………………….”Benson” Nolan Jackson …………………..”Conscious” Darius Franklin ………..…….”G Rock Lord” Toussaint Daniels ……..”Langston Hughes” Delandis Adams ………………………….”Big” Terrance Edwards …………………..”Smalls” Jeffery Latham ………………”Shady Lawyer” Henry Broomfield ………………..”Malcom X” Stephen McCoy …………………….”Dr. King” Brian Beals ………………..”Bull Pen Sheriff” WHO ARE YOU Who are you is…