Prisoner's Exchange

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  • Foundation for Life Pt. 1

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    Foundation for Life (FFL) Part one. What makes FFL very effective is the set up. The course runs for sixteen weeks and the participants meet once a week for 2½ hours a day. On the first day of class the participants are offered an assessment test, it’s optional but I recommend everyone take it. The…

  • Transformation Rhythms: The Journey Pt. 1

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    I began my journey through the Transformational Rhythms program in early 2017. I learned about it from a couple of guys I’ve been tight with while traveling through the Illinois prison system for many years. I started noticing subtle positive changes in their attitudes and the kinda of things they were interested in talking about.…

  • Brian Beals Certificates

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  • IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM ADMIN

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    This website was inspired by my brother, Brian, who has been incarcerated for over 3 decades.  Prisoner Exchange (PE) is NOT a business, it is simply a website that is owned and operated by his family and friends. The purpose of PE is to give prisoners a forum so their voices can be added to…

  • Prison by D.K. Benson

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    I heard a knock at my cell door as I sat at the counter top sketching from a step-by-step art book.  I refused to acknowledge it.  Interruptions are rarely important.  I continued my activity – a poor attempt at making a grapefruit look like a grapefruit.  It was awful.  The shape was odd and horrible…

  • Our Roundtable Discussion – A Critique by Yusef Asad Madyun

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    A panel of respected inmates, differing in age, background and viewpoint, was assembled on Thursday, February 21, 2019, to discuss issues and address questions from the audience on the origin of Black History Month, and the critical state of affairs confronting the Black Community.  Within the time frame allotted, this panel fared well.  Naturally each…

  • Comment by Darrion Benson who played the character Benson

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    “See Me!” were the final words I’d screamed doing my character’s monologue.  It was important to me as a performer and a human being able to scream these words from a stage where people were more or less forced to listen to the words my soul has held in mantra for the past 10 years. …

  • Black History Matters by Darius Franklin

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    After many years in the prison system and seeing Black History Month underappreciated, disrespected and barely acknowledged beyond slave matters, this past Black History Month was a monumental one for me.  I experienced a series of actions and reactions that proved the cliche “If you believe you can achieve” to be true.  About a month…

  • The Committee on Black History Month Activities by Arnold Joyner

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    For the longest, the prison population of Illinois Department of Corrections has been forced out of participating in its Programming and Activities Committee.  These programs and activities were and are a vital part of every prisoners rehabilitation errant.  Prisoners can find a sense of values, principles and morals through watching other prisoners display acting abilities,…

  • Publication Review

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    Publication Review Urban novels are one of the last true black enterprises left. Some writers of the genre embellish and glorify the violence and the negative attitudes in the urban communities, which distorts the urban reality beyond recognition. That’s cool for some, it’s their aim or style, a payday to help them climb out of…