Isolation, solitude, the difference is one is forced and the other self-induced. Blinded by cultural norms, performing abnormal acts, substituting desires for needs, wants for necessity. Here violence is the answer to all problems. Lash out first or you become the victim of another person’s perpetual pains. Enveloped by chaos, finding order in the madness.…
Officials at Texas prisons and jails have been taking preventive measures in recent weeks in the hopes of avoiding an outbreak of the new coronavirus behind bars. Now, with the virus officially reported in lockups, their efforts also include containing its spread. On Tuesday, the first Texas prisoner tested positive for the virus. The next day,…
Prison Policy Initiative Discusses Safety in Prison Read the original article here. With jails considering major policy changes as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re seeing a troubling question from allies with a little less experience on criminal justice issues: Given that jails provide valuable social services, wouldn’t it be bad to…
The Prison Policy Initiative is tracking responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Prisons and jails are amplifiers of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, because the conditions that can keep diseases from spreading – such as social distancing – are nearly impossible to achieve in correctional facilities. So what should criminal justice agencies be doing to protect public health?…
Can you appreciate the arguments, the great conversations that we’ve shared? This is where I learned to respect your respectability, to better understand the misunderstandings and conceive the misconceptions that matured you into you. The peace like the chaos rose and set as the sun, lasting the appropriate hours for each day. Now do you…
I do not understand the rich and famous. I do not understand wealth and prestige. I do understand the determined and the suffering of those constantly on their knees. I cannot clearly see the sunshine nor do I remember the twinkle of the stars. I have visions that are incomplete. I have destinations that seem…
80 years old, a story that she has not yet told, With sharp wit she finds reasons to still smile Daring the world to test her faith, her patience In her shoes you wouldn’t last a city mile. Grey river waves crown her lovely head as she Sways listening to her son sing his song…
The first thing I noticed, she rocked some luscious locks, I’m a respectful man so glare I would not. But if she’d ask, I’ll tell you everything. Flawless caramel skin to compliment an even sweeter disposition, a God fearing woman learning to stand in her spiritual position. Say it and I’ll tell you everything. She…