Tag: prison
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September 29, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
They lived as married
For so many years.
Now she lives in a bucket
filled with her own tears.
She gave him everything
That she had to give
Then she took his life
so that she could live. . . . more
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March 10, 2007 11:46 PM EST --
You said you weren't my father
my mom lied on her back
you said you weren't my father
and was never coming back
I was happy
maybe mom had
at least ONE good time
If what you said . . . more
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June 15, 2007 04:19 PM EDT --
In Love with “The Owl”
There are lots of words you can use to describe the notorious Capone era gangsters – violent, shady, devious, cruel, loyal, greedy and passionate. They . . . more
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December 17, 2007 06:25 PM EST --
Well, my husband just landed a good job as a prison guard. Not the most glamourous, but the pay isn't half bad and the benefits are great. In honor of his accomplishment, let's play the prison . . . more
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March 08, 2008 11:27 AM EST --
Instead of just saying there are jobs that Americans just won't do and tossing in the towel, why not give prisoners the option. This is my proposal, you take offenders that are non violent . . . more
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August 29, 2008 10:29 AM EDT --
I teach community college writing classes at a federal prison. Our fall semester just started, so I am very much caught up in that milieu. My mind turns to an introductory poetry class I facilitated . . . more
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June 14, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
She partied too hearty last night
With the paparazzi right behind her
In hindsight her agent was right
Now everything was such a blur
Where is her homey apartment
Apparently she had . . . more
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August 21, 2007 10:00 AM EDT --
The people who make it happen and the people who show up and root for it all -
- it turns my stomach to even think about it. It's utterly depraved and primal.
But dogs are animals, . . . more
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April 24, 2007 11:32 PM EDT --
My daughter, Andi, and her boyfriend spent last weekend in San Francisco, doing the tourist thing. Among other adventures, they hit the Wharf, Ghiradelli Square and Alcatraz.
Andi called me after . . . more
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June 24, 2007 06:09 PM EDT --
I wrote this poem at age 13 in a boys home called the mountain.
I was sent to the boys home for assaulting a man who killed my dog with a golf . . . more
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August 01, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
TWO EXTREME SOLUTIONS
The New York Times ran a front page story titled: STATES EXPORT THEIR INMATES AS PRISONS FILL - A subtitle reads: Often . . . more
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November 27, 2007 08:28 AM EST --
According to the news this morning, Rafael Robb, a former Ivy League professor, admitted to killing his wife, Ellen Gregory Robb, a stay at home mom, last year just a few days before Christmas. . . . more
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February 05, 2008 06:53 PM EST --
The prison population in the United States, one of the largest in the world, is growing at an alarming rate. The cost of housing these prisoners and building new prisons is becoming a real financial . . . more
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August 16, 2008 02:36 AM EDT --
I recently read that though the state of Texas is the highest ranking state for enforcing the death penalty. There are really only two ways that will guarantee a death sentence. . . . more
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December 16, 2006 11:22 AM EST --
Do you know anyone in prison?
A record 7 million people -- one in every 32 US adults -- were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, a Justice Department report ...
Any reactions . . . more
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May 25, 2007 10:21 AM EDT --
BATAVIA, Ohio - A man who fatally shot a teenage neighbor because he walked on the man's carefully tended lawn was sentenced to life in prison.
Charles Martin, 67, must serve 18 years before he can . . . more
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December 17, 2007 01:16 AM EST --
My church makes cookies for the prison every year & so I participated this year cause I love to make cookies! (Last year they donated 10,000 cookies!)
So I made Pumpkin Eggnog Cookies. I . . . more
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May 13, 2008 04:17 PM EDT --
"Now what I want is, facts," said Tilda. "None of this storybook crap for me." She dropped her cigarette, and crushed it with her shoe
"Stories . . . more
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May 28, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
Sometimes I wonder why I do theatre. Correction: it's not so much that I don't know why. It's more that I recoil at the answer. I profess to enjoy the process, the creativity, the learning . . . more
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November 01, 2006 11:15 PM EST --
Back in 1979, I attended a community college in a small town here in North Carolina. I was a Criminal Justice major, very idealistic, and believed that I could save all of the bad guys. My . . . more
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