David Joiner- 10-03-12 (part I)

I lay in bed with my body facing the wall that has a window in it. I heard when the leading team officer stepped at my next door neighbor cell, slammed their door open, and ordered them to strip down. At the time, I was thinking that if they come to my cell, I wasn’t…

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Thin Comfort – Joseph Stanwick

Thin Comfort- Joseph Stanwick 636416 2/1/13 We are on lock down status again as every inch of the prison compound is searched for contraband and living on thin sandwiches again, jam sandwiches we call them made of two pieces of stale bread and a spot of peanut butter jammed together. This time around they are the…

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James Sepsi- 2013 PE artshow

James Sepesi

More Prisoner Art from the Draw for Life program.       The art show is just one week away: February 25th, 7pm, at the Big Red Barn at Cornell University.  Bring something home in the silent auction, and support Prisoner Express.

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2013 Artshow: Jason Forbes

Another peek of artwork from our upcoming show, this time by Jason Forbes. February 25th, 7pm, at the Big Red Barn at Cornell University.  Bring something home in the silent auction, and support Prisoner Express.    

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Michael David Russell (Drawing for Life)

Another preview of work for our upcoming art show.  These were created by Michael David Russell.     Please join the Alternatives Library and An Open Window for the grand opening of the 5th annual Prisoner Art Show, Monday Febuary 25 beginning at 7:00pm at the Big Red Barn. This is an exhibition of hand-made…

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Artwork by Freeman Payne

Artwork by Freeman Payne, from the Prisoner Express “Drawing for Life” curriculum. Come join the Alternatives Library and An Open Window for the grand opening of the 5th annual Prisoner Art Show, Monday Febuary 25 beginning at 7:00pm at the Big Red Barn. This is an exhibition of hand-made artwork from prisoners nation-wide. The art…

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Dustin McMillan, November 28 2012

11-28-12 Dustin McMillan journal excerpt. Hello, I’ll start this journal off by introducing myself a little.  My name is Dustin McMillan I’m 27 yrs old and currently incarcerated in a Texas prison. Being in prison is a weird experience that changes one’s way of thinking and how they deal with life.  I have never kept…

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Henry Haro- November 20, 2012

Excerpt from November 20, 2012. …Think about it. Being placed in a cell with no access to go out in the open sun or to mingle with others.  Your life consists of being in a cell for 22 1/2 hours mandatory each day with the other 1 1/2 hours out on concrete surrounded yard if…

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Henry Haro- November 11, 2012

Henry Haro Excerpt from November 11, 2012 … In my experience unoccupied time is wasted time because there is a lack of discipline that accompanies unoccupied time.  With discipline there is direction and purpose, plus its time well occupied.  There’s an old saying within the prison community: “Do time, don’t let time do you.”  It…

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David E Joiner- 9-23-12

9-23-12 excerpt D. E. Joiner   In the sixties, I was only a little boy from the age of one to the age of seven.  I had come to know life a bit better by the time I had turned eight years old.  When I was six years old, I had went to school for…

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