By Kinetik Justice Amun Bessemer, AL With strength and optimism, I greet the Comrades and salute the Freedom Fighters! It has been a long ride. We have come a long way, yet there is so much work we still must do. I pen this expression with those in mind, who have committed themselves to the […]
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Beyond Bars: Voices from NLG Jailhouse Lawyers that features articles, artwork, and poetry by people in prison.
BEYOND BARS: 2018 (Poem)
By Cristobal “Cris” Bazan Kenedy, TX Scandal after scandal getting exposed Some men resign and others refuse Spewing forth their beautiful, two-faced prose But in life, win or lose, we all must choose Hate continues to trump the right with might I see no difference with the seperatists Inbreeding will not empower the white So […]
BEYOND BARS: Dallas and Baton Rouge, July 2016 (Poem)
By Gary Hicks Berkeley, CA (for all of the fallen, no questions asked for now) mental disorders a permanent feature of colonial warfare these days of spilt blood consigning terror to verse barely describes it time of clarity malcolm’s chickens home roosting specter of fanon like a boomerang what went around came around from now […]
BEYOND BARS: Liberation from a Racist Bigot Global Body Politic (Poem)
how many times have you attended private & public schools and felt like a fool learning theories of lies & mysteries brainwashed about a defacto history? how many times were you arrested by police criminalized by their confessions when you refused to acquiesce then prosecutors coerce questions with deterrents of the worst when you have […]
BEYOND BARS: Correctional Conceptual Medical Apathy: Is There Any Hope?
William A. Larson Licking, MO Prison healthcare, for the most part, is exemplified by the well-known caveat concerning closing the barn door after the horses have escaped. Due to contractual monetary rest raints, preventative medical care is nonexistent. Much too often, a prisoner’s health care needs are ignored—except to assist the prisoner die. In the […]
BEYOND BARS: The Long View of Prisoners’ Rights Litigation
By Jeremiah Phoenix Dannemora, NY Prisoners’ rights litigation is a challenging area of law to participate in, especially from the inside. In a very real way it’s a direct confrontation between prisoners and keepers of custody. Judicial review of prison conditions developed in part because hard-learned experience showed that ignoring significant issue scan lead to […]
BEYOND BARS: Despite Complaints, Women at Virginia Prison Continue to Plead for Adequate Medical Care
By Chanell Burnette Troy, VA My name is Chanell Burnette and I am currently an offender at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women (FCCW). I write to you in regards to the inadequate medical care that we women are receiving here at FCCW. I have been housed at this facility since 2006 and am aware of […]
BEYOND BARS: Heal and Liberate Lifelines (Poem)
By Michael Forrest Frackville, PA disaster capitalists masters of disastrous naturalness nlg catalyst never waning weighing in against banning what u.s.a. endorse standing lawyers 4 the peoples’ force global war cries against u.s. saber rattling nlg bourne ties keep battling along side prisoners students & worldwide missioners our faller soldiers are the amounts we stand […]
BEYOND BARS: Children in Prison is Torturous
By Tyrone Reyes Jackson, MI Children in adult prisons is unconstitutional,. It amazes me that the judicial system believes it’s morally okay to put vulnerable children in adult prisons to be preyed upon. I came to prison when I was just 16 years old. I’ll be 38 this year. Prison is nothing more than a […]
BEYOND BARS: The Cruelty of Solitary Confinement
By Mwalimu S. Shakur Corcoran, CA Since the release of inmates from the Security Housing Units (SHU) in California prisons, the state (CDC.r) has allowed its guards, some of which used to be institutional gang investigations (IGI) to harass and provoke inmates into conflict on the GP yards, especially here at Corcoran prison, where a […]