October 2, 2008 by N. Joseph Potts At first blush, incarceration would seem to involve a loss of physical mobility – you have to stay in the prison all day and all night. You can’t go anywhere else. But you might have TV to watch, videos, recorded music, e-mail, mail mail, the Internet, even the...
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By Kimberly L. Allers; Ronald Cohen February 3, 2003 (FORTUNE Magazine) – Few on the outside know as much about life on the inside as Ronald Cohen. A former stockbroker, Cohen served four stretches totaling 11 years in five federal institutions for various securities fraud violations. Since Jul...
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Fences inside a BOP facilityby Walter Pavlo - 12/28/2010 On Christmas day I received a phone call from “Joe”. Joe is 66 years old, still recovering from a stroke he suffered a few months back but has made a nice recovery. He still needs a cane to get around. I have never met Joe but he rea...
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January 18, 2011 One of the tricks of surviving prison time is to learn how to deal with your fellow prison inmates. It is important to get a record for good behavior as this could help in getting a sentence reduced if you are in after being found guilty of a minor crime for which you were recomm...
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Robert Johnson Jul. 23, 2011 The U.S. has a greater percentage of its population locked up than any other country in the world. Despite budget cuts and tax shortfalls housing inmates costs the country almost $600 billion a year. Despite the rising incarceration rates over the last decade, cri...
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Lindsay,Yahoo! Contributor Network Apr 30, 2007 Throughout my college career, all of my preconceived notions about the Criminal Justice System have been shattered. In the beginning, I was astonished to hear that only 10% of crimes are cleared in the United States. I would have liked to believe, ...
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Myth: Habitat takes advantage of prison labor. Truth: Habitat for Humanity works because people from all walks of life give freely of their time and talents to help low-income people. Volunteers are the cornerstone of Habitat for Humanity, and no volunteer’s participation can be mandated by the g...
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Tamar Lewin, New York Times Sunday, April 15, 2001 Eddie Dillard, a prisoner at California's Corcoran State Prison, knew what was in store the instant he heard who his new cellmate was to be: Wayne Robertson, a 230-pound sexual predator. Two years earlier, the men had fought after Dillard...
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By: Elmer Miller - StatisticianWhat happened? Who stole all the prisoners' property? Who's looting the Inmate General Welfare Fund? What Happened to the computers? What happened to the music keyboards? What happened to the big screen TV? What happened to the exercise bicycle? What happened to th...