Tag Archives: American prisons

Jean Valjean is a Friend of Mine

Most reviews of Les Miserables discuss the singing, editing, and acting, disregarding the original text of Victor Hugo.  I write the simple reflections of a former prisoner who read this ex-con tale while sitting in a cell, with only a feint hope … Continue reading

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Abu Ghraib Comes to Amerika

Torture Unit Under Construction at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison October 30, 2010 by prisoner Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Virginia Justifies a Torture Unit This past summer a Black prisoner was strangled to death on a segregation exercise yard at Virginia’s remote … Continue reading

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