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US Prison Population
As a former inmate of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, I am not only appalled at the rate of incarceration in Ohio but throughout the United States. The information I will share here is available to every citizen, but most are oblivious to its effect on our society or just do not care. When I arrived at the Ohio State Penitentiary in 1984 they were preparing to close the prison for good and at that time there were only 13 prisons in Ohio. During my nine-year and ten-month incarceration, that number grew to 22 and today it is at 27 prisons throughout the state. The chart below from the Prison Policy Initiative shows the steady rise in Ohio's prison incarceration rate.
By Rodney L. Sutton, Sr.5 years ago in Criminal
The Last Time
The rain tapped against the window like small fingers trying to get her attention. Her thoughts could not be disturbed, not tonight. She took a pull on her Marlboro Menthol. The action made her wince from the pain in her now swollen left cheek. The pain made her think. She didn't like that. It made her look back at the last time, and when that happened she couldn't help but question herself. “Why did I not leave after the last time?” What was it that made me stay after the last time” He had promised her that it was the last time.
By Karl Pinnock5 years ago in Criminal
The 13th Amendment
“In America, we have not ended racial caste, just redesigned it.” – Michelle Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow” Mass incarceration is a social issue that continues to plague our country, particularly people of color. "13", A Netflix documentary covering this topic tells the narrative of how we got to this point as a country and a society- incarcerating 2.3 billion people in the U.S. With this being the highest incarceration rate in the world, we house about ¼ of the human population in our prisons. The 13th amendment states,
By Ashley La'Donn5 years ago in Criminal
Who Shot ya?
If any one of you is old enough to be a '90s Hip-Hop/rap fan, the title here would have caught your attention for different reasons, But, unfortunately no, we are not going to talk about the famous (and rather controversial at that time) Notorious B.I.G. song on Tupac Shakur.
By Hitarth Raval5 years ago in Criminal
Bathed in Blood
Chapter 2 - Missing Note: I have never found writing to be an easy venture. To write about an event so many years after its occurrence means that I have to rely on memory. Writing about my past is also something foreign to my normally humble attitude to life. However, stories sometimes need to be told, for many reasons. In this case the facts are diminished by using only my memory rather than applying for access to the case files.
By Allan Warren5 years ago in Criminal
Bathed in blood
Bathed in Blood Chapter 1 Should one believe in the twilight zone, a situation that is characterized by being mysterious? Do we have connections with people early in our life that somehow reconnects later in life? Such has been the circumstance in my life. A connection with people that have revisited me in a different way.
By Allan Warren5 years ago in Criminal
Perfection
Alice was full of nervous energy. Could this be the one? The guy she’s been looking for? She couldn’t remember how many dates she had been on in the last month, all duds. She was ready to be done with dating apps, and hopefully tonight’s date would finally put an end to all of the disappointment and creepy messages.
By Kimberly Byrnes5 years ago in Criminal
