Jewel of the Week By Demond A. Jackson  ” After you have suffered great losses and known much pain, it is not cowardice to wish to live henceforth with a minimum of suffering. And one form of...

Family Ties   So… the BOP has consistently held that our ability to maintain family ties via telephones, emails, and visits are “Priveleges” that can be taken at any time, for even...

Open Heart We need open heart surgery Not for clogged arteries And high blood pressure But for closed minds That settle for lesser We need open heart surgery We’re already numb So it’s...

  “Salute” Bayete to all the hardihood, tenacious puissant, and honorable Men and Women who refuse to compromise their principals. Or to live any other way, but on their own terms and  by...

Obama grants final 330 commutations to nonviolent drug offenders President Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference Jan. 18 at the White House. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated...

Man-child   What does it mean to be a man-child? In the context I am talking about it means to be a child who is dealt with life a man within the criminal justice system. If on where to deeply reflect...

Making History By Keith ‘Kiko’ Robinson On June 26, 2016, inmates at United States Penitentiary Lee County, A maximum security Federal Prison located in Jonesville, Virginia, witness and partook...

YOU ASK ME You ask me “Why do you fight?” As if Like a woman being raped on campus In Stanford I have a choice I fight because I have a voice And the psyche To fight for what’s right You...