It’s not like he has to answer anyone’s questions. He knows you’re going to keep paying whether he answers or not. I mean it’s not like his officers murdered that fleeing suspect when they shot at him as he was running away or anything. Dave Ridley reports:
Subject: Authoritarians Use Threats
I was just threatened. Not just me. Everyone in cell block R. At 10:00pm, after head count, everyone was asked to convene downstairs for an important message. I wasn’t sure what this could be about, but I could sense tension in the room from the way the jailers were standing with their hands on their hips. The biggest jailer in the facility was pacing, poised and ready to address the crowd.
“Any of you know (I forget the name)?” He paused to look around the room.
“Silk?,” one inmate responded?
“Yes, Silk. Some of you may know him. He’s out now. There is a female employee, who, whenever she walks into this cell block, hears whispers of, “Silk, Silk”. It’s harassment, plain and simple. (more…)
Subject: Circling the Drain or Springtime for Humanity?
Today was one of the best episodes of Free Keene TV yet. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it now. On top of it, the episode was followed by a visit from JJ Schlessinger (Thursday night Free Talk Live cohost, FreeKeene.com blogger, and Free Keene TV producer) and Anarcho-Ali Havens (Friday night Free Talk Live cohost, LadiesInKeene.com blogger, and regular anchor for Free Keene TV). Their visit really helped buoy my spirits on what has been a very up and down day for me. (more…)
Subject: Oppression, the New Mundane
When I first came to this jail, I was a fish out of water. I was stunned by the jailer’s ever present blank stares as they performed their jobs like automatons. In a voluntary community, giving commands to another human being, putting one’s hands on a stranger, and subjecting one to a needle without consent is foreign, to say the least. That’s not how my community operates. The people with whom I chose to surround myself operate on a strictly voluntary basis ¨C nothing is done except with explicit consent. (more…)
Subject: My Supporters Make Me Smile
Yeah, it’s 80 degrees and sunny, not a cloud in the sky this Memorial Day. Yeah, I would like to be outside, soaking in the majestic glory of life on Earth. I’m having some trouble getting to that place of ecstasy while I sit here in this cage, alone, surrounded by heavy clanging doors, fluorescent lighting, and blank concrete walls.
But then I remember to count my blessings, not least of which are my loving and caring supporters (more…)
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Day 22
Subject: Memorial Day in Jail, What I Am Thankful For
“It is vital that young people, the guardians of our future, develop a strong awareness of the futility of violence and war. They can learn from the examples of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. that non-violence is the best way to ensure peace in the long term. Because the 20th century was a century of violence, let us make the 21st a century of dialogue.” -Dalai Lama
As I sit in my jail, cell, locked up in a cage built for a human, I am listening to the radio and am bombarded by voices telling me to “take time to thank a veteran for the freedom I have”. (more…)
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May 28 2012
Day 22
Subject: Window Pain
There are two windows in my cell. One is three feet long and five inches wide, and it is on the door, looking out at the rest of cell block R. The other is four feet tall and one and a half feet wide, is divided by two large metal bars, and it faces a red brick wall about ten feet away. If you get close to it and look straight up, you can see a few inches of sky and watch the clouds pass overhead. Look left, look right, nothing but brick wall. (more…)
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