by Unlock The Mind | Jun 3, 2019 | Letters
Dear Senator, As a member of the Judiciary committee and being responsible for oversight of the Neb. Dept. of Correctional Services I wanted to bring 2 issues to your attention. First, NDCS is miscalculating their overcrowding, concealing the true severity of the...
by Unlock The Mind | Jun 3, 2019 | Letters
Dear Mr. Heist: Thank you for your recent emails to me and others. I have actually had some people contact me and ask questions about some of the points you raised. I agree that it would seem that you can only address overcrowding two ways, or a combination of the two...
by Unlock The Mind | May 21, 2019 | Creative Writing
Writing is squeezing my emotions out through my fingers like tubes of paint. Add an ocher wash to the sad eyes. Smear a dab of angry vermilion to the corners of the tight mouth. Highlight the stressed veins with ice blues. Draw obsidian furrows to accent the...
by Unlock The Mind | May 21, 2019 | Creative Writing
The moment I entered Alpine section of San Quentin prison I felt like I was walking onto a movie set. The outter building was a 6 story tall structure with the giant multi-story windows of a centry old warehouse. It was built over 2 five story cell blocks back to...
by Unlock The Mind | Apr 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
I have been pleasantly surprised. This past month the Director of Corrections testified before the legislature’s Judiciary committee and admitted that not only is the declaration of an overcrowding emergency in 2020 inevitable but that there aren’t enough...
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