Category Archives: Justice Chronicles

Writings about crime and punishment, and more punishment.

Reentry is about relationships

Posted on January 21, 2012 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

In the last 15 years, “reentry” has become a buzzword in the criminal justice world. Reentry, however, has existed as long as we have had prisons and jails. Reentry is simply the point where people are released from prisons and … Continue reading →

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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Posted on January 16, 2012 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

My earliest political memory is of Dr. King’s assassination. I was 7 years old. I didn’t understand the enormity or impact of his death. All I knew, as a child, using the adults’ sentiments as a barometer, was that the … Continue reading →

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In Memory of Reentry

Posted on January 15, 2012 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

My life, my job, has brought me in contact with both famous and infamous people. Not surprisingly, the infamous ones have been far more interesting than the famous. And perhaps this has more to do with the “take-aways,” what I … Continue reading →

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Youth Shackled

Posted on December 28, 2011 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

At the Halsey Street train station in Brooklyn, four teenagers are shackled and seated on the hard wooden bench. Two police officers in plainclothes, who do not look like cops, stand near the youth. One is on his walkie-talkie. The … Continue reading →

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What is it with cops and donuts?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

The sun is shining brightly. Sitting in Dunkin Donuts this morning on a high stool, looking out the window where the sun is shining in onto Halsey Street, right off Broadway, in Brooklyn, USA, eating an everything bagel, slightly toasted, … Continue reading →

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Remembering Attica

Posted on September 14, 2011 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Today is the 40th Anniversary of the Attica Rebellion. For far too many, it is an event not remembered, and is overshadowed by 9-11, the 10th Anniversary of 9-11. But when it happened, in September of 1971, the repercussions of … Continue reading →

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My September 2011 Editorial from The Deuce Club* –“The Re-entry World Just Got a Little Larger”

Posted on September 3, 2011 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

There’s this joke among insiders inside the re-entry world, that when you go to these re-entry conferences and the like, that you see “the usual suspects.” This speaks to the fact that there’s a small passionate group committed to doing … Continue reading →

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Support the Coalition for Parole Restoration

Posted on August 27, 2011 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

For the past eight years I have edited the newsletter of the Coalition for Parole Restoration (CPR). We have gathered some of the best writing in this newsletter over the last ten years and issued an Anniversary Journal. Please support … Continue reading →

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