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A Pearl Comes to Brooklyn

Posted on March 12, 2022 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

The past month and nearly two weeks I’ve been writing a blog post every day. When I am in writing mode my overly active imagination goes into overdrive. I have eureka moments, and even an epiphany or two! This morning … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice Chronicles, Reentry & Community | Tagged Carol Faye Burton, Family, Family Services, fathers, Jeweld Legacy Group, Osborne Association, prison, raising black boys, Reentry, Sing Sing Prison, Up the River | 1 Comment

REVIEW OF “JAILHOUSE JOURNALISM: THE FOURTH ESTATE BEHIND BARS”

Posted on July 13, 2014 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Not much has been written about the history of the prison press. Indeed, until now, according to James McGrath Morris, the author of Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars, the only book was The Penal Press by Russell Baird. … Continue reading →

Posted in Criminal Justice & Punishment, Justice Chronicles, Literature & Cultural Criticism | Tagged Alfred Andersch, Billy Sinclair, Board of Pardons, Charles Chapin, concentration camps, Der Ruf, Erle Stanley Gardner, Forlorn Hope, Fort Kearney, Frank Moore, free press, Great Red Scare, Gruppe 47, Hans Werner Richter, Idea Factory, Industrial Workers of the World, Iowa State Penitentiary, Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars, James McGrath Morris, Japanese-Americans, Jesse James Gang, Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Karl Arndt, Leaves from a Lifer's Notebook, life sentences, Mumia Abu-Jamal, New York's Evening World, Ole Lindquist, Pell v. Procunier, postwar Germany, POWs, Presidio, Prisoner of War Special Projects Division, Procunier v. Martinez, reeducate, Relocation Camps, Russell Baird, Saturday Review, Sing Sing Prison, The Angolite, The Farm, The Penal Press, Thornburg v. Abbott, Tom Runyon, Turner v. Safley, Wilbert Rideau, William Keteltas, Wobblies, World War II, Younger Brothers | Leave a comment

Review of “No Man’s Land”

Posted on July 13, 2014 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Prison is a place steeped in mythology, from the outright lies about it politicians tell to promote their “crime-fighting” policies to the propaganda prison officials print in their periodicals to justify its raison d’être; even prisoners, in their writings, contribute … Continue reading →

Posted in Criminal Justice & Punishment, Justice Chronicles, Literature & Cultural Criticism | Tagged Abandon hope all ye who enter here, Fielding Dawson, mythology, No Man's Land, prison industrial complex, prison mythology, prison rape, Sing Sing Prison, Snagg Prison | Leave a comment

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A Pearl Comes to Brooklyn

REVIEW OF “JAILHOUSE JOURNALISM: THE FOURTH ESTATE BEHIND BARS”

Review of “No Man’s Land”

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