{2018} My uncle Vincent Alfred Simmons has been incarcerated for over 41 years at Louisiana State Penitentiary. From the time my uncle was a teenager to the age of twenty-five he has had many encounters with law enforcements. Growing up in the south back in the 1960’s and […]
The following information is presented to the reader in order to invoke the kind of curiosity that compells Justice to raise its noble head.The resonation of a flawed justice system throughout the country seldom exposes the Courts to there method of prosecution, granted they permitted the impropriety, until […]
Dear Lady Justice, How are you? I’m writing to express the pain and suffering you have helped cause. On February 7, 2008, after loving you and trusting you for so many years from afar, I was finally introduced to you. I can’t same it was a pleasure to […]
I’ve been in prison for 10yrs and 6 months for a murder I didn’t commit. over the course of the years I’ve hired private investigators to interview eyewitnesses to this crime. I’ve gained 3 video depositions from eyewitnesses stating that I was not there at the scene of […]
Social justice? In these times it seems as if that’s a myth, urban legend, or some fictitious rumor. I say that because of the injustice we view on TV. Multiple police shootings of unarmed black men, mass incarceration of black men, mass unemployment in the black community, racial […]
For my first blog, I would like to talk about justice vs. punishment… Do you remember the first rule you broke? Was it something simple like taking that chocolate chip cookie that your mother said “Not before dinner”. Was it wetting the bed but blaming it on spilled […]
Pursuant to my blog on 030818 in which I wrote I had been abused by police & the courts in the years leading up to my arrest & then continued to be abused by them after my arrest. Here are some of the details of the years leading […]
Cudos to Suzie Jennings and her effort with inmateblogger.com to show the human side of prison inmates! There has to be a better way! Ted Dekker wrote in his novel “Sanctuary” that prisons are nothing more than “monster factories”. After serving 15 years in prison for crimes I […]
“In proportion as torments become more cruel, the spirits of men…. become callous.” – Cesare Beccaria In the 8 months I spent in the Snohomish County Jail I did a good deal of soul searching. Although I had become bent on destroying myself I never intended to harm […]
by Verrick Yarborough & Revolutionary X In conclusion, amidst all the chaos & confusion, justice is just a figment of America’s imagination & an illusion, masterfully crafted at the hands of master of deception, deceit, trickery cover ups & disguise. The government hires criminals, to administer over the […]
I have met some intelligent guys in here who become obsessed with the idea of the corruption of DOC, the problems in the justice system, and the supposed slavery of the modern prison industrial complex. Now, look, there are problems in the justice system; there are stiffer penalties […]
count the cost ! As i was saying the food is very unhealthy and some woud say they should not complain about food. My only real complaint is that when i look at how the legistlators have given this power to CI , they are completely running with […]
count the cost! I was telling you in my last blog that i would explain the food thing . We are able to buy commissary it is ran by CI. The prices are crazy they also know that if we have money sent we are only getting very […]
count the cost ! We were talking lasttime about deductions that WADOC takes from everydollar sent in to our prisons most peaple pay 50% to 75% of all money sent in to prisons. Most times money collected for LFOs, Only a small portion goes to the county clerks […]
Lets count cost ! Last time I was talking about Union Supply a company that CI has entered into contract with that our families can buy food packages from and it is the only company like Access that has the power to set prices how they want because […]
Count the cost. Here is somemore info about CI and this company called Access you can go to washington packages.com to look at what im talking about ! So CI has given this company a monopoly over our families and us . Giving them the chance to set […]
Count the cost ! For those families that are lucky enough to make it to visiting , they have to go though so much stuff just to get here ! Once they are in they are vending machines that are set at crazy prices i have seen a […]
Count the cost! Why dont we ask the mothers,wives,children and friends of the incarcerated.Is it fair that incarcerated persons families in order top recieve phonecalls has to deposit a minimum of $25.00 dollars in aprepaid account and are charged $5.95 for that deposit so end up with $19.05 […]
“Hands up! Don’t shoot!” Words that have become synonymous with the life and death of Michael Brown. Words I fear are becoming overtly sensationalized and invalid as a new era of civil rights is picking up steam.** This is a matter of real life not a video game.** […]
Prison is a punishment. However, what is deemed an effective punishment for some, may not be an effective punishment for all. Someone may have been incarcerated for longer than they have been alive and continue down the same criminal path. While another may only have been in long […]
There are countless men I am doing time with that will NEVER see the streets again. Men who will never be released back into society. Many men who will die not in the arms of loved ones but in the prison infirmary, alone, as their soul transitions into […]
