But having felony convictions do NOT prevent me from running for President of the most powerful country in the world, as is evident on the 2024 voting ballots, and former President Donald Trump’s recent felony convictions. Now that is absurd!
Category: Politics
Love and Evil are Color-Blind by Wayne T. Dowdy
Because of all of the recent hate-related, prejudicial crimes of late, I am reposting this blog and hope that Love Wins in the End.
Federal prisoners hold $100 million in government-run accounts, shielded from some criminal scrutiny and debt collection – The Washington Post
I was fired three times from my position in UNICOR for not paying restitution that the court ordered to be PAID UPON RELEASE FROM IMPRISONMENT. Eventually, I won the battle and the BOP stopped extorting me.
LEVIATHAN – Giving Name to the Prison Industrial Complex
By Abdul-Jalil Rashid Al-Imarah (S. Baptiste) Paid content is as submitted, other than minor editorial changes. Straight from the Pen does not express any opinion on the subject matter or content or the validity of any statement or claim made. “The American Prison System has grown into a leviathan unmatched in human history. The financial…
Fight for Change by Wayne T. Dowdy
I fought for those who could not, would not, or did not, fight for themselves. I was near the door either way but I saw the devastating effect of the new RRC policy and it really pissed me off ….
Prison Privatization and Recidivism
Prison reform needs allies, not enemies. This plan joins forces.
Market doors open when private prison companies invest in supplying associated services to returning citizens.
Reduce Mass Incarceration
QUORA Moderation Banned my Response to the Question, “What would happen to the American criminal justice system if no one accepted plea deals and every case had to be resolved in the courtroom?” I’ve appealed the decision! In two days, my answer generated almost two-thousand views and several upvotes, so to me, that says people…
BREAKING NEWS
[Update: June 10, 2022: I checked a link to the former BOP director’s testimony before Congress and learned it had been moved, so I corrected the URL, and want to suggest that readers also check out a blog I wrote after my release from the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons, where I added copies…