The Sun magazine, Charlotte, North Carolina, published a clip I sent in response to an article in Readers Write. That was a decade or so ago. In the published clip, I shared about the experience I wrote about in response to the Quora question: Is it true that people get sprayed with water in prison…
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Prisoners and Society by Wayne T. Dowdy
Each day I devote, or at least attempt to devote, part of my time to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and Quora.com. Most often I fail in two or three of those areas. Most of my posts and online activities relate to prisoners, prison reform, and or criminal justice reform, as well as posting excerpts from…
ROCKY ROAD TO PRISON
By Wayne T. Dowdy Prisoners do not have a choice about which prison authorities place them in, nor can they control who moves in a cell or dormitory where they live. At least, legally they cannot, but sometimes do. Those facts often led to prison violence and negative results. Prison does not have to be…
Freedom for Another Friend
by Wayne T. Dowdy On January 5, 2016, I wrote about Alphonso D. in “Freedom for a Friend,” whom President Obama had freed from an unjust sentence of life-without-parole. The President granted Alphonso’s petition for commutation of sentence and gave him another chance at life in the free society. ANOTHER FRIEND FREED: I am grateful…