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From Inside Supermax: Part 7 of 8
This is the 7th of 8 posts. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Part 4 is here. Part 5 is here. Part 6 is here. What do you look most forward to each day? … Continue reading →
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From Inside Supermax: Part 8 of 8
This is the last of 8 posts. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Part 4 is here. Part 5 is here. Part 6 is here. Part 7 is here. You must have run the … Continue reading →
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Illinois Continues to Debate Second Chances for JLWOPs
The Washington Post released a piece on the debate about Juvenile LWOPs in Illinois here. Please note that my previous post from guest blogger, Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins from Illinois Victims expands on...
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From Inside Supermax: The Corrections Staff (9 of 18)
I recently did an eight part series of posts with Jacob Ind, who was sentenced as a juvenile to LWOP and is currently incarcerated in the Colorado State Penitentiary, a Supermax prison. These posts...
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Finding Gratitude Within Prison Walls
Cheryl Armstrong is serving a 96-year sentence in Canon City, Colorado for two counts of second degree murder. She did not kill anyone, but drove the getaway car and was accused of being the...
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Cheryl Armstrong’s Inspirations
Cheryl Armstrong is currently serving a 96 year sentence in the Colorado Womens Prison. Her story is here. I asked Cheryl Armstrong, if she was inspired by anyone. This is what she told me: I always...
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The Life Cheryl Dreams Of
I asked Cheryl Armstrong (her story is here) what kind of life she imagined for herself, if she were to be released from prison. This is what she said: The kind of life outside I picture myself living...
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National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers
Several weeks ago, I spoke with Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins of Illinois.victims.org after she commented on a post I’d done that she felt had portrayed murder victims’ families as vengeful. That hadn’t been...
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Juvenile LWOP in Israel
Juvenile LWOP in Israel, isn’t really LWOP — exactly. See this post from the University of San Francisco: “The Center For Law and Global Justice has issued a report on the sentencing of child offenders...
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Eight Year Old May be Charged as Adult
From the New York Times: ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — A week after the police charged an 8-year-old boy in the premeditated shooting deaths of his father and another man, the boy’s mother, teachers and others...
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