They say I’m the killer Convicted of murder But steel curtains Have taken the life Of my dreams and future This is the diary of a madman In an institution They gave me a slow death sentence But called it life They took my future But gave me time They never ascertained my state of mind Was I insane yet sane enough to lie. By Travis J. Wolfkill 6188588 Iowa State Prison P.O. Box 316 FT Madison Iowa 52627 PPI’s “Correctional Control: Incarceration and Supervision by State” is the first report to aggregate data on all types of … [Read more...] about UNTITLED FROM FT. MAD
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Kentucky voting rights may change for ex-felons
Kentucky’s practice of permanently stripping away the voting rights of citizens convicted of felonies may soon change, according to Attorney Ben Carter in an opinion-editorial in The Courier-Journal. Currently three states, Florida, Kentucky and Iowa, permanently strip voting rights. Only Vermont and Maine do not strip voting rights at all. All the other states temporarily strip voting rights. Twenty-six percent of voting-age Black Kentuckians cannot vote due to the combination of felony convictions and the state’s racially biased … [Read more...] about Kentucky voting rights may change for ex-felons