Eight Tips on Surviving Prison for the Newly Incarcerated
Here are a few tips for new fish I learned at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre.
David Malmo-Levine
David Malmo-Levine has been writing about - and organizing civil disobedience involving - cannabis since 1993. He has a couple of websites: pot-facts.ca, involving facts that will help transform cannabis regulations from "hard drug regs" to "soft drug regs," and pot-shot.ca, a collection of his writings and publications and (soon) videos. David is an anarchist - he doesn't need any rulers thank you very much.
My Response to Jon Ferry’s ‘Boot Camps’
Regarding Jon Ferry's op-ed "Boot camps would be more 'restorative justice'".
More Words I Learned from Bad-Ass Gangsters in Jail
Since everyone seemed to enjoy the words I learned from bad-ass gangsters in jail at Fraser Regional Correctional, I now bring you Part 2.
Nobody is Above Natural Law, Everybody is Above Positive Law
What does history teach us about those who resisted oppression and scapegoating? Were they above the law or just more in touch with the law than their oppressors?
Words I learned from Bad-Ass Gangsters in Jail
Here's a list of words I learned from bad-ass gangsters in jail at Fraser Regional Correctional.
Jail, “Socialism”, Slavery and Brutality
Jail’s brutality begins with a vibe similar to after-school detention. Slowly you feel your life slipping away – tick tock, tick tock – as a mind-numbing boredom sets in.
War, Truth, Aspirin, and History Television
The simple fact of war – the fact missing from the Remembrance Day ritual and History Television, the most important fact of all – is that war is big business.
My Grounds for Appeal
To continue to incarcerate the harmless under the auspices of "encouraging a respect for the law" insures only that justice is not done.
Facts and statistics that relate to police priorities
I went through the Vancouver Public Library's "Police Brutality" files a while back (I think they have been discontinued by now - budget cuts) and picked out a few quotes ... and rather than have this stuff go to waste in some corner of my archives I thought I would share it with all of you!
My response to Justice Craig’s anti-Marc Emery “remember the fallen heros” rant
Justice Craig is a local proponent of drug prohibition. He wrote a book entitled “Short Pants to Striped Trousers” in which he rails against the horrible drug criminals – as he does regularly on his website blog: http://www.realjustice.ca/gpage1.html http://www.realjustice.ca/gpage.html Today, retired BC Justice Wallace Craig wrote the following opinion editorial: Newshawk: MedPot.net Forums Opinion250.com LettersRead More
