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PA Inmate Dies of COVID-19

- April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 - sstopp 1 Comment

DOC reports first inmate death related to COVID-19 By Mark Pestompesto@tribdem.comApr 14, 2020 The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on Monday reported the first COVID-19-related death of a state prison inmate. The inmate died on April…

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Pennsylvania Department Of Corrections Set to Release Inmates…

- April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 - sstopp comment

Today the Governor of Pennsylvania (Tom Wolf) issued a Reprieve Order authorizing the Department Of Corrections to review nonviolent individual for consideration for reprieve. The department will individually review eligible candidates, for eligibility and appropriateness.…

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Pedophiles & Child Molesters In Prison

- April 11, 2020April 12, 2020 - sstopp comment

While I can never take the side of child molesters and pedophiles, I know there are groups that support these men and women but again that's just something I find it personally hard to forgive.…

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JBM (Junior Black Mafia)

- April 8, 2020April 12, 2020 - sstopp 3 Comments

I was arrested in 2006 at the age of 20. Still gullible to false idolization, I took to the old guys from my neighborhood, who prior to my incarceration I've only heard about. "Legends" so…

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White Privilege

- April 5, 2020April 12, 2020 - sstopp 8 Comments

I wrote a blog earlier this week speaking on the racial tension in relation to everything going on with this Convid 19 virus. Well tonight I was served with yet another dose of the reality…

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Surviving This Pandemic

- April 2, 2020April 12, 2020 - sstopp 1 Comment

As I type this there's a full uproar on this block. The jail has been on complete lockdown for the past 2 days, which is understandable. We are now allotted three 15 minute phone calls,…

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Blind Leading The Blind

- March 27, 2020April 12, 2020 - sstopp comment

I'm sitting in the cell listening to the surrounding commotion, and the heedlessness of the men I'm unfortunately surrounded by. While the coronavirus is claiming thousands of lives daily, the men in here are acting…

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Coronavirus

- March 25, 2020April 12, 2020 - sstopp 8 Comments

I went to medical this morning in order to get the results of my sleep study. As I was waiting an argument broke out between a prisoner and a nurse. The nurse was giving the…

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Undercover Prisoners Part 2

- March 18, 2020April 12, 2020 - sstopp comment

I wanted to share a more personal experience. A few years back I had a run in with a "Correctional Officer" here and I was sent to the RHU (Restricted Housing Unit/The hole). I spent…

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Undercover Prisoners

- March 10, 2020April 12, 2020 - sstopp comment

For some reason the hole has been overcrowded here, and they have begun this new process of locking people in on the blocks. They brought a transgender over here for reasons unbeknownst to me, and…