Prisonworld BlogTalk

More Reality or Brutality?

2008-11-26T11:13:14Z

The Real Housewives of Atlanta......um...hum...yeah....right. If you were on TV how REAL would you be? NENE...kept it real. Would you want all of your skeltons to come out of the closet? Is being on TV really worth the money and invasion of privacy?

Check out this link because I definitely had my say. CLICK HERE

Wanna Be On A Reality Show?

2008-11-26T10:58:01Z

Entertainment and Marketing Agency seeks possible female candidates in the tri-state (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) area for a reality show / docu-series.

Are you dating, engaged to, or married to a man who is currently in prison? If so, we would like to speak with you.

Interviews will be filmed for internal / industry use only. If interested, please send an email to: prisonlifetv@gmail.com.

Tell them Prisonworld sent you.

Recession Proof?

2008-11-19T12:39:31Z

Have you tried different money making opportunities? Let's give this one a try and see if it works.

Am I Dreaming?

2008-11-05T16:46:18Z

Uniting A Country and still makes time to be a great dad. AWESOME!!!

This Gives Cellphones A New Meaning

2008-10-27T16:14:20Z

Texas prison officials blame influx of cellphones on poor staffing, surveillance

10:50 PM CDT on Tuesday, October 21, 2008

By EMILY RAMSHAW / The Dallas Morning News
eramshaw@dallasnews.com

AUSTIN – Poor surveillance, inadequate staffing and underpaid, easily corrupted corrections guards have allowed Texas prison inmates to easily obtain phones and other contraband, criminal justice officials acknowledged Tuesday, the day after three cellphones were recovered from death row.

One of these phones logged 2,800 calls over the last month and was used by a convicted murderer to make threatening calls to state Sen. John Whitmire, who said at an emergency hearing Tuesday that he was "disgusted" with top prison officials.

"We're talking about life and death, about a death-row inmate calling me and talking about my daughters," said Mr. Whitmire, D-Houston. "It is more secure at the Harris County Courthouse, in Houston traffic court, than it is" on death row.

Texas' 156,000 inmates remained on lockdown Tuesday after Monday's revelation that a guard had accepted a bribe to get murderer Richard Tabler a cellphone. .

Everybody's got a cellphone

Another Deadbeat Dad

2008-10-27T16:04:41Z

Attorney might ask for jail time for Holyfield

Very Big House...Lots of Cars...Trinkets, Bling, and all of those things, but no money for your child.....hmm.

Cowards Abandon Their Children

2008-10-27T15:59:20Z

2nd out-of-state teen abandoned at Omaha hospital

Associated Press - Monday, October 13, 2008

OMAHA, Neb. — A second teenager from outside Nebraska has been left at an Omaha hospital under the state's unique safe-haven law, apparently after his parent flew to the city specifically to abandon him, state officials said Monday. A 13-year-old Michigan boy was left at Creighton University Medical Center early Monday morning, said Nebraska Health and Human Services spokeswoman Kathie Osterman. Since July 18, when the new law went into effect, 18 children between the ages of 1 and 17 have been abandoned. Nebraska's safe-haven law allows children as old as 18 to be left at state-licensed hospitals without fear of prosecution. This is the second time that a child from outside the state has been left at a hospital in Nebraska. It's not clear why the boy was left, Osterman said. He was placed in an emergency shelter. Last week, a 14-year-old girl from Iowa was left at an Omaha hospital by her grandparents. She has since been returned to her family. Her abandonment set off concerns that Nebraska's broadly written law could make the state a dumping ground for unwanted children. Officials with the state's Department of Health and Human Services have stressed that the safe-haven law should be used for children in immediate danger only.

We are living in sad times....

Justice or Payback?

2008-10-27T15:54:41Z

Sharpton convicted in NYC police-shooting protests

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has convicted the Rev. Al Sharpton of disorderly conduct during protests over a police shooting and sentenced him to time served.Criminal Court Judge Larry Stephen issued the verdict Wednesday against Sharpton and seven other activists. Sharpton has already served 5 1/2 hours in jail.About 250 protesters were arrested in May for blocking bridges, tunnels and intersections in response to the police killing of Sean Bell on his wedding day.Most of the cases were dismissed, but Sharpton and his co-defendants had insisted on a trial. Sharpton testified Monday that the protests were peaceful, saying: "We wanted to stop violence, not cause violence."

What do you think?

Fraudulent Fruit?

2008-10-27T15:50:00Z

Most Fruit Snacks Contain Virtually No Fruit at All

(NaturalNews) Most snacks and drinks claiming to be fruit-flavored contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only minimal quantities, according to a study conducted by the British nonprofit Food Commission.

"Shoppers need to check the small print in the ingredients if they want to know whether they actually contain any fruit, because the actual content can be non-existent," said Food Commission spokesperson Ian Tokelove. "Food manufacturing is highly competitive. If companies can cut their costs and increase profits by using flavoring, they are liable to do so. Consumers won't always realize they are being duped.

Researchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry-flavored products sold in U.K. stores, and found that less than 40 percent of them contained any fruit at all. Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit.

The product with the highest strawberry content, at 6 percent, was a Ribena strawberry juice drink. In addition, each juice box contained 31.4 grams of sugar, or nearly eight teaspoons.

Products containing no strawberries at all included strawberry flavored Angel Delight: "Lots of sugar, starch and additives but no strawberries," the report said.

Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit. While Ambrosia strawberry flavored custard is labeled as containing no artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners or preservatives, it also contains absolutely no strawberries.

The Food Commission called for the government to require that all flavors used in a product be listed on the packaging. Under current U.K. law, food packages do not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring.

"Describing a product as strawberry flavor and plastering the packet with pictures of strawberries, when that product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no real fruit at all, is misleading and deceptive," Tokelove said. "Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread."

Live and Learn

DUH???

2008-10-27T15:43:42Z

Former Fed chief says U.S. now in recession

It's amazing what PRIDE will make you hold on to...even the T-R-U-T-H.

The Future Is Now

2008-10-27T15:36:57Z

What Happened to Freedom of Speech?

2008-10-27T15:22:45Z

Man shot three times in street by racist gunman - for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt

A man told today how he was shot three times in a London street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt.

WOW...imagine if that was in the US. Would the person who shot him be considered a terrorist?

Criminals Are Everywhere?

2008-10-27T14:56:25Z

One in Three Recent Atlanta Police Academy Graduates Have Criminal Records

More than one-third of recent Atlanta Police Academy graduates have been arrested or cited for a crime, according to a review of their job applications. The arrests ranged from minor offenses such as shoplifting to violent charges including assault. More than one-third of the officers had been rejected by other law enforcement agencies, and more than half of the recruits admitted using marijuana.

"On its face, it's troubling and disturbing," said Vincent Fort, a state senator from Atlanta. "It would be very troubling that people might be hitting the streets to serve and protect and they have histories that have made them unqualified to serve on other departments.

Very soon it will be inescapable. People with criminal records must work somewhere. Most people have some criminality in their closet. They just have not gotten caught...yet.

If Obama Is A Terrorist Then So Am I

2008-10-27T14:42:38Z

It's sad that this type of thinking still exists int he United States of America.

Looks Like Boredom To Me

2008-10-16T16:40:19Z

Where's the threat? The troops have time to hang out and make jokes. End the war and bring them home. Oh yeah...that's what Barack is for.

It's Hard Times Everywhere

2008-10-16T16:28:08Z

36 states release ill or dying inmates

North Carolina and Alabama have joined a growing number of states
establishing programs that allow the release of dying or infirm
prisoners to cut prison system health care costs.Alabama's
law goes into effect Sept. 1. It will allow inmates who are permanently
incapacitated or terminally ill to be furloughed. It will also allow
for the release of inmates 55 or older who have life threatening
illnesses.

About 125 of the state's 25,000 inmates will be eligible,
Alabama Prisons Commissioner Richard Allen said.Inmates
considered for parole will be "the frailest of the frail and sickest of
the sick," Allen said. North Carolina's legislation took effect June
10. Authorities are still assessing policies and procedures, state
prisons system spokesman Keith Acree said.In both states, inmates convicted of capital offenses and most sex crimes aren't eligible, Allen and Acree said.A
USA TODAY review of state department of corrections' policies found 36
states have some program allowing for the early release of dying or
infirm prisoners.

The Prisons Are Pinching Pennies Too.

Is College Necessary?

2008-10-16T16:21:17Z

For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time

Outside a handful of majors -- engineering and some of the sciences -- a bachelor's degree tells an employer nothing except that the applicant has a certain amount of intellectual ability and perseverance. Even a degree in a vocational major like business administration can mean anything from a solid base of knowledge to four years of barely remembered gut courses.

The solution is not better degrees, but no degrees. Young people entering the job market should have a known, trusted measure of their qualifications they can carry into job interviews. That measure should express what they know, not where they learned it or how long it took them. They need a certification, not a degree.

This goes back to what I said...it's political and all about money people.

Does Justice Come With Reasonable Doubt?

2008-10-16T16:12:50Z

Time and date set for Troy Davis execution

The state has set a time and date to execute Troy Anthony Davis at 7 p.m. Oct. 27, 2008 even as his advocates continue to insist Georgia is about to execute an innocent man.

On Wednesday afternoon, Judge Penny Haas Freesemann in Chatham County signed a warrant for his lethal injection to occur between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3.

The Department of Corrections then set the specific time and date for Davis to be executed for killing off-duty police officer Mark Allen MacPhail.

This is Davis' third execution date in little more than a year.

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles stopped the first one the day before Davis was to die by lethal injection on July 17, 2007. The U.S. Supreme Court stopped Davis' second execution two hours before he was to die on Sept. 23 so the justices could decide if they would hear Davis' case.

Tuesday, the high court declined to step into the contentious debate over whether Davis is the real killer.

You Should Be Ashamed?

2008-10-16T16:03:47Z

Civil rights leader gets 15 years for incest

Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

LEESBURG, Va. — A one-time top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for having sex more than a decade ago with his then-teenage daughter.

The Rev. James L. Bevel, 71, a key architect of the 1963 Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Ala., and other pivotal moments of the civil rights movement, was convicted earlier this year of a single count of incest.

Shame...Shame.

When Has Justice Been Equal?

2008-10-16T15:59:55Z

It’s a sham and a shame that some people will try to rationalize anything they can instead of realizing the obvious.They both climbed the headquarters of The New York Times on the same day, June 5, Renaldo Clarke and Alain Robert’s stunts were the exact same. Mr. Clarke, who appeared in State Supreme Court in Manhattan for a hearing on Tuesday, was indicted on criminal charges, while Mr. Robert was not. They climbed on the same day and faced a grand jury on the same day. They say its a jury of your peers but in August, a grand jury voted to indict Mr. Clarke on three counts, the most serious of which was a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment, punishable by up to a year in prison. A different grand jury had voted in June to dismiss all criminal charges against Mr. Robert, leaving only a count of disorderly conduct, which is not a crime, but a violation akin to a parking ticket.The difference is obvious to many one climber is white and the other is black. This too is how the prison industrial complex feeds off of black bodies.-Charlie