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A newsletter for prisoners and others affected by incarceration A newsletter for prisoners and others affected by incarceration
The Broken Bridge Brigade, Inc. P.O Box 414 Wyalusing, PA 18853 C.Arey/ President Sept./ Oct. 2007 D. Vickers/ Co- Founder
email: thebrokenbridge@aol.com
Letter From The Editor: currently houses 173,000 inmates.
******** ORDER FORM ******** Well, what is life without a little chaos? Computers, most of the It seemed to observers, Prisoners Rights groups, and
time, provide tools that can increase productivity, allow easy, quick California’s own Civil Liberties Liaison, that from the
communications, provide organization and resources at the touch of direction of the Judges questioning they are leaning toward
NAME: ________________________________________________________ a button. However, relying on these tools can also prove to bite you
ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________ initiating a 3 judge panel to review inmates ,case by case, and
right in the rear. Recently my main computer had an untimely death. possibly release as many as 36,000 early. Now the judges have
CITY/ ST./ ZIP: _________________________________________________ Which is why you are receiving this newsletter much later than not issued their rulings and orders in regard to the hearings of
expected. This not only halted production but all files were lost June 27th.However,there is hope at the end of the tunnel, that
SUBSCRIPTION $10.00 DONATION $______ DONATION OF STAMPS _______ GIFT SUBSCRIPTION $______ which made all work associated with The Broken Bridge Brigade California’s inmate population will finally receive adequate
come to screeching halt. It has been and still is, a slow process Medical and Mental Health Care.
Enclose payment or donation by check, money order. Credit card payments may be accepted via Paypal getting everything back in order. So I appreciate your patience and Any future rulings and orders will be reported as to their
at www.paypal.com payable to: justice4inmates@hotmail.com understanding during this time of reconstruction. Like always I content, for both the Plata and Coleman case in the next
As always, we appreciate donations of any amount to help make this publication possible . would like to hear any ideas you have. Feel free to submit writings, newsletter.
We also greatly appreciate your feedback . Let us know what you think with a letter to the Editor. opinions, questions or artwork for future issues. Many people do ask Now, back to the Constitutional Basics!
If your company or organization would like to sponsor The Broken Bridge Brigade, we would like to hear from you! about submission guidelines so I would like to address that now. Just because we are incarcerated does not by ANY means take
I do like to keep the newsletter as open and free of limitations as away our Constitutional Rights, or at least not all of them. We,
THE BROKEN BRIDGE BRIGADE, INC. possible. So here is the basic run down: keep it clean, I will edit as incarcerated persons, maintain The (3)Big Constitutional
P.O BOX 414 submissions if they contain language that is too offensive or that Amendments, and almost every right in prison can be applied
WYALUSING, PA 18853 may cause the newsletter to be confiscated, try to keep it within 500 under "The Big Three".Those Amendments and their clauses
words, submissions may be longer just be advised that depending on are: The First Amendment ,which possesses "The Freedom of
the space available the article or essay may be split to appear in two Religion" clause, "The Freedom of Speach" clause, "The
issues. You are free to express your thoughts just be advised that Freedom of the Press" clause, and my favorite clause "The
your submission may be edited for spelling or language. So put the Right To Redress The Government Of Grievances" clause,
pen/ pencil to paper and get writing (or drawing)! also known as "The Access to Court" clause.
Carmen/ Editor and President The second of "The Big Three",is the 8th Amendment, and the
The Broken Bridge Brigade, Inc. clause that while incarcerated we have the right "To Be Free
from Cruel and Unusual Punishment".This Amendment grants
"Back To The Constitutional Basics" us the most protection of all of "The Big Three".The right to
As the California Civil Liberties Liaison, I am tasked with keeping yard and showers, all the way to adequate medical care are
The Broken Bridge Brigade, Inc. California inmates informed of their rights, as well as, all new invested in this Amendment. The United States Supreme Court
P.O Box 414 developments within the justice system. However, that is simply part wrote in one of their opinions ,"The 8th Amendment is the
Wyalusing, PA 18853 of my task. The Broken Bridge Brigade is a multi national floor below which the treatment of prisoners will never fall".I
newsletter. While I can not apply international law, because it is agree.
outside of the scope of my expertise, I can make articles beneficial The third and final of "The Big Three" is that of the 14th
for all of those incarcerated within the United States by federalizing Amendment and the Due Process clause, which states "No
the content. At this point you may be asking yourselves how this is person shall be deprived of Life, Liberty, or Property ,without
possible? And my answer to you is this, I will take the contents of due process of law".The 14th Amendment also contains "The
my column to the heart of Civil Liberties, I will take it to the Equal Protection" clause, which protects against
Constitutional Basics! Before I begin I would like to update discrimination, and ensures the laws are applied the same to all
California inmates about the (2) most important Prisoners Rights citizens within the jurisdiction of the United States.
cases on the docket. Now, I am sure just stating this Amendment doesn't
On June 27,2007,hearings on the Plata case and the Coleman case necessarily give the means which are required to apply them to
took place in Sacramento before (2)Senior District Judges, from those situations which may arise while incarcerated. No
different districts within California. For those that are unfamiliar worries. My next(3)articles I will be addressing each of "The
with the Plata case, it is about the inadequate medical care within Big Three", individually, to establish the scope of each
CDCR(California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)and Amendment, how to apply them, with federalized case law to
the fact that ONE INMATE DIES EVERY 6 DAYS within the support any claims in the area of Civil Rights violation.
Department of Corrections, because of California’s lack of medical In closing I want each reader to know my mailbox is always
care. The Coleman case is about the inadequate Mental Health Care. open for questions, suggestions, or just to say Hi. I hope to
This is believed to be the cause of California’s place among the hear from you soon! CLL- Mickey Leinweber
nations top suicide rates of people who are incarcerated.
The point of these hearings is to determine how to provide Mikhiel Leinweber #T-58130
adequate Medical and Mental health care within CDCR? It seems PB.P
the only answer, to cap the prison population at the "reasonable and P.O.Box 7500
statistically safe capacity of 137,000 inmates. The problem? CDCR Crescent City, CA 95532

Victory For Kenneth Foster
Seven hours before his scheduled
execution on August 30th, Kenneth
Foster got the news many on death row
only hope to hear, the news that his death
sentence had just been commuted to life.
Kenneth had already been transferred to
the Walls Unit where the executions take
place. While him, his family and
thousands of supporters from all over the
world, awaited any word from the
Governor. The news finally came.
The Texas Board of Parole had voted
6-1 in favor of commuting Kenneth’s
sentence to life in prison. This
commutation is only the fifth one
recommended on more than 12 years.
This is a great victory for all who have
supported Kenneth and his family.
However, Kenneth’s case is different
from many other death penalty cases.
Although other media has referred to
Kenneth as a “killer” he never killed
anyone. The State knew this but he was
sentenced to death for his role as being a
getaway driver, even though Foster had
not anticipated a shooting was to take
place.
He was sentenced to death under the
“Law of Parties” which holds all
participants in a crime equally culpable.
It is estimated that there are now fewer
than 100 inmates now serving on death
row who were convicted under the
statute. The Law of Parties was pursued
at one point in a case which ultimately
resulted in an inmate's execution in
March. In Gov. Perry’s statement, he
recognized this statute needs to be
reviewed.
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM
KENNETHS COMMUTATION
This victory was no doubt a result of
massive support and organization from
supporters, family, Kenneth’s lawyer,
organizations and state representatives.
In recent years Kenneth has gained
support from thousands of people from
the U.S to the U.K, he co-founded an
organization the D.R.I.V.E Movement,
which non-violently protests the death
penalty from the inside. I can positively
say Kenneth’s supporters never gave up
their fight, never broke down, their
The Broken Bridge Brigade, Inc.
by: cka/ Editor
support and strength only increased as the
days got closer to his execution date.
With protests, calling, faxing, writing the
Governor, many prayers and so many
people coming together to help bring
attention to the injustice of his case
achieved victory. May we all learn from
this so you may achieve such a victory
for others who are harshly sentenced for a
crime the did or did not commit.
MESSAGE FROM THE D.R.I.V.E.
MOVEMENT AND THE FOSTER
FAMILY:
"There are certainly many lessons to
learn from the Kenneth Foster victory.
The victory was the result of the entire
Texas anti-death penalty movement
working together, including every anti-
death penalty organization in Texas, as
well as Kenneth's lawyers and family
members and some long-time supporters
of Kenneth from other U.S. states and
around the world.
One important lesson is that organizing
works. In particular, affecting public
opinion through grassroots organizing
works. Pressuring elected officials works.
Texas is not a lost cause, as some people
outside Texas sometimes seem to think.
Here in Texas, we have known for some
time that we are making progress. But,
we also know that the national anti-death
penalty movement should be investing
more time and money in Texas. Investing
more financial and other resources into
the Texas anti-death penalty effort would
pay off in more of the type of successes
that we saw with the Save Kenneth Foster
Campaign.
The Texas anti-death penalty movement
would like to ask for more help from
national funders and organizations. Some
people do understand that Texas is where
a lot of effort should be expended. For
instance, we are thrilled that the Journey
of Hope is coming back to Texas this fall.
But, we need more resources and more
help. With increased attention to Texas,
we will be able to win more often and we
will be able to significantly reduce
popular support in Texas for the death
penalty and greatly reduce the number of
executions that take place here."
I can't wait to hear the reactions of the
DRIVE comrades!
In Struggle,
DRIVE Support
DRIVE Movement
http://drivemovement.org
The Fosters have sent the following
message to those involved in the fight to
save Kenneth's life:
"Dear Friends, Family and supporters,
Oh my God, where to start. We are ecstatic,
overwhelmed and full of smiles!
Finally the Death row nightmare is over, no
more seeing him from behind glass- soon
we will be able to hug him. Nydesha will
be able to hug him :-)
Without all the hard work from all of you-
it would have not been possible. You guys
worked around the clock, made the calls,
wrote the letters, marched with us, signed
petitions, helped us organize, contacted the
media and made this cross bearable for us.
We thank God for having you all. We won
guys- and all because of the fantastic team
work!!!!!
We love you all!
Tasha & Kenneth
Kenneth Sr & Lawrence
The Broken Bridge Brigade, Inc.
Death Row Underground
A New Section by the Men and Women on Death Row
SOCRATES ON SOCIAL ETHICS, DEMOCRACY & CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Charles V. Thompson 999306 Texas Death R
Attempt to burden the causes in the world, as old as time, for
as far back as history records - there’s always been a conflict;
One cause or another. Whether its monetary objects or moral
rules. No matter your beliefs, convictions, or faith and version of
human disagreement. Whether you follow Jesus, Allah &
Muhammad or Brahma and Buddha, is irrelevant to an adversarial
system as old as structured society - someone will tell you that
you are wrong!
Buddha rose above materialism. Jesus embraced his enemies.
Gandhi too. Jesus was betrayed & executed on the cross. Gandhi
murdered by a Hindu, irate & intolerant.
Socrates was a Genius, he challenged everyone’s way of thinking,
stood boldly against the rule of justice. By the morality of a
society right & wrong, rules of conduct & character - human
kinds well being.
Socrates recognized the sense of justice centers the concern
that those norms be applied impartially. So if in a given society
we were to find them abused & observed in a discriminatory way,
applied strictly for the benefit of some class & loosely if at all -
for other classes of society - we know that to this extent to date
the morality of society is defective. The ancient doctrine of
retaliation, really never died. Its taken root & wears
many a mask in our justice system & society with its synasisum.
The idea that you've harmed, wronged & thereby incurred a debt
& must discharge it by suffering the same sort of evil yourself.
Destruction of a second life is - retaliatory - not a repayment - its
the desire for revenge.
Throughout the ages retaliation has been the standard
justification for crimes such as Genocidal acts & policies. In
ancient times Vengeance was the term for punishment. (
punishment) the application of a penalty - Inflicting harm, to give
relief to resent, the core of which is hatred - the sentiment of
Revenge. Socrates was against & rejected Revenge. He ultimately
perished as the act of legally Sanctioned Revenge - Execution.
Criminal law still stands for revenge. Its institutionalized revenge.
Socrates said "We should never do injustice in return for
injustice." Therefore, we should never return evil for evil(to
anyone).
Socrates questioned the nature of the human community, was
it a free state or as Socrates often said" A HERD?" Man is special
& distinct in that he has alone the perception of good, bad & of
the just & unjust. It is this intrinsic sense of justice that gives man drastic treatment and a great deal of good luck. I was forced in
his social instinct, his "IMPULSE" to a social life & makes man a
Political animal in greater measure than any Gregarious animal.
Indeed Socrates was persecuted for what he said, NOT for
anything he did; the Advocating kingship rule of the land.
Antitheses the oldest disciple of Socrates, considered Monarchy
the ideal form of government. Antitheses was also the founder of
cynicism, he was especially cynical about Democracy. -
A story attributed to Antitheses -where he asked the Athenians
"why they did not vote that asses were horses - since ( as he said)
they sometimes elected Generals who had little resemblance to
real commanders as an ass did to a horse."
Socrates also spoke of a famous orator - palming off an ass as
a horse on an ignorant city. The laws of civilized society apply
only within it, outside the confines, other lands were fair
game. ( much of that also is true to date).
War may be a welcome way to let savage impulse loose
outside it, as Freud also speculated after the carnage of WW I
in his essay "CIVILIZATION & ITS DISCONTENTS." Freud
believed that the lawless urges men subdue to make communal
life possible, find relief in the mass murder of war. As
Socrates Bid farewell to his Judges he said- if there is a
hereafter,he looks forward to the joy of conversing with the
great men of the past. But Socrates in dealing with the
question what is knowledge? went off in a opposite direction.
Real knowledge Socrates taught - could be obtained only
through absolute definition. If one could not define a thing
absolutely then one didn’t know what it was. Socrates told the
court after his sentence was passed~' I would much rather die
having defended myself as I did, than to do as you would have
me do and live." Socrates was a man of virtue - his decision
between life or death alternatives, to break jailor to stay put &
drink his poison hemlock; was his moral values final statement
- to die honorably.
Socrates felt he lived a good life, happiness was his. He didnt
wish to live a life in prison & be miserable. "
If you believe as Socrates did, you hold the secret of Y9ur
happiness - in your hands. Nothing the World can do can
make you unhappy. '
Socrates found that people either did not know, or at least
could not explain what they believed to be the case with
questions on the true nature of JUSTICE, beauty, etc.
Inasmuch as Socrates knew he did not know, the oracle was
thus shown to be right to say that he was the wiser. Socrates
cross examinations, orations - were not popular. Some believe
that this along with his skepticisms - were partly to blame for
the disasters of the war. Whatever the causes - avocation of
one kingship rule, speaking out against the state, etc. Socrates
trial or the details of his indictment, it was his free willthat led
to his demise. His fellow countrymen ultimately (after
mocking them and the jury) did indeed sentence him to death.
In a letter from prison Socrates stated; I came to the
conclusion that all the existing states were badly Governed
and that their constitutions were incapable of reform without
fact, to the belief that the only hope of finding justice for
society or for the individual lay in true Philosophy, and that
mankind will have no respite from trouble until either real
philosophers gain political power or politicians become by
some miracle - true Philosophers.
In closing - Socrates final words as he took the fatal Poison..
Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the
debt?
Brought to you by a man sitting awaiting death.
Charles Thompson 999306
Tx Death Row
 Confessions of a Professional
True Confessions of an Ex-Prisoner
By:Billy Harris from Keansburg NJ e-mail: wh@tampabay.rr.com
Please let me know if you like this first chapter. I should tell
you, I wrote this years ago in prison, I now have 4 years clean
sober and arrest free. Let me start out by saying the following
story is 100% matter of fact. I’ve been to prison in all 4 corners
of the USA, and I'm not ashamed of it, and if you read this,
you’ll see why. I'm going to give you a real convicts view from
the inside out. On top of that, I've seen and done some hair
raising shit. A multi millionaire once contracted me to kill his
wife, but I'm more of a hustler than anything else, so I worked
him for about $8,000 and warned the wife to watch her back at
the same time . I probably saved her life. And I have the
newspaper clippings to prove it. I was once extradited from New
Jersey to California for shoplifting, and when I got out 90 days
later I won $25,000 on the price is right, and I have the dated
extradition papers and the Price is Right tape to prove it. This is
the story about a decision I made over 20 years ago and how that
decision has affected every aspect of my life to this day. The
choice I made is a choice people have been making since the
beginning of time, the choice between right & wrong. At the
time I made this choice I had no idea it would cost me over 15
years of my life. As I sit here in my 6ft.by 8ft cell with nothing
but time & memories
I've decided to put pen to paper and share with the world what
I've learned. Sometimes my memory escapes me, so forgive me
if I bounce around. Right now I'm in Monmouth County
Correctional facility waiting to be extradited to California for
commercial burglary, its a fancy word for shoplifting. Years ago
I got caught coming out of a retail store with a t.v. I've done it
thousands of times, that’s right, thousands of times. I walk in
and take whatever I want, put it in a cart, and walk smooth out. I
didn’t stick shit down my pants, I didn’t look all around like a
junkie looking for a fix, I took whatever I wanted, whenever I
wanted. This applied to a lot more than just merchandise, beer,
and food, this included cars jewelry, and teeth. That’s right
teeth, many men are walking this earth with less teeth then when
we met. My lifestyle has made it possible for me to see all four
corners of this great country. This is going to sound fucked up,
but I might as well say it now, I’ve been to prison in all four
corners as well. Just so you know I was trying to attend an N.A.
meeting on a Naval base in N.J. when the gate watchman ran my
drivers license because of 9/11 they now check all civilians
entering the base, make a long story short, I got busted because
of Osama Bin F*cking Laden.
I would also like you to know I’ve never done time for a
"bullshit" crime. I once did a bid for a crime I did not commit,
me and some friends of mine were on our way home from a
softball game drunk and high when some assholes from another
town started talking shit to the smallest guy in our crew, it was
getting dark and they didn't see the bat. And unfortunately for
me I didn’t see my ex-girlfriend who was with those assholes
who started the whole thing by talking shit and not being able to
back it up. That ex of mine dropped my name and I caught a 10
year bid for agg. assault with a deadly weapon and I did not hit
anybody with a weapon I don’t mean to brag but I've never
needed a weapon, don’t get me wrong I've lost quite a few
fights, anyone who tells you that they’ve never lost is probably a
coward, it means he has not had that many fights, and lets just
(Part 1)
say I've won alot more than I’ve lost. Maybe your wondering why I
went to prison for a crime I didn’t commit? Because I was already
living by the #1 rule of all outlaws, never snitch. I've also done a
stretch for cat burglaries, something me and my old crew used to pull
off like walking in the park, and no one ever got hurt. We started out
breaking into cars and tool sheds and eventually working our way
into peoples windows.
I was once inside a house unhooking a vcr when I heard the stairs
creek I looked up and saw a 400 lb. woman looking at me, she said
who the fuck are you ? I looked her dead in the eye and said I'm with
your son, he's in the bathroom. She said tell him I said to hold the
fucking noise down. Luckily my road dog had been in the bathroom
with light on looking for scrips. We were very reckless back then, but
it didn’t take us long to find out you didn’t have to break into
someone’s house to get some used shit, when we could walk into a
store and get some new shit, and when we got busted it was only a
shoplifting charge most of the time. That’s right, not if we got busted
but when, for if you play the "game" you will get busted. No matter if
your game is boosting, pimping, drugs or even white collar crimes
you will eventually get popped. If you added all my bids together
including all the little bullshit county stretches I've done for fighting
in public and shit like that in over 11 states scattered all over the
U.S., its over 13 years. You might be thinking I'm not a very good
criminal, well its quite the opposite I got busted for maybe 1 in a
1'000 crimes. In case your wondering I have long since retired from
my life of crime and have had a real job for over 8 years.
I should also tell you that if I hadn’t used drugs and put all my ill
gotten spoils into cash and saved the money, I would be close to a
millionaire, and I shit you not. I'm not saying I wouldn’t change
anything in my past, but I don’t regret the lifestyle I've lived. I've had
some life experiences that I wouldn’t trade for anything. When I was
a youngster I knew a girl who babysat for a big time pot dealer and
we used to pinch a little everyday, well me and the babysitter had a
fight, so I figure on robbing the pot dealer, but when me and my boys
get there her stash isn’t in the same spot, so I tell the fellas to search
the pad, and my buddy Mike yells to me from the kitchen and when I
look in there every single kitchen cabinet is packed full of weed. We
ended up with over 17 pounds.
I think I spent maybe one night at home that whole summer, we
were the richest kids in town, we would take cabs to Manhattan, and
Six flags. We did more acid that summer than most people at
Woodstock. But this is not a "drugalog" it is not all fun and games.
Out of the 5 guys who I used to run with back then I am the only one
living a semi-normal life, 1 is dead,2 are in prison, and 1 is homeless
and he can barely hold a conversation, his brain is toast. And when
that pot ran out I tried to go back home to mommy & daddy, but my
parents had had enough of my bullshit, and I spent most of that
fridged winter sleeping in the hallway of an apartment building, and
the back seat of an abandoned car. But I am a big believer in a quote
by Gangus Kahn in 1218, "that which does not kill me only makes
me stronger". I believe with all my heart that every past minute of my
life can be used to better every second of my world. Like the time I
gave a bum 2 bucks on my way out of a dope hole in East L.A. and
the next day he got me out of a sure bust when L.A.P.D. seen me
walking to my car put me up against the wall the bum came running
up and said why yall hastling my boss? He remembered I had a Red
Lobster shirt on the day before and told the cops he was a dishwasher
their and I had just dropped him off. (to be cont. in next issue)
Civil Liberties Invested in
THE FIRST AMENDMENT
By: Mickey Leinweber
In this issues article I'm going to address all of The Civil
The Right to Access the Courts, in this writer's
Liberties invested in The First Amendment of the opinion, is the greatest and most powerful tool we, as
U.S.Constitution, and how they apply to those incarcerated in
prisoners have. We do not only have the right to access
the United States. However, first off I have to address(3)very the courts, we have the right to meaningful access to the
important legal issues which will affect tens of thousands of
court. For this right to be violated prison officials must
California prisoners. provide "inadequacies in the library that hindered your
Assembly Bill 1133,also known as "The Three Strikes
ability to pursue a legal claim",ruled by the U.S. Supreme
Reform Act of 2006",is up for California Legislature 2007- Court, cite as Lewis v. Casy(1996)518 U.S. 343,351.Any
2008 ,regular session. This Assembly Bill, if passed, would
questions regarding access to the courts can be answered
lead to a release of several thousand inmates serving life in by this case. *Note: Some states provide more adequate
prison for non-serious, non-violent 3rd strikes. The Bill
access to the courts than others, but none can fall under
essential states that for a person to be "struck out",his or her the Lewis Standard.
3rd strike must be a violent or serious felony, defined by
In closing, my mailbox is open to each of the readers
penal code section 1192.7(c).It calls for the re-sentencing for of the BBB. If you have any questions, or comments,
all inmates whom are currently imprisoned for a 3rd strike,
please feel free to put pen to paper!
not by itself a strikeable offense. California Civil Liberties Liaison-
If anyone has questions in regards to this Bill, and if i
Mickey Leinweber
applies to them, you can write me through the BBB's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
address, or email me about the details of your conviction at
Last Hurrah
www.justiceformickey.net and I will personally review your
case.
The next issue I would like to inform California's inmate The world you once knew
population about is The Seminal case, Cunnigham v. comes to a complete stop.
California cite 549 U.S.(2007).This case overhauls You finally realize that all your prison years
California's Determinate Sentencing Law(DSL),and calls for went for not.
the re-sentencing of thousands of California prisoners. For So many words should have been wrote.
this new to apply to you and your case you must #1)have So many apologies you could have spoke.
gone to Jury Trial, and #2)been sentenced by your Trial Yet within a few hours all
Judge to the aggravated sentence prescribed by the DSL, a
regrets are off the table.
non-life sentence. If you fit this criteria, you are eligible to be While your mother screams,
sentenced to the middle term prescribed by the DSL. This can
“Jesus is still able.”
be accomplished by filing a Writ of Habeas Corpus in the
It’s your last hurrah,
sentencing court.I have prepared a "packet",with an example
So what do you do?
Writ of Habeas Corpus, which you can receive by contacting
Shedding tears wont save you.
the BBB and requesting a copy.
The third issue I want to inform the California readers abou Every step you take - echoes thru your ears.
is in regards to the Plata and Coleman cases I addressed in As you come to terms with all of your fears.
the last issue of the BBB. The three judge panel of District No more clubbin,
Court judges to oversee the over crowding in California State No mo stuffing,
prisons has been approved by The Chief Justice of the 9th Nor any Christmas loven.
Circuit Court of Appeals. How this panel will affect Everything is now about to end,
California prisoners is still unclear, but in my opinion, relief Frustrated about the fact that your life
is well within sight! felt like it was just about to begin.
Each of these issues will be updated in my next article ,i Sweat drops from your forehead
there are any changes. rary under 42 United States code
at a rapid pace.
2000cc. Society seems content with
The Freedom of the Press is the Civil Liberty that allows fo
catching a murder case.
me to write this article for the BBB. There are restrictions on
You tell all of your kids
this Constitutional Right, limited to institutional security and
that you love them much,
staff safety, as set forth in the Seminal U.S. Supreme Court
ruling, cite as Thornburgh v. Abbott(1989)490 U.S.
Thou you yearn for their touch.
401.Prison officials can ban hardcover books and sexually But the moment of truth is finally here;
explicit material. If you have any questions about if the While your last Hurrah will
institution your confined in is legally banning material, soon fade and disappear.
Thornburgh v. Abbott answers this question.
By: Charles “Chucky” Mamou
Inspired By: James “Big Jacc” Jackson (R.I.P)
 The Broken Bridge Brigade, Inc. Due to delay in
this issue,
Confessions of a Professional birthday
announcements
True Confessions of an Ex-Prisoner The Lighter Side of Life had to be cut
By:Billy Harris from Keansburg NJ wh@tampabay.rr.com Part 1 Continued from this issue to
A couple Red Necks had 9 "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope allow room for
Luckily the shirt was still in my car and the cops let me bounce you can look out and see what seems to be miles of barbed & razor children. They went to the doctor to for tomorrow." other content.
with 2 ounces of blow down my pants. wire, with a guard tower at every corner, with a man and a high Please accept my
see about getting the husband
Or when I had the love of a good woman, a beautiful, power rifle hoping he gets to do what he has trained for his whole In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird. Now the apology for
wonderful person. Don’t get me wrong, I've had plenty of career, shot a convict. As for smells, that one believe it or not is the "fixed". world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. excluding August
women, but none like this one, she was the one and only, the worst, the others, you can escape, just close your eyes and eat The doctor gladly started the and Sept.
whole package. The one who could have changed me if only I something good while listening to your headset, but the smell, of required procedure and asked Courtesy of DumbLaws.com: birthdays.
would have let her, but at the time, the outlaw in me was to fear, and sweat, and cheap cleanser, is like nothing else in the world. It is illegal to kill "any living creature". -Fayettville, AR __________
them what finally made them make
strong. And that’s why ladies love outlaws, they want to tame I imagine that this smell is centuries old, I once took a girlfriend to
us. If I am nothing else, I am an outlaw. But this woman was an abortion clinic, and that same over powering stench hit me like a the decision, why after nine Remember YOU
children, would they choose to do It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time help make this
special, she is the one I think about when I'm in a cold and l left hook. I had to go wait in the car. I will say this much, thanks to
only cell, she is the one I think about when I'm in a $400 dollar some good cons, I've had some of the best meals in my life behind while standing. -Texas newsletter. Send
this?
a night suite with 3 high priced call girls and she's the one I the wall, bullshit you think? Well imagine a half ass chef, with half in your articles,
The husband replied that they had
wish I could make it all up to. But like I said that which does ass ingredients, but now remember he has years and years and years Cattle thieves may be hanged on the spot. Temple, TX jokes or drawings
not kill me... Like the time I was coming down the stairs of a to concoct his brew. Its true, practice makes perfect. But I have also read in a recent article that one out or letters to the
crack house with a young kid who was maybe 17 and what I eaten some of the worst shit you can imagine, in L.A. County Jail, if of every ten children being born in A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public. Editor.
thought was homeless guy on the bottom stair turned out to be you go to the hole, they give you what they call jupeball, it consists the United States was Mexican, ___________
-Iowa
a stick up boy looking for a victim he was on the bottom step, of what ever there having thrown in a blender and then baked into a
and they didn't want to take a We NEED YOU
and when he stood up, he said give me the shit, me being the sponge like patty, maybe you didn’t hear me I said what ever your
kind of guy I was at the time, I said I don’t know what the fuck having, as in bologna, bread, fruit, and rice or potato, blended chance on having a Mexican baby It is illegal to detonate any nuclear weapon. You can have for Every ISSUE
your talking about. He said give me the shit and the youngster together, baked and served 2 or 3 hours later cold, and you will eat it, because neither of them could them, but you just can't detonate them -Utah
who was with me said Irish just give him the coke. At that eventually, because like everything else, you get used to it. L.A. speak Spanish.
point, I realized too late that the stick up boy was really dope County Jail is THE WORST PLACE IN THE U.S.A. to do time. I've It is illegal not to drink milk. -Utah
sick, he was shaking like a leaf and he said oh you wanna lie researched this subject, trust me. It holds more people than any other Is experience what you get when you
cracker and he put one in my kneecap I screamed like a bitch jail in the country, on some of the floors its like a huge gymnasium
and threw the dope at him. My connection hears the shot, don't get what you want? A woman may not buy a hat without her husband's
filled with bunk beds so close to each other that its like one giant bed
comes out, and carries me to the bus stop, dials 911, and with 300 dope sick junkies, and winos, and you. And that is one permission -Owensboro, Kentucky
bounces. By the way, youngster was half way to Jersey, he ran rough camp, you will get beat down by the guards quicker than shit, If religion is so good, how come it
like the wind, and now that I look back I don’t blame him. I'll don't even think of saying boo. They will kill you. Although, one By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or
tell you about a time I was a scared youngster, I was sitting in started so many wars?
time about 25 or 30 years ago, a small Asian kid, who spoke no she "cannot hold onto the ground." -Lexington, Kentucky
this very same county jail I'm in right now about 20 yrs. ago, English, kicked the living shit out of a few deputies,( by the way,
and I had just been sentenced to 10 yrs. and even though I had don’t ever call a deputy: guard, or c.o.) anyway this youngster got If life's a big joke, why don't I get it?
been to juvi, I was still scared of the Big House. My cellie was hold of one of the deps nightsticks and rumor has it they had to get Life can be wildly
an old con who was doing his 4th, and last, prison his old man to come in and calm him down, they would have just tragic at times,
term.(life)So I asked him, “Pops, what’s the worst thing about killed him, but it got out to local media to fast that there was a ninja and I've had my
prison?”, I was expecting him to say your gonna get fucked or beating down deputies. Let me tell you right now that your chances
robbed for your shit, and beat down, but he looked me dead in share. But
of getting fucked are almost null, if you have even an ounce of fight,
the eye and said youngster, the worst thing about prison is that whatever
they will move on, besides there are a lot of gay people who want it
you get used to it. Truer words were never spoken. I used to happens to you,
to happen. I know that was a very nasty thing to say, but its a fact.
wake up in the middle of the night after 2years down, and be Depending on what part of the country your in has a lot to do with you still have to
like where the fuck am I? Now I can have 1 night in the drunk how you should do your time, but if you follow the one golden rule keep a slightly
tank and not only do I know where I am, but I know what to you should be alright. I'm going to tell you some of the basic rules comic attitude.
expect and the whole routine. that apply to all prisons and jails nationwide. Like I said, mind your In the final
I started out this story with a purpose in mind, to tell you how own business. But in the joint, you have to take that to a whole new analysis, you
to keep out of a jam if you ever happen to end up behind the level, here’s some examples of some shit I've seen over the years, I have got not to
wall. And I will, but first let me tell you a little bit about once saw a man get knocked out for saying god bless you to a black forget to laugh.
myself, and why I'm qualified to preach this particular sermon. guy who sneezed, he was a member of the 5% gang and they believe Katharine
When I had about 3 yrs in I could sit on my rack and tell you that they are true creators and to say god bless you is a major no no. I Hepburn
who was on duty just listening to the guard walk. Prisons are was once sitting in a chow hall when someone said pass the salt,
there own little universes, you don’t think so? Let me explain, some new boot reached clear across the table and got knocked the
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they have there own galaxy. Imagine if every time you were fuck out, you see, he reached over another mans food to get to the Life is pleasant.
lucky enough to be outside, you looked up and saw the exact salt. So when I say mind your own business I MEAN MIND YOUR Death is
same patch of sky. More than just sights, prison also has its OWN BUSINESS, act as if you are deaf and blind but not dumb. peaceful. It's the
own sounds smells and tastes, I'll give you an example of each. PART 2 CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE. transition that's
The sound of a cell door sliding shut is like no other sound in A World She'll Never Know troublesome -
the world, for the first 2 years I would rather have heard nails Now Providing Professional Document Preparation Isaac Asimov
on a chalkboard, but like the old man said, I got used to it. As
for sights, if you’re lucky, your cell has a 4 inch window were
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