Current policy discriminates based on gender Jhana is an eighth grader aspiring to become a dolphin trainer. She admits that...
Read moreIn my last column, “Overcrowding in Rush City Prison creates a risk to the public” (MSR, Mar. 24, 2016), I...
Read moreThis past January, President Obama issued executive orders forcing the federal prison system to change its solitary confinement practices. But...
Read morePrisoners who lack a positive purpose in life or believe there isn’t any opportunity to pursue their purpose, often possess...
Read moreLast month, a young man who read some of my columns sent me a response letter. In it, he...
Read more“Police!” The shout from outside the front door was followed by the house shaking violently from a stampede of...
Read moreDuring one of my summer breaks from college, I was sitting outside enjoying the summer breeze. In one hand I...
Read more“You have 60 seconds left on this phone call,” blurts the automated voice. It’s an irritating reminder of where I...
Read moreConclusion of a three-part column It’s another sunny day in the ’hood, and the same old tired events are unfolding....
Read more“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice...
Read morePart one of three-part column Bullets in search of flesh and bone burst forth from a semi-automatic pistol, cracking...
Read moreOver the past few months, my columns have mostly been directed toward the MSR’s adult readers. After a few readers’...
Read moreIt was an August afternoon and the sun was blazing. I was a penniless seven-year-old, and I decided I was...
Read moreLast month I wrote about purpose and stated that unresolved pain from the past had blurred my vision of my...
Read moreBy Jeffery Young Guest Commentator While sitting in my prison cell reading the September 8 issue of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder,...
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