Posted on March 19th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
Sometimes I think I live in an entirely backwards state that does more harm than good. Other days I read stories like these that make me proud to be a Texan:
El Paso denies feds access to road for border fence
from HoustonChronicle
EL PASO, Texas — The country’s largest border city has decided to block efforts […]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
I’ve written before about prison camps for teenagers and the abuse that happens there, but this one’s the worst I have seen described INSIDE the U.S. Nothing, NOTHING these girls did could justify this. Never!
AP: 13,000 abuse claims in juvie centers (AP)
from Yahoo! News
AP - The Columbia Training School […]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
I write about prisons and prisoners a lot, so you might never know that it’s a really hard subject for me to write about, but it is. It’s not just numbers and statistics and information; it’s family. My mom is in prison, on drug charges, and would be much better off in a drug treatment […]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
So, if my parents or guardians made me sleep in a room like this
or spend all of my time lying on the floor face down like this …
they would probably get arrested, right? Either for child abuse or neglect.
But what about if parents outsourced abusing their kids? What if they sent thm to places where […]
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Filed under: Child Abuse, Education, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Young Adult Issues, children, kids, prison, prisons, schools, teens, torture
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
When I was 8, 9 and 10 I was a bully. I hit and kicked other kids all the time. I never threatened a teacher though. But I could have.
This little boy threatened his teacher with a plastic knife or fork. And he had to go to jail. Would that happen in other “civilized” […]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
This is only good news AFTER I figure out how to block calls. But I guess it is good for other people.
Texas the last state to give inmates regular phone privileges
from HoustonChronicle
For the first time ever, Texas prison inmates will soon be able to pick up a phone and reach out to family and […]
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Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
Victoria Jaramillo, 40, holding her 3-month-old daughter, Frida, at Santa Martha Acatitla, a women’s prison in Mexico City. (Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times)
My mom is in prison and has been for more than four years. I have thought a lot about what it would be like if she had […]
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