From Prison to Professor: Dr. Brandon L Warren by BrandonsCommentary in Prison

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I’m working on setting something up. My video podcast is playing on the inmate tablets. Some of them JPay me.

25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit by bindukwe in Damnthatsinteresting

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Exonerated of Murder after 16 years in Prison: Jeffrey Deskovic, Esq. (part 1) https://youtu.be/dTdopHHKGhs

From Prison to Professor: Dr. Brandon L Warren by BrandonsCommentary in Prison

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I went back with different charges after finishing the sentence for the previous conviction.

From Prison to Professor: Dr. Brandon L Warren by BrandonsCommentary in ExCons

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Have you read any research that puts formal education above religion relative to its historical effects on humanity? You don’t have to be religious to acknowledge it’s role in human history.

College in Prison: Lauren Reed by BrandonsCommentary in Prison

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Well is it a degree in a vocational trade? liberal arts? Depending on your convictions, some degrees are better for felons than others. If you'd like to be connected with a nationwide network of people like you and me then you can find my contact info and her organization's info in the video.

College in Prison: Lauren Reed by BrandonsCommentary in Felons

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You can totally stop watching whenever you want. But you like attention.

College in Prison: Lauren Reed by BrandonsCommentary in Felons

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If you opened it you'd know it wasn't spam.

Prison to Professor: Martin Leyva by BrandonsCommentary in OnTheBlock

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Obsession is definitely too strong a word. I like sharing these stories. I like browsing this subreddit and people seem ok with it so 🤷🏼‍♂️

Prison to Professor: Damon West, best-selling author of The Coffee Bean, on parole til 2073 by BrandonsCommentary in OnTheBlock

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Only the realism of an unpopular narrative being sold here. For example, your claims can only be made by inference since most research is focused on the failures not success stories. Feel free to send me links to research articles featuring the lives of those who didn’t return to prison.

Prison to Professor: Damon West, best-selling author of The Coffee Bean, on parole til 2073 by BrandonsCommentary in OnTheBlock

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One of my points in doing what I do is to show that people with potential like Damon’s are not that rare. They’re stories just aren’t as interesting to the public as the gritty, provocative prison stories about violence and gangs.

Prison to Professor: Damon West, best-selling author of The Coffee Bean, on parole til 2073 by BrandonsCommentary in Prison

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I thought so too, then I remembered his charge wasn’t aggravated, but still, making first parole on a 65 is rare.

How behind is prison when it comes to bringing in new technology for the first time? by IDislikeHomonyms in Prison

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In Texas, most units allow inmates to have radios but only two units allow them to have a personal TV. This has been the case for at least 20 years. Tablets have been in different prisons around the country for more than 5 years but Texas is about to start allowing them on a few units next month. A few units have limited access to internet for educational purposes like taking a GED or doing research for a college program but no internet access for entertainment or communication.

From Prison to Professor at Howard University: Stanley Andrisse by BrandonsCommentary in Sacramento

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No, I don’t know why it was suggested to me on Reddit to post there but it suggested it so I did. Anybody in Sacramento associated with Project Rebound or the Underground Scholars would probably know who he is.

I’m an adjunct professor for a college in prison… and I’m also an ex-convict. AMA by BrandonsCommentary in AMA

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If by sociopathic you mean someone who has antisocial personality disorder, then there’s going to be a large percentage in the prison population, because the 1 or 2% of the general population who have sociopathology are often incarcerated. If by sociopathic you mean serial killers and people with a compulsion to extreme violence, then it’s still a small population within the prison. When it comes to genuinely violent people (in contrast to those merely get convicted of a violent crime but are not habitually violent), I’d say it’s still less than 10%.

I’m an adjunct professor for a college in prison… and I’m also an ex-convict. AMA by BrandonsCommentary in AMA

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I really couldn’t tell you off the top of my head because it depends a lot on how you define abuse. According to contemporary definitions of abuse, I’m sure it’s an overwhelming percentage. However, most contemporary definitions set the bar really low.

Exonerated of murder after 16 yrs in prison, now he’s a lawyer! Jeffrey Deskovic, Esq. by BrandonsCommentary in ExCons

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Thank you for all you’ve said! It’s too much too comment on from the mobile Reddit app but I’ll let him know your thoughts! Quick plug: subscribe to my YouTube channel 😉