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Written and photographed by: Marguerite Kearns, Inthefray.com Contributor

People > Bandele, Safiya >

Guarded intimacy
I n t h e f r a y . c o m
Written by Safiya Bandele | Interact | March 9, 2002
A prisoner, a patient, a lover

People > Kazantzakis, Nikos >

Nikos Kazantzakis Home Page
http://www.historical-museum.gr/kazantzakis/index1.html
Society of Cretan Historical Studies
Information on the author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ

People > ibn Kenyatta >

Freedom, deferred
I n t h e f r a y . c o m
Written by Marguerite Kearns | Identify
PART ONE OF TWO. Ibn Kenyatta is a writer and artist--and a perpetual prisoner. February 7, 2002
PART TWO OF TWO. The right of refusal. March 6, 2002

Before the commissioners
I n t h e f r a y . c o m
Transcript of ibn Kenyatta's appearance before the New York State parole board, February 25, 1999

'i stand on my conscience'
I n t h e f r a y . c o m
Ibn Kenyatta's written statement to the New York State parole board, February 25, 1999

Topics > Prisons > New York >

"Special Report: The Prison Explosion"
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/projects/prison/
Poughkeepsie Journal
A series of articles exploring trends in criminal justice policy and prison conditions in New York State

"Parole denials negate crime drop"
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/projects/prison/po111600s1.shtml
By Mary Beth Pfieffer | Poughkeepsie Journal | November 16, 2000

"State has economic stake in new prisons"
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/projects/prison/po111600s2.shtml
By Mary Beth Pfieffer | Poughkeepsie Journal | November 16, 2000

"Compassionate Release from New York state Prisons: Why Are So Few Getting Out?"
http://www.aslme.org/pub_jlme/27.3a.html
By John A. Beck | Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics | 1999

Matteawan State Hospital
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3548/facility/fishkill.html
Beacon, New York
A history of an asylum for the criminally insane

 

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Special thanks to Will, the taxi driver who specializes in delivering people to the Hudson Valley's prisons, and to the men and women of the New York State Department of Correctional Services who made my visit to ibn Kenyatta possible.


Freedom, deferred

His life, and his life sentence

'Sit up straight and exercise'

Meddling with the course of the world

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