By Ivan Kilgore —May 2019 (The following is an excerpt from my latest book Domestic Genocide: The Institutionalization of Society.) I begin by informing you that institutions affect people in both positive and negative ways. Arguably, the positive aspect of prisons in...
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Writing For Social Justice: An Intimate Conversation On the Impact of Mass Incarceration & Criminal Justice Reform
Here, we have those closest to the problem and those seeking to better understand and change our country’s position as the world’s largest incarcerator, both invested with the power to shape the narrative….
Give Me Free! A Critique on Contemporary Prison Movements.
By Ivan Kilgore, June 2019 I'd say the Free Alabama Movement had a lot to do with many of the reforms in the state of Alabama that we are seeing in the news recently. Namely, the resending of the Habitual Offender Act, which lead to a sentence of LWOP. For those of...
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Building a Legacy: Adversity Introduces A Man to Himself
I was in prison sentenced to spend the rest of my days on earth locked in a cell. Still and yet, I possessed the ability to make a conscious decision to not allow these circumstances to define me….
Oklahoman imprisoned in California Seeks to Give Back locally from his Prison Cell.
“My hope is that this donation will become a beacon of hope that will inspire everyone to strive for new horizons, and to never allow current circumstances to limit the capacity to give back,” Kilgore said.
Prisoner Lives Matter
Megan McDrew Prisoner Lives Matter, or at least they should. Yet, I’ve come to wonder if society actually sees the incarcerated as valuable or worthy of protection, especially in recent light of the pandemic? It pains me deeply to think of their plight but it hurts,...
A Question on The Common Misconceptions Of Prison.
Why is it people think that prison is a place where you learn to make good choices, pick good friends, be polite and respectful all the time? Reply: Prison isn't where you learn to make 'good decisions.' It is a place you wind up warehoused as you await the day you...
University of California, Irvine Prison Pandemic Oral Archive
We often think of prisons as closed institutions that do not affect us or our communities. But, in fact, our society’s health, safety, and well-being are closely tied to our prisons. The COVID crisis in prisons is revealing long-standing and entrenched problems with mass incarceration generally….
REBUILDING THE COMMUNITY FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
With the assistance of friends and family in 2014 I was able to incorporate the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation--a not-for-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding disadvantaged communities from within the community....
We Care For Our Pets Better Than Our Incarcerated Citizens
He’s gone years without touching or being touched by another human being (except when the guards put handcuffs on him to escort him from his cell).
PRISON SLAVE MOVEMENT–AN ABOLITIONIST CRITIQUE
Not Worker, But Chattel Ivan Kilgore Whereas the positionality of the worker (whether a factory worker demanding a monetary wage, an immigrant, or a white woman demanding a social wage) gestures toward the reconfiguration of civil society, the positionality of the...
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