Tag Archives: solitary confinement

Silence On Cellblock # 9

December 29, 2020 – 7:49 pm

When I left the USA for Africa in February 2020 over 80,000 prisoners were incarcerated in solitary confinement in US prisons, which equals the entire penal population of the UK. The practice was first introduced in the Eastern State Penitentiary in 1830. The punitive toll on inmates had been touted by prison officials as the […]

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Virgin Birth Aftermath

December 27, 2020 – 2:35 pm

The New Testament has honored the mystery of the virginity of Jesus’ mother and the Catholic Church has designated August 8 on the ecclesiastical calender as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, however that date only allowed for four months until the Messiah’s birth in December. I personally long favored late-March as the night on […]

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