OPENING STATEMENT – SPRING 2019
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The Opening Statement is a free quarterly newsletter that features articles written by those currently imprisoned by the state of Michigan. We publish poetry, political writing and opinion pieces, as well as other relevant pieces by non-incarcerate authors. We include author names (legal name in parenthesis, required for prisoner mail) and MDOC numbers below to encourage writing to folks whose pieces inspire you. Check out the Pen Pal page for tips on writing to someone inside.
ARTICLES AND AUTHORS LISTED BELOW:
What If? Reco Simmons #729615 aka NiRat
Despite Attempts to Draw a Line, The Inside and The Outside Blend How Debt is Used to Usurp Decision-Making Power? Ronald Gervais
Why Not JPay? The Opening Statement Editorial Team
We’re All Inside the Fences: The Preproduction of Prison Inside Our Heads Rand Gould #187131
After the Quarantine, February 2019 from WHV
Transformative Justice Excerpted Interview with Jamal Hammond
How to Write an Essay The Opening Statement Editorial Team
Interview with Nick Estes Rustbelt Abolition Radio
Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity 