the reality tunnel

Comments on web sites often make me sad, but it’s good to see how complicated and often conflicting the experiences and perspectives of people are, like this exchange between 2 Wisconsin DOC employees from a pretty one-sided article about contraband in WI prisons.: DOCemployee Forumite Joined: 02/15/2009 Total posts: 2 It is Taycheedah Correctional INSTITUTION, [...]

I don’t have the time or energy right now to process yesterday’s community meeting on the building of the county juvenile facility.  I learned a lot, was pretty disheartened, and realized, more than anything, that perceptions and realities of limited resources force people with similar interests and goals to become adversaries.  This is how the [...]

This is a sketch of my thoughts on the at-this-time-ambiguous proposal for a juvenile detention center in Monroe County in preparation for the public meeting about this on Thursday.  I’ve organized my thoughts in terms of questions and demands. QUESTION: Is building our own facility the best way to keep our youth close to their [...]

Saturday, May 3, 2008 Free A New Jail?!: Exploring Alternatives to Incarceration in Monroe County Events At: Boxcar Books 310A S. Washington St. Bloomington, IN 47401 (812) 339-8710 http://www.boxcarbooks.org The Cinemat 123 S. Walnut St. (812) 333-4700 Bloomington, IN 47401 http://www.thecinemat.com A day of popular education that will explore alternatives to the current proposal of [...]

In ecological terms, an indicator species is life that can draw attention to the condition of an ecosystem and even warn of an impending biological crisis. The Pittsburgh-based performance group, The Indicator Species, tries to draw attention to social crisis – the unbounded growth and abuse of the prison industrial complex and violence in our [...]

So what if I got called out by Corinna and Dustin for carrying the hipster pda – it really is a pretty great organizational tool. After being out of town for a while, I’m trying to play catch-up with a bunch of projects and I’m trying to clear out some older notecards. Once, when I [...]