“Do We Live in a War Zone?”

by Darryl Blackwell © L.O.C. 3/22/2025; written and presented at Mahanoy SCI DO WE LIVE IN A WAR ZONE? Music Trak: ‘Flight of the Newborn’ – Artist: Return to Forever (Chick Corea); Album: No Mystery (notes: L.E.O. – Law Enforcement Officer; stik – rifle or long gun; Cite Soleil is an impoverished district in Port-au-Prince,…

Global Crisis

Darryl K. Blackwell’s Global Crisis music: Wes Montgomery – Bumpin’ on Sunset [This was performed by Darryl Blackwell recently as part of an inmate-generated, recorded program for other inmates at Pennsylvania’s Mahanoy State Correctional Institute, near Frackville, PA.  At Darryl’s request, I also post this link: http://www.connectnetwork.com 1. It’s a global crisis/Invisible enemy/Grips east to…

Additional Thoughts about Medical Parole

Some Additional Thoughts About State Senator Sharif Street’sProposed Medical Parole Program for Pennsylvania Inmates____________________________________ Issues to Consider with respect to extending medical parole in Pennsylvania: How old is the individual? How much of the sentence has the incarcerated individual served? What proportion of that is his or her sentence? Is the individual lucid, rational, self-aware,…