Hello, my name is Michael "Yoshi" Nelson. I am an actual creator of the original idea of the A.C.T. program at San Quentin, along with my dear friend, Lady Jay and other community volunteers.
Billie Mizell has long taken credit for A.C.T., now known as ALIGHT Justice, as well as given credit to those who had NO part in fighting for the existence of the program at SQ. I know because I am the main person who did.
She now serves as as Advisory Council person for the "San Quentin Transformation Advisory Council", which is sad as she is someone who feels it is her right to take from those who are incarcerated so she can benefit.
I say all this to:
1. Ask for clarity - on what the main point of this piece is about.
Dear Robert, just using btb to send you my well wishes for 2024 and that I did not manage to write the last 2 weeks or so, I hope to get to it soon. Warm greeting, Julia
Many thanks for bearing with me. I can confirm that I have now finished transcribing your blog post entitled "Events on 11/16 through 11/27" for Between the Bars, including image caption descriptions of the eight photographs that you have included at the end of your post.
I do hope that I have done an accurate job for you. I have corrected any obvious spelling mistakes but apart from that, have left it as verbatim as possible. I look forward to your future posts and hope that it is helpful to know that your post can now be properly searched and indexed by the wider Internet.
Dear John: This is @Andromeda here, currently working on transcribing your blog post "Events on 11/16 through 11/27" for Between the Bars. It is currently around 40% complete; this post is taking slightly longer than usual due to its length. My apologies for the delay, and thank you for your patience. Kind regards, Andromeda
600 year indeterminate sentence....that tells Me all i need to know...yep this jonny smither...you were real busy too...i'm out here living life living good....it appears you won't see freedom ever again...i sat over 28 years total in the state pen i know what you're dealing with.. i deserved every second I sat..you'll get no reprieve...i paid my debt to society...worth paying too...you'll be alright...just keep your eyes and ears open like you been doing
Thank you very much for your message entitled "Celebration behind bars, etc." to Caroline via Between the Bars. This is a brief message to let you know that I have now transcribed it in full. This will allow your text to be seen and indexed by the wider Internet outside of the scanned image. Thank you very much for describing your experiences which I see as incredibly valuable from an ethnography perspective in documenting your prison experience.
I have completed the transcription as per the Between the Bars Transcription Guidelines; that is, I have performed the role of a spell checker but have kept the character of your writing as verbatim as possible. In short, I have interpreted each line which ended with a period (.) as a sentence break and capitalised the next letter, as well as correcting any obvious typographical errors or homophones, but have left your words otherwise exactly as written. I do hope that I have rendered your message as intended and please do let me know if there are any corrections that you would like me to make.
I would like to offer you my very best wishes for the holiday season -- which intersects so many faiths and traditions -- and it has been a pleasure to type this up for you. Above all, thank you for sharing your experience, which is greatly appreciated.
I would like to let you know that I have just transcribed your blog article, "The Presumption of Whiteness", as I note this has been without a transcription for a long period of time.
I must make it very clear that I absolutely do not support nor condone the opinions expressed in this blog article whatsoever. I have worked as a neutral transcriber to accurately relay your article, as your written experience should be part of the social record. I have done my best to relay your views accurately, even if I may disagree with both their sentiment and nature. I am a believer in voices being heard, irrespective of my personal opinion.
I would of course take issue with a number of your statements given the enormous burden of evidence indicating that Black and other ethnic minority individuals are many times more likely to suffer violence from all causes (including within policing or penal systems) throughout both North America and Europe. This has been documented by many peer-reviewed studies and is far beyond a subject of debate. Nevertheless, your attention to penal and law enforcement violence as a systemic problem is a valuable and worthy topic of discussion.
This is a brief message to let you know that I have transcribed your blog post entitled, "Damn, Bat's Unfortunate" which is now available on Between the Bars.
I did enjoy reading your experience and in particular, it is touching to hear of how humanity and concern for other creatures is always possible, even within what is clearly a harsh and unforgiving environment in prison amongst peers who may lack similar empathy.
Again, please do keep up the excellent work as you clearly have substantial skill as a writer. I look forward to reading and transcribing more of your blog posts.
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Billie Mizell has long taken credit for A.C.T., now known as ALIGHT Justice, as well as given credit to those who had NO part in fighting for the existence of the program at SQ. I know because I am the main person who did.
She now serves as as Advisory Council person for the "San Quentin Transformation Advisory Council", which is sad as she is someone who feels it is her right to take from those who are incarcerated so she can benefit.
I say all this to:
1. Ask for clarity - on what the main point of this piece is about.
2. Learn how I may able to support.
Best way to reach me is at:
michaelnapnelson@gmail.com
Thank you for your time.
just using btb to send you my well wishes for 2024 and that I did not manage to write the last 2 weeks or so, I hope to get to it soon. Warm greeting, Julia
Many thanks for bearing with me. I can confirm that I have now finished transcribing your blog post entitled "Events on 11/16 through 11/27" for Between the Bars, including image caption descriptions of the eight photographs that you have included at the end of your post.
I do hope that I have done an accurate job for you. I have corrected any obvious spelling mistakes but apart from that, have left it as verbatim as possible. I look forward to your future posts and hope that it is helpful to know that your post can now be properly searched and indexed by the wider Internet.
Kind regards,
Andromeda
Thank you very much for your message entitled "Celebration behind bars, etc." to Caroline via Between the Bars. This is a brief message to let you know that I have now transcribed it in full. This will allow your text to be seen and indexed by the wider Internet outside of the scanned image. Thank you very much for describing your experiences which I see as incredibly valuable from an ethnography perspective in documenting your prison experience.
I have completed the transcription as per the Between the Bars Transcription Guidelines; that is, I have performed the role of a spell checker but have kept the character of your writing as verbatim as possible. In short, I have interpreted each line which ended with a period (.) as a sentence break and capitalised the next letter, as well as correcting any obvious typographical errors or homophones, but have left your words otherwise exactly as written. I do hope that I have rendered your message as intended and please do let me know if there are any corrections that you would like me to make.
I would like to offer you my very best wishes for the holiday season -- which intersects so many faiths and traditions -- and it has been a pleasure to type this up for you. Above all, thank you for sharing your experience, which is greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Andromeda
I would like to let you know that I have just transcribed your blog article, "The Presumption of Whiteness", as I note this has been without a transcription for a long period of time.
I must make it very clear that I absolutely do not support nor condone the opinions expressed in this blog article whatsoever. I have worked as a neutral transcriber to accurately relay your article, as your written experience should be part of the social record. I have done my best to relay your views accurately, even if I may disagree with both their sentiment and nature. I am a believer in voices being heard, irrespective of my personal opinion.
I would of course take issue with a number of your statements given the enormous burden of evidence indicating that Black and other ethnic minority individuals are many times more likely to suffer violence from all causes (including within policing or penal systems) throughout both North America and Europe. This has been documented by many peer-reviewed studies and is far beyond a subject of debate. Nevertheless, your attention to penal and law enforcement violence as a systemic problem is a valuable and worthy topic of discussion.
Kind regards, Andromeda
This is a brief message to let you know that I have transcribed your blog post entitled, "Damn, Bat's Unfortunate" which is now available on Between the Bars.
I did enjoy reading your experience and in particular, it is touching to hear of how humanity and concern for other creatures is always possible, even within what is clearly a harsh and unforgiving environment in prison amongst peers who may lack similar empathy.
Again, please do keep up the excellent work as you clearly have substantial skill as a writer. I look forward to reading and transcribing more of your blog posts.
Kind regards, Andromeda