jamesgouldlock
Support the Billboard Campaign Against Ohio’s Unjust Parole Board
The news website Huffington Post recently published a story by writer William Nichols (1) that focuses on my more than 20 years of...
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jamesgouldlock
- Aug 5, 2014
- 2 min
Commentary on Assistant State Public Defender’s Letter to Parole Board
“What the Parole Board is now doing to me is nothing less than an act of torture.” On June 19, 2014, Ohio Assistant State Public Defender...
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jamesgouldlock
- Aug 4, 2014
- 3 min
Soldiering On: A Struggle for Freedom and a Call to Action By Ohio Old-Law Prisoner Jason Goudlock
With just four months to go before my upcoming fifth Parole Board hearing, it appears I’ll be attending my hearing from segregation,...
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jamesgouldlock
- Jun 20, 2014
- 6 min
Spotlighting the Egregious Injustice of Marissa Alexander: A Fictional Conversation Between Malcolm
The following imagined conversation takes place in May of 2014 at the Harlem headquarters of the Organization of Afro-American Unity,...
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jamesgouldlock
- Jun 13, 2014
- 5 min
Is Rehab Possible in Our Prisons? (Huffington Post)
The following is the full text of an article written by Professor William Nichols, originally published at the Huffington Post: Jason...
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jamesgouldlock
- May 19, 2014
- 3 min
Live from Skid Row: A Harrowing Account and Plea for Assistance From an Impoverished Ohio Old-Law Pr
As an 18-year-old in 1993, I was arrested, a first-time offender convicted of aggravated robbery and felonious assault. I never imagined...
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jamesgouldlock
- Mar 2, 2014
- 6 min
Ohio’s Mumia Abu-Jamal
Wrongfully convicted, Abu-Jamal set out to exonerate himself. Three decades later, his determination and award-winning journalism, as...
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jamesgouldlock
- Feb 27, 2014
- 3 min
Letter from Correctional Institution Inspection Committee
Commentary by Jason: I received the following reply letter from the Ohio Legislative Correctional Institution Inspection Committee...
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jamesgouldlock
- Jan 26, 2014
- 2 min
Fighting the Repression of the Ohio Parole Board on Behalf of Old-Law Inmates
To the best of my knowledge, not since the mid-1990’s Senate Bill 182 proposal for reforming the Parole Board, which was introduced by...
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jamesgouldlock
- Jan 5, 2014
- 3 min
Ariel Castro’s Suicide and the ODRC Status Quo by Sean Swain
Ariel Castro may save lives. It’s still too early to tell if anyone officially scrutinizing the Ohio Department of Retribution and...
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jamesgouldlock
- Dec 16, 2013
- 9 min
Unveiling the Shadowy Past of Ohio Parole Board Member Marc Houk: A Story of Injustice
On August 18, 2006, while I was incarcerated in the C-Block Special Management Unit at the Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) in Youngstown,...
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jamesgouldlock
- Nov 26, 2013
- 3 min
Paroled: The Ex-Con Experience (A Documentary Proposal)
Synopsis “Paroled: The Ex-Con Experience” is a documentary that will chronicle and intimately capture the day-to-day post-release...
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jamesgouldlock
- Nov 21, 2013
- 3 min
Letter from Kenneth R. Spiert – February 25, 2013
The following is a letter that was sent to me by the Ohio Assistant State Public Defender, Kenneth R. Spiert, which I received as a reply...
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jamesgouldlock
- Nov 14, 2013
- 3 min
Call and Post Article: Thousands of Ohio Inmates Languish Away in Prison
The following article, Thousands of Ohio Inmates Languish Away in Prison, was recently published by the Cleveland Call and Post, which...
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jamesgouldlock
- Nov 14, 2013
- 1 min
The Birth of Proof: May 19, 1925
The following work of poetry, The Birth of Proof: May 19, 1925, was written during my confinement at the Ohio State Penitentiary while I...
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jamesgouldlock
- Nov 8, 2013
- 2 min
Lucasville State of Mind
The following work of poetry is a poem that I wrote upon becoming acquainted with men such as Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Bomani Shakur, and...
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jamesgouldlock
- Sep 23, 2013
- 1 min
Ohio Old-Law Prisoner Files $250,000 Federal Lawsuit Against Prison Warden and Officer for Alleged B
On May 31, 2013, stemming from an incident that occurred April 12, 2013 at the Mansfield Correctional Institution located in Mansfield,...
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jamesgouldlock
- Sep 23, 2013
- 2 min
The Tears of Clowns
As a 38-year-old prisoner who has been incarcerated in the state of Ohio for nearly 20 years, I’ve witnessed hundreds of prisoners,...
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jamesgouldlock
- Sep 21, 2013
- 2 min
Excerpt from “Brother of the Struggle”
The following passage is an excerpt from Jason’s novel, “Brother of the Struggle,” an in-your-face literary gem, inspired by true events,...
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jamesgouldlock
- Sep 4, 2013
- 2 min
Letter From Senator Smith – September 25, 2012
The following reply letter was sent to me September 25, 2013 from Ohio Senator Shirley Smith, whom I’d written to for the second time a...
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