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This is the ninth and final installment of a series chronicling the experience of the author as an inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail in 2008. Some chapters are divided into two parts. Chapter 6 is called “Home Stretch,” which covers the last phase of his time in jail. This is Part 2 of Chapter 6. It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
This is the eighth installment of a series chronicling the experience of the author as an inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail in 2008. Some chapters are divided into two parts. Chapter 6 is called “Home Stretch,” which covers the last phase of his time in jail. This is Part 1 of Chapter 6. It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
This is the seventh installment of a series chronicling the experience of the author as an inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail in 2008. Some chapters are divided into two parts. Chapter 5 is called “D Block,” and covers various aspects of “regular” life in jail. It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
This is the sixth installment of a series chronicling the experience of the author as an inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail in 2008. Some chapters are divided into two parts. Chapter 4 is called “Court,” and covers the author’s day in court after being held at the jail. It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
This is the fifth installment of a series chronicling the experience of the author as an inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail in 2008. Some chapters are split into a couple of parts. This is Chapter 3, which is just one part – it is called “Life on D Block” and describes the author’s time after “intake week.” It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
This is the fourth installment of a series chronicling the experience of the author as an inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail in 2008. Chapter 2 is called “Transition,” and covers the author’s transfer from Bam Bam, or suicide watch, to his more permanent cell. This installment is Part 2 of Chapter 2. It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
This is the third installment of a series chronicling the experience of the author as an inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail in 2008. Chapter 2 is called “Transitions,” which is about the author’s move from suicide watch to the regular part of the jail. This installment is Part 1 of Chapter 2. It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
This is the second installment of a series chronicling the experience of the author as an inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail in 2008. Chapter 1 is called “Bam Bam,” which is “suicide watch” at the jail. This installment is Part 2 of Chapter 1. It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
In the first of an ongoing series, a former inmate at the Washtenaw County Jail describes his experience being incarcerated for the first time. It contains language and descriptions that some readers will find offensive. [Full Story]
Civil engineering graffiti all along the east sidewalk of Division, between William and Liberty, indicates that the sidewalk is coming up soon. Signs at the north and south ends say the sidewalk is closed, but dozens of pedestrians use it anyway.
The Detroit Free Press looks at a dispute between state legislators and the boards that manage Detroit’s two public pension funds. Lawmakers have introduced bills to bring the pension funds under the control of a Lansing-based nonprofit trust, the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System. The article quotes Bob Stevenson, an Ann Arbor-based pension attorney, who says the Bing administration should restructure the existing boards: “Undoubtedly, the Detroit pension systems have been poorly run, but I don’t think the answer in my view would be to transition to MERS. I would find some means to keep these pension plans autonomous.” [Source]
The Eat Close to Home blog puts out a call for volunteers for Avalon Housing’s Edible Avalon project: “Edible Avalon is a great group that’s not only helping to build gardens in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area, they are teaching people how to garden and supporting them through their first gardening efforts. They are looking for volunteers to help mentor new gardeners at their garden sites 1-3 hours per week.” [Source]
In a recent report on an AAPS board meeting, we paraphrased remarks of participants, and we employed the informal nomenclature of the speakers for “Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack.” Those variants were departures from the accepted standard shortening to “Ann Arbor Open.” We acknowledge the name of the school here, and have cleaned up references to it in the original piece.
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