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·Jan 16, 2019

My First Thanksgiving in the State Penitentiary

An unexpected lesson in the power of generosity — It might not be the Plymouth Colony pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe, wildfowl and popcorn, but my first Thanksgiving in a state prison had a few echoes of that famous feast. Seven years ago, I was 19, fresh upstate, and didn’t know nothing about anything. My commissary account — the…

Prison

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My First Thanksgiving in the State Penitentiary
My First Thanksgiving in the State Penitentiary
Prison

5 min read

Joseph Beer

Joseph Beer

45 Followers

Joseph Beer is a student in NYU’s Prison Education Program and a contributor to the Wallkill Journal.

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