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Camp Life: Shakedowns

Camp Life: Shakedowns

The dehumanizing side of life in a federal penitentiary camp.

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Jan 06, 2022
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Dear Friend & Subscriber-

As I touched on yesterday, today’s letter is a firsthand account from inside U.S. Penitentiary Thomson (“Camp”) as told by Jason Way.

While many of us, myself included, enjoy the personal autonomy and freedoms that cannabis has provided us, there are so many others still living out the worst realities of this failed war on drugs.

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