Pencil drawing by Khoi Huynh
Archive for October, 2010
ART: Hope is Not Lost | Khoi Huynh
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Artwork, Letters v2, MediaTags: APSC, artwork, hope, Khoi Huynh, Letters from the Pen
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STAT: Asian Deportation
Posted: October 7, 2010 in StatisticsTags: APSC, deportation, Homeland Security, ICE, Letters from the Pen
Between 1998 and 2006, there was a 61.6% rise in total deportations of people of Asian nationalities.
Letter from Harrison Seuga
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, Harrison Seuga, Letters from the Pen
For my homeboys, for my set, for being down, my reward has been the last 21 years spent in prisons up and down the state. I can’t help thinking how I could have graduated from high school and went to my prom, instead of a cell and the craziness of having to deal with 1000 other killas.
ART: Follow Your Dreams | Khoi Huynh
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Artwork, MediaTags: APSC, artwork, Khoi Huynh, Letters from the Pen
Pencil drawing by Khoi Huynh
STAT: Prison Spending in CA
Posted: October 7, 2010 in StatisticsTags: APSC, California, prison spending, stats
Prisons are now more than 10% of California’s budget, the fastest growing State expense.
The prison budget has increased 205% since 1985, 52% during the last 5 years alone.
Letter from Leng Vang
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, California, CSP-Solano, Hmong, Laotians, Leng Veng, Letters from the Pen, South East Asian, Vietnamese
It would have been perfectly fine if I would have thought and stayed as a teenager then. Instead I put all of this “be the man” burden on my shoulders. Remain your age, don’t try to grow up too fast.
ART: Keys and Heart | Khoi Huynh
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Artwork, Letters v2, MediaTags: APSC, artwork, Khoi Huynh, Letters from the Pen
Color Pencil drawing by Khoi Huynh
Letter from Na Joe Her
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, Laotians, Letters from the Pen, Na Joe Her
It’s sad to say that I was the lucky one, becuase most of my former gang friends are dead.
ART: Hopes and Dreams | Khoi Huynh
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Artwork, MediaTags: APSC, artwork, Khoi Huynh, Letters from the Pen
Pencil Drawing by Khoi Huynh
Letter from Michael Placenio
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Letters v2Tags: APSC, Filipino, Letters from the Pen, Mexicans, Michael Placenio
At that point I had been clean for about seven years. Then I was at a party one night and somebody offered me meth. I said to myself I could do it every once in awhile and not get hooked. Yeah right. Well I ended up doing it that night and just like the first time, once turned to twice and so on. That turned into two years of drug use and now here I am.
