The New Jersey jail genre harkens back to a single documentary, "Scared Straight!" Released in 1978, the film features long-term inmates - calling themselves "the lifers" - who tell cautionary tales of life behind bars while berating and humiliating a group of cocky juvenile offenders.
The new album does throw a couple of unexpected turns right off the top, with two tracks that Ackermann wrote on his own: "Supermaster," as moody, spare, and purely post-punk an opener as APTBS has ever offered, with what Lunadon calls a "driving-through-the-night" vibe, and "Straight," released in December as the first single from the record taut, bright, and decidedly not noisy.
Rising violence exacerbates the staffing problem: breaking up serious fights requires three officers for each prisoner involved, pulling them away from dealing with peaceable convicts.Out of touchTo make room for the constant flow of new arrivals in an overcrowded estate, prisoners are regularly relocated, disrupting courses supposed to improve their chances of going straight upon release.
John Staples, a former prison governor, says convicts who keep in touch with their families are far more likely to go straight on release.
Though it costs $12 a day per prisoner, which is more than the old system, the burden is offset by the number of prisoners who go straight upon release.
With his grip on the high bar unshakable, he attacked his routine as never before, having faith through three straight blind release moves that prompted the crowd to gasp.
Thate was behind Kidd the entire time, giving the advice he has always given Kidd: don't jump forward, jump straight up; release the ball high; lock your arm up and extend it for the correct follow-through; shoot the ball higher to give it a better arc; always believe the shot will go in.
After news of the investigation broke last week, many researchers called on Harvard to help set the scientific record straight by releasing more details of its investigation.
Romm's 2010 book, Straight Up, released in April 2010, is a selection of his blog postings since 2007.
Los Angeles-based rapper Murs, though straight, recently released a video, "Animal Style," which features a brief, though intimate, kiss between two men, and explores the damage that homophobia can cause.
