Prison – The Guardsman

Donald Ray Lee’s death certificate lies underneath stacks of research granddaughter and reporter, Bethaney Lee, compiled during her investigation. Photo contributed by Jacob Lee. Taken on Oct. 21, 2017.

Hard luck

October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 The Guardsman 1950, 1964, Bates, Bethaney Lee, CCSF, drifter, hard luck, investigative, Lee family, mystery, New Mexico, Prison, student family mystery

City college journalist solves family mystery By Bethaney Lee Unable to write or read past a third grade level and

Opinions & Editorials

From big tobacco to ‘big ramen’: a prisoner’s dilemma

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 The Guardsman David Horowitz, Incarceration, opinion, Prison, Ramen

Packaged ramen has surpassed cigarettes as the most traded commodity between American prison inmates, according to a study by Michael Gibson-Light, a Ph.D candidate from the University of Arizona’s School of Sociology.