"Vote" by Anthony Papa (http://www.15yearstolife.com)In the early 1980s I was permitted to enter the Washington, DC Jail and Lorton Federal Prison, to register inmates and prisoners to vote. At that time:1. Jail inmates not convicted were eligible to both register and vote;2. Prisoners convicted of a crime, but had not exhausted their appeal remedies were also eligible to register and to vote;3. However, prisoners convicted, and who had exhausted their appeal remedies were not eligible to register or vote;4. Also, the moment a prisoner was released from DC prisons and stepped outside, they were eligible to register to vote.With their...