Sarah Pauline Morris-06/16/2025
I’ve finished my Stratford Accounting course. I did well through the entire program. I averaged an A grade. It was challenging and I learned so much from it. I know that when I get out of prison I will be able to use the information I learned to acquire a job and even be able […]
Lee Elbaz-06/16/2025
Dreaming my freedom in the last 6 month I started thinking constantly about me release . I miss my family so much that it hurts . My parents need me , my siblings need me and my nephews and nieces need me. I need them as well . In a lot of reentry classes we […]
Reginald Fullwood Jr-06/16/2025-Father’s Day Thoughts
Father’s Day is a time honored tradition whereby we stop to recognize, thank, and celebrate the fathers and the roles they play in our lives. For me, my father was exceptionally instrumental to my development, maturity, and growth. While I’d like to take full credit for my accomplishments, it was my father who deserves all […]
Michael Santos-Ross Ulbricht Auction
People in prison sometimes lose hope. I know—I lived through 26 years inside federal prisons across the United States. But I also know that hope can be restored. At Prison Professors, I work every day to build that hope and offer pathways for redemption. And few stories speak to this mission more powerfully than the story […]
Michael Santos-Solitary Confinement and Change
When someone asked whether I ever got off track during my prison term—especially in those early days—the answer came easily: No. Not because I had some special power or unwavering confidence. Quite the opposite. I hated being in prison. But I realized early on that hating it wasn’t enough. I had to build a plan. That insight didn’t […]
Dennis Zeedyk-06/15/2025
Something very interesting happened to me on Friday, June 13th. For the first time ever, I had scheduled a TV and DVD player in the chapel. I wanted to watch “End of the Spear,” a book I read a few months ago & finished a book report that was put on PPT. When I finished […]
Reginald Fullwood Jr-06/15/2025-I Got Caught: Breaking The Rules
Ever since I got here (June 2, 2025), the camp has been on restriction: no TV, no telephone, restricted visitation, and a $25 every other week commissary hygiene limit. I was told these restrictions have been in place since January. Evidently, there had been a series of serious rule violations that occurred prompting leadership to […]
Carolynne Noffsinger-06/15/2025-Father’s Day 2025
Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful fathers out there! Here is my weekly update: This past week went by quickly, and I am grateful, as the days are getting more humid and balmy inside this prison camp with no air conditioning. It’s the kind of humidity that warrants another shower AFTER you shower, because […]
Sherida Nabi-06/15/2025
Right now, one of the biggest problems, the US prison population faces, is the abundant availability of drugs and other substances. Whether it is synthetic or conventional, nothing really matters to the group of people who have serious addiction issues. They will take whatever, driving up bills with their suppliers, not being able to take […]
Vincent Artur Taffe
The following is a submission on behalf of Vincent Artur Taffe #21553-041, Pekin FCI. “John 15: 1-17 “When I get out, I’m gonna build a cabin in the woods, off the grid and live off the land, away from everyone, dependent on myself and no one else.”If I got a month off for every person […]
