Michael Santos-No Banks
Today, as expected, Carole and I closed escrow on the sale of our personal residence. While staying at my grandmother’s house, we received word from our broker that the escrow company had wired approximately $1.3 million into our bank. Our plan all along was to reinvest these funds—$800,000 into our brokerage account for stocks and […]
Sherida Nabi-01/13/2025
As of January 1st, 2025, individuals incarcerated in a BOP facility, have to pay for their telephone and video calls. The domestic rate for a phone call is $0.06 per minute, international calls can be charges at as much as >$3.-. depending on the destination. For a video call, the AIC needs to pay a […]
Celeste Monette Blair-01/13/2025-PST INCENTIVE BASED COMMUNITY GARDEN
PST INCENTIVE BASED COMMUNITY GARDEN- INDEX * a trial community project intended to be astepping stone for: – Translatable Skills Workshops– Horticulture Training– A Space for Social and Emotional Learning Ex. A – Cover Page with excerpts from THE GREAT OUTDOORS- Paper submitted to Natalie Peel @ 60 Min. on 9/13/23 Ex. B – MISSION […]
Mykhaylo Chugay-01/13/2025
Compound called yard recall at 8.30am due to “drone activity”. So I missed my barbershop appointment and can not deliver my BP-9 form. I am a slow reader. Now I am reading 50 pages a day (which is not so bad). So. it will take me 12 days to finish 600 page book about Elon […]
Robert Jesenik-01/13/2025-Blog #6 Facts of Life in the BOP Part IX
My last blog post was on Inmate Treatment and Inmate accountability, strongly encouraging them to be productive with their time in prison. This one is on sentencing reform for non violent first and second time offenders. A huge issue, very complex, and with so much judge discretion its unequally and often times unfairly administered. A […]
Kurteiz Thompson-01/13/2025
Its been a minute since i journaled I’ve been distracted from my writing, as several things contributed to me not being focused on my daily writings, one being the holidays. The holidays inside prison is the worst time of the year as i tend to get a little down knowing this time is usually reserved […]
Fernando Cordova-01/13/2025
It is the small actions of others that have made me feel so loved and missed. It is also these actions that make me appreciate what is important. I have realized that I wasted a lot of my years on things that didn’t matter, yet I know these things are my story that will help […]
Melinda Bixler-01/13/2025-Work for a Cause
I’m often asked what I do for a living. Inherently, felons are challenged to find decent employment, especially right after incarceration. By ‘decent’ I don’t mean anything close to the job, status or income they were previously accustomed to. By ‘decent,’ I mean a job that covers their basic needs – housing, clothing and food […]
Kassandra L Moore-01/13/2025
Sharon Y Johnson-01/12/2025-Journaling from BOP Atwood
The African American Diaspora is grossly under represented within the health care arena, with the over whelming amount of health disparities within our community it would be beneficial to ensure that we have an equivalent amount of culturally competent health care providers to meet the needs of minorities. As a collective, we offer platinum care […]
