Michael Santos-Supportive Networks
Challenges can fill a person’s life when he returns to society after prison. I’d been incarcerated since 1987, before the world had made such everyday use of technology. I didn’t know how to send a text message or use the internet, or even send an email. I had to transition, navigating my way through a […]
Choon Yong-03/16/2025-ACE Class Reports
3/16/2025 Sunday daily diary from Atwater Camp.Woke up at 5:00 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, changed to BOP uniform and made a cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 67 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served […]
Eduardo Luis Valdes-03/16/2025-Day 1278
Sunday morning, 9:35am, I am waking up, pulling the ear plugs out, and organizing my bed. This week has been busy as I was at commissary for over six hours total this week for several reasons, and I began my exercises now that I have more time off than when I was an clerk in […]
Estevan Baquera-03/16/2025
Today is Sunday and i have been very busy. In my prison there seems to be a roadblock in front of everything. I try not to get discouraged but at times it can be frustrating. I found out i aim 5 classes away from completing my aa in sociology. I am expected to graduate in […]
Carolynne Noffsinger-03/16/2025-A.S.A.P. Blog Post 3
Good morning, I had a night terror last night. These are always followed up with a full on anxiety ridden panic attack. I was diagnosed with PTSD in my late 30’s, and have had night terrors for over 20 years. I underwent EMDR therapy years ago to try to dissipate the night terrors, and a […]
Dennis Zeedyk-03/15/2025
The BOP has three programs to get time off your sentence. The first & most long-standing of them is called Good Time Credits. In essence, for every year you serve, you get 54 days off your sentence, which works out to about a 15% reduction. The second, called First Step Act (FSA), was created & […]
Choon Yong-03/15/2025-Computer room lockdown
3/15/2025 Saturday daily dairy from Atwater Camp.Woke up at 5:00 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up changed to BOP uniform and made a cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 70 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served […]
Fernando Cordova-03/15/2025
Today I am grateful that I was able to wake up and enjoy my life. Although I am not where I would like to be, which is home, I am happy that I have grown from the boy I used to be. I am happy that I no longer allow people’s gossip to bother or […]
Michael Santos-Wealth Mindset
Life teaches us some of its most profound lessons in the most unlikely places. For me, that place was prison—a concrete fortress that confined my body but unlocked my mind. It was there, during 26 years of incarceration, that I began understanding the pivotal role mindset plays in shaping our financial decisions, opportunities, and ultimately, […]
Celeste Monette Blair-03/15/2025-A Sweet Saturday
Living a life of authenticity to me, is where each day, your actions are in line with your goals and your goals are healthy and beneficial to not only yourself but also your community and the earth. This morning Peer Success Saturday Workshop was the best I can recall. There were 3 young ladies in […]
