Celeste Monette Blair-01/06/2025-2025- Here is How it Begins
2025- HERE IS HOW IT BEGINS ” There is no end to the myriad ways to be engaged in repairing the world, or ‘Tikkun olam’, as it is called in the Jewish Tradition” This coming year, I am going to focus on my own personal writing projects and slowly release more of the Peer Success […]
Robert Jesenik-01/06/2025-Blog #6 Facts of Life in the BOP Part VIII
Timeframe: 3 Years START: Staffing, Resources, Technology, Treatment of Inmates Happy New Years, so might as well make this post maybe the most radical transformation step of START requiring Congress’s leadership- Refining the Incarceration Experience/Treatment of Inmates. No I don’t mean more Club Med type perks, nor do I mean more solitary confinement:) As I […]
Dana McIntyre-01/06/2025
10 nights and a wake up. Details will be given to me later this week, but my departure from camp life is coming to an end. It seems like I just got here and at the same time it seems like I have been here forever. Many have come and gone and everyone gets a […]
Fernando Cordova-01/06/2025
I have come to see growth as one of the most important parts of really succeeding. I say this because as I read these different autobiographies, I have noticed that all these people went through phases where they felt strongly about a certain topic, and later in life they changed and grew in their morals […]
Michael Santos-Strength in Crisis
If we devote every day to working on our values and goals, we set the stage for genuine confidence. I relied on that approach through each of the 9,500 days I lived in prison. I still need it as I plan for the next phase of my career. Each day, I remind myself how today’s […]
Marquelon Dakarai Johnson-01/05/2025
Avoiding the Give-up effect “All hard work brings profit” -Proverbs 14:23 The power of a callous mind and unwavering faith are the ingredients to success. An armored mind is essential for achieving success past the norm. The mind must be unbreakable, steadfast and always focused. The give-up effect is the tendency to completely give up. […]
Aaron Jason Wewa-01/04/2025-Prison Story 2
so there was this guy that i’ll Mr. Proll that wouldnt show anyone his PSI for doc sheet when he hit the unit. this caused quite a stir because usual bullshit protocol is you find out what a person is in prison for so you can know how to treat him, either with resprect if […]
Celeste Monette Blair-01/05/2025-Jazz Night
Tonight we ( THE PEER SUCCESS TEAM ) are hosting, ‘JAZZ NIGHT’.We have people reading poetry and rapping, doing spoken word. I am starting with this: “This morningwe all got afresh start. Life is what you make it,not how anyone else makes it for you. Didn’t we once live as if it were our last […]
Michael Santos-Straight-A Guide
I often refer to the Straight-A Guide because it’s central to the lessons I teach people in prison. Just a couple of days ago, I finished building an extensive follow-up course to complement that guide. I’m calling it Triumph: Building Bridges to Success. I plan to add Triumph to our nonprofit’s platform so people can learn how decisions […]
Alj Hilton-01/05/2025-Chimpanzee (religion Animism)
Camden Orvin Hilton aka Tiger King aka Maldanado Riddle me this, Now its a Federal law in order for one to own a chimpanzee, The Government must have a qualified inspector to approve the land of location being a 1000 square feet for indoors, and the same said amount for outdoors. For the habitat of […]
