Estevan Baquera-02/02/2025
A lot has happened since my last journal. the prison i was at had a 2 week lockdown followed by a giant shakedown. This is normal for prison. I work Unicore and was moved to a working unit which i hope will mean less lockdowns. There are also issues with the college program where homework […]
Mario A Lesesne-02/02/2025-Statement to the Board President and members
To the President of the Board and respected members. I’d first like to express my deepest remorse and offer my sincerest apologies for the pain and suffering I’ve caused the Gamboa Family, The Kaskowitz Family, and the Thomas family. I would like to present you with this statement in order to explain the changes I’ve […]
Thomas Jefferson Williams Jr-02/02/2025
I have been putting in great energy into the atmosphere and it has been coming back to me in full. I recently wrote a clemency petition for a good friend of mines in this place and he received a commutation of his sentence. He didn’t get immediate release but he did receive a 5 year […]
Jason Toland-02/02/2025
Today is day five of being in FCI Lompoc 1. I have never been in jail let alone a drunk tank. I am not sure why I am at a low since my points call for a camp but I am making the best of it. Everyday I miss my family, but everday I am […]
Michael Santos-Creating Systems
While serving decades in prison, I had limited access to technology. I couldn’t make excuses. I had to learn how to cope in that environment, and creating systems helped. By reading books on business leadership and studying biographies of innovators, I discovered a critical lesson: we advance prospects for success when we create systems that produce […]
Shirley J Hicks-02/02/205
OK WELL IM IN DANBURY CT. WAITING TO START THE FIT AND R-DAP PROGRAM I LEARNING HOW TO CHANGE MY OUT LOOK ON MY BEHAVIOR AND TO HANDLE PROBLEMS IN A TOTAL DIFFERENT WAY AND HAVE A TOTAL DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING IM EXCITED ABOUT STARTING THE PROGRAM AND APPLYING IT TO MY LIFE IN […]
Anabel Valenzuela-02/02/2025
How will you stay focused and motivated to achieve goals in the coming year? I will stay focused and motivated to achieve my goals this year by making to-do lists, vision boards, and writing down my goals and re-evaluating each month were I am at with achieving my goals. Sometimes it is hard to stay […]
Bernadette Vigil-02/02/2025
I am currently trying to developed a sort of ACE curriculum featuring the contents of your emails so that the prison community can see and understand how these techniques help them. I am in a position where it takes me some time to print and put everything together and I cant always respond on here […]
Celeste Monette Blair-02/02/2025-BRINKMANSHIP
Santos recently reconnected me with a word that brought back so many memories, prompting me to take another closelook at my life and how I have transformed. BRINKMANSHIP: noun 1956: the art of practice of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety esp…. to force a designed outcome. GAMEMANSHIP I love […]
Jody Lynn Hughlette-02/02/2025
I HAVE NOT WROTE IN MY JOURNAL FOR AWHILE. I HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH COLLEGE CLASSES.
