Estevan Baquera-06/04/2025
This last month has been a constant roller coaster with unpredictable lockdowns. I know this prison is not designed for programing but is into warehousing. I know i still have a choice on how i react and interpret my surroundings. I struggled this month becoming frustrated with prison and personal family issues. I know these […]
Michael Santos-Pathways to Reform
My Journey Back: My name is Mike. I’m not going to give my full name because I’m still in the halfway house. The Bureau of Prisons released me earlier this May after I served an 84-month sentence for a white-collar case. While serving my sentence, I met Michael Santos, founder of Prison Professors, a nonprofit. […]
Vincent Artur Taffe-06/03/2025
Racial pride is a strange thing, with rules that must be carefully followed, and that do NOT apply the same way to all people. I’m am the descendent of Gaelic and Bohemian immigrants. I do tan in the summer, after the layers of burn peel away, but mostly I’m a pretty pale guy. And I’m […]
J B-06/03/2025
As part of documenting my journey, and for your collective edification, I thought that I would give you all a sense of a pretty typical day for myself as a guest of the Bureau of Prisons. Friday May 31st, 2025 I had to wake up a bit earlier that usual this morning to get to […]
Celeste Monette Blair-06/03/2025-This Beautiful Morning
Yesterday, life here seemed so full of static. My favorite truth about this life we are living, is that we have a fresh beginning each new day. I began mine on the recreation yard in the middle of the field, all alone. As I sat still, clearing away the thoughts that tend to run through […]
Dennis Zeedyk-06/03/2025
1) Based on Michael Santos’s recommendation, I started keeping a daily log of my exercises & then tabulating them at the end of the month. For the month of May, I did:4,575 sit-ups3,675 push-ups234 pull-ups675 squatsWalked 18 miles on the outside track.2) I am taking a class here called Threshhold to prepare us for when […]
Michael Santos-Onassis
My wife, Carole, and I spend a lot of time driving together, and I often pass the time by listening to audiobooks. Recently, she mentioned needing a break from the “business” books I usually pick. To mix things up, I suggested a biography on Aristotle Onassis. While a successful business leader, he was also known […]
Michael Santos-Prison Professors’ Concept Paper
My name is Mike. I’m not going to give my full name—at least not yet—because I’m still in the halfway house. The Bureau of Prisons released me earlier this May, after serving an 84-month sentence for a white-collar case. While inside, I had the chance to meet Michael Santos when he visited the prison camp. […]
Reginald Fullwood Jr-06/02/2025-R-Day
Today was a day that brought me back to my youth. In early July 1983, the people I loved (my mom, dad, and brothers) drove me from Hampton, VA to West Point, NY. After a long 8 hour drive, I was going to become a new cadet at the United States Military Academy. As you […]
The Rhino-06/02/2025
Me-Time… I do my best to make sure to set aside “me-time…. it doesn’t have to be much, but I slow down the day to spend a moment to self reffect… Usually I begin the day with a breathing meditation… no distractions just pure focused energy spent on taking deep breaths… inhaling positive affirmations and […]
