Newsletter 2-Prison Professors Talent
Today I’d like to tell a story that led me to build Prison Professors Talent. I offer this suggestion to show each recipient of this newsletter to think in terms of building change. We always have to invest in ourselves–but to create opportunities, we also have to invest in others. As the director of a […]
Neil Stephany-06/12/2024
Still dealing with medical. They don’t listen to me and keep sticking me with needles. I’ve gone ten times. I’m not letting them do it anymore. I can’t spend three days at medical when I have college courses and self help groups all day. Especially for no reason. I had two college courses back to […]
Choon Yong-06/12/2024
6/12/2024 Wednesday daily dairy from Atwater Camp.Woke up at 5:30 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, changed to BOP uniform and made cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 103 degree F. Started walking at 5:45 AM. Breakfast was served at […]
Peter J Haslinger-06/12/2024-Newsletter 1
The question of the day: In what ways are you using time inside to prepare for success outside? This is a very important question. Unfortunately, this is not my first time being in prison. Its my first time in the federal system. The way I would spend my time before would be to shut out […]
Christian D Shelton-06/12/2024-Newsletter 1
I started preparing for my release when I first begun my sentence.There was this older man by the name of Jim that would visit me at the Allen County Jail.The Chaplin at the time was Elijah and he would come and get me out of the block to speak with Jim.Jim would bring me these […]
Thomas Jefferson Williams Jr-06/12/2024
Sometimes we need a reset. I am at that point in my journey. We are the authors of our own stories and I choose to be resilient and help others while impacting their lives in a positive way on purpose. I have my ups and downs but I will remain focused on the task of […]
Valerie Shanell Menefield-06/12/2024-Newsletter 1
I’m taking my experience and learning from it. Although this is my third time in prison I never took the time to learn so I went out and did the same thing. This time I’m reading and paying attention I’m taking all the classes I came to. I’m also learning from others about starting new […]
Aaron Jason Wewa-06/12/2024-Newsletter 1
I’ve used my time to self-educate myself in various ways including philosophy, physical fitness, and craft trades that I can utilize when I get out. I started programming in recreation and education programs the prisons offered when I first got locked up eventually signing up for vocational training and unicor.Early in my incarceration, I met […]
Jody Lynn Hughlette-06/12/2024-Newsletter 1
I have been focusing on saving money lately. I realize that I will need a substantial amount of money to re-enter society. I will be starting from scratch so I will need clothes and a car. It is really hard to save money here because we earn so little. So I must think outside the […]
Daniel Jason Harrington-06/12/2024
This week is where I finish the last minute touches on Clean Slate in order to present it to the Warden. I have been pushing to persuade administrations to do laser tattoo removal for years, and here at Thomson, I finally found a warden that was willing to give it a try. Clean Slate is […]
