Josue Rivera-03/03/2024
Yesterday evening was a very pivotal moment in my marriage of almost 30 years. As I was watching a TV show, I learned the term RBTSD, Race Based Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is a real condition that affects many people of color. The motivation behind learning about this is to have a higher level of […]
March 3, 2024/Lesson 3: Digital Economy: Satoshi Nakamoto
The White Paper on Bitcoin Anyone going into prison today should think about the many ways that the world will change in the years ahead. Every day, we’re seeing advancements with technology. We can read about artificial intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Machine Learning, blockchain, smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, and other advancements. […]
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Update I’m very grateful to our team. Many of them are formerly incarcerated people striving to help people inside. While they do their best to keep our Prison Professors’ Talent running, it’s important to realize who we are. We’re people who served time in prison. Since getting out, we have remained committed to advocacy and […]
Choon Yong-03/02/2024-Class Reports on Rainy days
3/2/2024 Saturday daily diary from Atwater Camp.woke up at 5:40 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up and 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 59 degrees F. Started walking at 6:30 AM. Breakfast was […]
Marty Brian Robbins-03/02/2024-Wasted time
It is 6:30 pm on a Saturday, I sit at my bunk, wisdom board across my lap, studying Spanish verb tenses. I look around the dorm room as men play cards, lay in their bunks watching movies or playing games on their tablets, reading, talking in small groups, everyone has their way of doing time. […]
Eric Kursim-03/02/2024
Saturday, March 2nd I must have hit the high point of meals because everything has been pretty decent so far. 1st meal was a sort of taco salad. The 2nd meal was an oddball – plain shredded chicken breast with some still frozen cheese on it. It was supposed to be BBQ chicken but as […]
Robert Jesenik-03/02/2024-Journal #8
Sunday/Monday 2/25 and 2/26 Fairly productive couple of days. Got my medical letter draft done and off, finished last week’s journal and got it posted, and this week will be focused on catching up on 5 book reports. It dawned on me I haven’t really written about the noise factor in prison. I’m sure my […]
Gary Williams-03/02/2024-I GOT a SHOT!
Yesterday, I had 2 “call-outs” or appointments I was required to attend. The first one was at 8am in the Education Center. That was perfect because I had planned on being there at 7 am tocontinue one of my Adult Continuing Education courses. At 8 am I went to see the gentleman incharge, and with […]
March 2, 2024/Lesson 2: Digital Economy: Instructors, Tokens, and Bitcoin
My name is Michael Santos, and I am the founder of Prison Professors. I am grateful to Ryan Saleme for volunteering to help me learn more about the digital economy, and particularly, cryptocurrency. In this lesson, I’ll provide course participants with our backstory and reasons why we’re creating this self-directed course. It’s our hope that […]
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Release Plan If you’ve been in prison for several years, like many people in our community, you may not know the ease of shopping. Instead of going to the store, we place orders on our computers. Companies like Amazon deliver the products to our doorstep. Early morning, Sunday, August 20, 2023, I opened my door […]
