Friday, November 3, 2023
Setting Sails Towards Triumph: The Power of Goal-Setting In my journey through the tempest of incarceration, I discovered early on that drifting aimlessly on the turbulent seas would only lead to despair. It was the act of setting clear, actionable goals that became my compass, guiding me towards shores of self-improvement and societal reintegration. Reflecting […]
John Dalaly-11/03/2023-Forgiveness
The Importance of Forgiveness in My Life as a Chaldean Christian from Baghdad As a Chaldean Catholic from Baghdad, Iraq, I have learned the importance of forgiveness from a young age. This virtue helps me as I prepare for this journey into America’s prison system. I am responsible for the errors in judgment that put […]
Choon Yong-11/02/2023-Education Dept. Employee
11/2/2023 Thursday daily diary from Atwater Camp.Woke up at 5:30 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, 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 73 Degrees F. Started walking at 6:20 AM. Breakfast was served […]
Christian D Shelton-11/02/2023
Encouragement I have been reading Mike’s journals and I am constantly encouraged. I often feel lost or that I do not know exactly what the next step is, or just plain unmotivated and then I will read on of the Journal’s posted by Mr. Santos on Prison Professors Talent and I find myself being motivated […]
Georgiana Elizabeth Jones-11/02/2023-Cell with a View at Club Rape Dublin FCI
Enjoy guys!! This is my first writting, I’m gonna try to get it published 🙂 lemme know what you think. Cell With a View : First days Upon walking into Dublin FCI , you find the place deserted. Empty offices, empty yard, a spackling of inmates and staff to fill the massive cavity that is […]
Thomas Jefferson Williams Jr-11/02/2023
Life is challenging no matter where you are living it at. We can make many plans to do things a certain way but that’s not realistic to believe that life is linear and doesn’t have curves and hurdles. The key is to plan but also make room to adjust in the midst of the plans.
Stephanie Nicole Jacobson-11/02/2023-Credit and Finances
How much is a safe amount to have saved to start life over with?! It will be 8 years by the time I get home. My credit history has cleared up with lots falling off but I realized it was time to do some relearning in the finance department so I spend better and will […]
Scott Donald Carper-11/02/2023
Drama This leads me to my first bit of unforeseen drama here at the halfway house. My accountability logs (my method of pushing for medical treatment) were seen by my roommate and several other inmates. There was an audience for one of my encounters, and of course they loved seeing someone assert themselves with staff. […]
John Dalaly-11/02/2023-Preparing for Crisis
Lessons Learned About Overcoming Adversity I have faced many challenges in my life, but none as challenging as these weeks before I prepare to leave my family behind. Any person who knows that prison awaits may potentially go through a similar adversity. I pleaded guilty to the crime of bribing a public official. The time […]
Kevin Galetto-11/02/2023
It’s getting more difficult to keep up with this daily journal when time is moving faster than thespeed of light these days. I got up early again this AM to try and get some bible reading in before leavingfor golf. I left around 8:45 AM and headed to Brooksville CC. I got there early enough […]
