Jerrold Maurer-03/10/2025-Journal #9 – Prison Rules To Learn Before Your Surrender
As I am in my second month at the Camp in Otisville, here are some vital tips to live by for your first 30 days. Let’s just say, I wish someone had shared these with me before I surrendered. Mind you, there are a lot more tips not mentioned, as and this is not in […]
Dennis Zeedyk-03/09/2025-USAID – second two projects
Moldova – I was hired to work as Deputy Country Director for a High Value Ag (HVA) project in Moldova. CNFA was the contractor/cooperator on this project. I sent my family there by plane in early February directly from Sarajevo and I drove my car from Bosnia, through Serbia & Romania to Chisinau, Moldova. I […]
Choon Yong-03/09/2025-Class Report
3/9/2025 Sunday daily dairy from Atwater Camp.Woke up at 5:00 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 70 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served […]
Michael Santos-Ferris Wheels
Early this morning, as I looked out my window, I saw a Ferris Wheel that caught my eye. The blue lights illuminated the big attraction. Wanting to learn about its origins, I did some research on Chat GPT about its origins. The lesson I learned illustrated a concept that we teach in our Straight-A Guide—a lesson […]
Jerrold Maurer-03/09/2025-Journal #4 – My Arrival At Otisville
So, it’s January 29th around 6am and I’m getting ready as my friend who is driving me is expected by 7am. I had my last shower as a free man and was thankful my wife had gone out and gotten me a bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll (with salt, peper, and ketchup). I […]
Dennis Zeedyk-03/09/2025-USAID – First three projects.
There has been quite a bit of discussion about USAID since Trump supposedly defunded it soon after his inauguration. Many of you may not know that I worked on 5 different USAID contracts over a period of six years in Kosovo, Bosnia, Moldova and the Republic of Georgia. In order to give a better understanding […]
Elzie Isley-03/09/2025
I feel like I can make a fresh start with about 10,000. That would be enough to get housing and a vehicle. Plus pay union dues to start work. After that I would need to look at grants and loans in excess of 100,000 in order to start a business. Because as we all know, […]
Fernando Cordova-03/09/2025
It is always great to have someone that inspires you and motivates you. I have such a great support group and they help me realize that life is worth living and living it to the fullest. Appreciating all that is before me and understanding that my time will come to be a productive member of […]
Choon Yong-03/08/2025-Visitation
3/8/2025 Saturday daily diary from Atwater Camp.Woke up at 5:00 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 69 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served […]
Eduardo Luis Valdes-03/08/2025-Day 1270
First Saturday in a long time that I don’t need to wake up for work, and am able to rest through to count time. I am up at 9:45am and getting myself ready, because as soon as the recreation move is called I am speed-walking over to the yard to grab the racquets and head […]
