Choon Yong-02/26/2025-Commissary Day.
2/26/2025 Wednesday 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 71 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served […]
Fernando Cordova-02/25/2025
I just want to be at peace, yet I know in this world it is hard to find. So many people only want to argue or make comments to ruin your day. Yet I know I must continue to not allow any of this to change who I am and am becoming. I must show […]
Kassandra L Moore-02/25/2025
Bennie Earl Magee-02/25/2025-DAY 421
DAY 421 – 2/25/2025 DON’T MIND ME, I’M ONLY DYING SLOWExcerpt from my book, “Plea Deal | Journal of a First-Time Felon” – Dr. Ben E. Magee “Let each thing you would do, say or intend be like that of a dying person.”–Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 2.11.1 I am sure that we have all heard the […]
Susan Chippewa-02/25/2025
I have set a measurable goal to get my cosmetology license before i get out of prison. the time frame is 5 years before i release, i have all the skills i need to pass the test but i need the hours to get it complete. my future depends on this if i am to […]
Michael Santos-Discipline
Personal discipline is essential to overcoming obstacles. Time and time again, I learned the value of this lesson while serving decades in prison. Inside those boundaries, I could put people into two categories: those who waited for change and those who created it. The difference? Discipline. I studied leaders like Nelson Mandela and Viktor Frankl, […]
Choon Yong-02/25/2025-Cancelled Servsafe Examination
2/25/2025 Tuesday daily diary from Atwater Camp.Woke up at 5:00 AM. Made up my bed, cleaned up, changed to BOP uniform and mad a cup of coffee. Stretched, drank my coffee and watched the local news and weather report, high temperature for today is 66 degrees F. Started walking at 6:00 AM. Breakfast was served […]
Celeste Monette Blair-02/25/2025-THE MOON IS MADE OF GOLD
In the movie, O’Brother Where Art Though, there is a long country road where they ride down in an old coupe.I have this vision of myself, in the movie that is this phase of my life, me dancing out of prison. The song that is playing as I dance along is,” The Moon is Made […]
Dennis Zeedyk-02/24/2025
1) I cooked ramen noodles for the first time last week. My cellmates were laughing at me because I had never cooked them before. I answered that my wife was a good cook and we usually ate all kinds of different meals – but never had ramen. Even when I was in college, I tended […]
Nicole McLaughlin-02/24/2025-Crime story
MY CRIME: When i began getting involved with drugs i began as an addict trying to support my habbit and cover a few neccessities. I did not intend to take things as far as i did. Once i began to see the demand and i got it into my head the the things i needed […]
