To commemorate this 34th month of prison, drum roll I was presented with a new date to leave federal prison: October 15, 2025!!! I am speechless with excitement to be transferring from prison back home. While I had been anticipating February 3, 2026 as the date to leave prison, my time had been recalculated; thus changing my dates for returning home. For the last few weeks, I restlessly danced in prison limbo. My original Leave Prison Date was approved for February, but seeking an updated change required advocacy with making a lot of internal requests to administrators and assistance from family. With thin patience, I unraveled a few pieces of the bureaucratic tape plaguing my situation to discover that the Regional Reentry Manager for DC/Baltimore (called the RRM) had to suggest a new date. To help facilitate this process, my mom called and emailed several numbers provided by the Bureau of Prisons. She has yet to receive a reply back to any of the messages that she left two weeks ago (thank you!). Alas, the RRM graced a new date to leave federal custody!!!
On October 15, I will be walking out of federal prison and reporting to a halfway house in Baltimore, Maryland. Through all the credits I earned through the First Step and Second Chance Acts, my home confinement date is October 22 (one week later from releasing from prison). Basically, it’s procedural to be in a halfway house for a week before being fully released into the community. I anticipate that I’ll be residing at a halfway house for about a week (fingers crossed). I do not have many details regarding this next step in the federal prison system, since each halfway house and returning felon’s situation is different. I could technically be released to go directly home or have to wait in the halfway house for a few months. However, I spent most of my “halfway house time” of 5 months in Texarkana so to speak. Having earned over a year of home confinement time, I will be spending the remainder of my sentence at home until November 1, 2026! It is a lot of confusing dates.
This prison journey hasn’t been dull, and I really have a different insight into this part of the judicial system. For the remaining month that I’ll be at Texarkana, I’ll reflect on what it’s like to finally be leaving prison…For now, I am overjoyed and happy to focus on the impending reentry process. As always, I cannot thank you enough for the continued support, ongoing encouragement, and genuine love expressed over these nearly three years, which solely contribute to my successful incarceration. I hope you and your loved ones have a fantastic week…and please continue to be mindful of any little miracle in your life 😀