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The past week has been pretty standard. Wake up, shower, eat breakfast, go to work, have lunch, back to work, recreation time, dinner, band practice, read, and sleep. The weekdays go by very quickly, but the weekends still continue to drag. When the weather is inclement, we are stuck inside…

An awkward, quiet kid sat impatiently waiting for something. Directionless and anxiety-ridden, the kid did not know what to do or where to go with life. A charismatic, wise man observed the kid from a distance. He approached the kid and asked, “What are you doing after school?” The kid…

After 4 months, my schedule has normalized to a nice routine. While my new normal isn’t so “normal”, I’m happy to have a good rhythm to my week with work, recreation activities, and studying. I do tremendously miss everyone and so many little things (comfort things): a soft mattress covered…

I’m not sure what I expected, but after 4 months, I am still overwhelmed by all the support and love that has been outpouring. I’ve been very blessed, humbled, and fortunate to have this experience. Perhaps that is weird for me to reflect upon, but I am fortunate for this…

Since the passage of the First Step Act in 2018, the Board of Prisons has been mandated to incentivize inmates by providing time credits. These credits are based on the performance of each individual inmate and their respective rated level: minimum, low, medium, and high. If levels are consistent for…

The weather throughout the U.S. over the past month has certainly been fascinating to follow. Snow storms, arctic blasts, tornados, and recording breaking highs and lows. In Morgantown, the weather has been unseasonably warm and sunny for February and especially for this past week. The staff here would often comment,…

Hello~ it’s Tiffany, Ken’s sister here to share the certificate of completion from his personal finance class per his request. The top left photo on the certificate looks like it might be the chapel at Morgantown, though I am not 100% sure! But zoom in and take a look 🙂

In Catholicism’s liturgical calendar, Ash Wednesday begins the time in preparation for Easter. The symbolism of burning the previous year’s palm leaves distributed during Palm Sunday is what the ashes are derived from. In Jewish tradition, ashes were used to make one’s self appear dirty and unclean to represent their…

Today marks my third full month of incarceration. This journey has been incredibly dichotomous: difficult yet renewing. Over the past three months, I have deliberately focused my perspective to be optimistic for hope in justice and opportunistic for my personal growth and reform. I hope that many of the blog…

Over the past few weeks, a younger guy, 28, from Lorain County has a top bunk cattycornered from my cube. He is quite outgoing and shared so many shocking yet amazing stories of his entrepreneurial endeavors, also known as hustling. In explaining his criminal journey, he fully accepts responsibility, and…