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-I had my first visitors!!! My parents came all the way from Cleveland (same day trip) to visit me for 2 hours! It was an incredibly wonderful visit and great to see them. I was a bit guarded since I was in an open room with other inmates and correction…

Today officially marks 1 month of my 78 month sentenced served. This past month provided me with a unique opportunity to reflect on the criminal justice system, federal prison, and my role in criminal conduct – among many other existential ponderings. On September 2, 2022, after nearly 4 years of…

The new updated visitation hours are 8:00 am until 3:00 pm. No visitation will be permitted to check-in prior to 7:45 am and later than 2:30 pm. The days vary, and usually federal holidays are permitted, except they fall on the weekend. If it is an observed holiday, like Monday,…

The past three weeks have been quite the introduction to life in a federal prison. While I am assigned to the lowest security prison in the judicial system, I do encounter a lot of guys that have had experience in state and higher security prisons. Their stories are fascinating and…

The last two weeks of incarceration have been quite the lived experience and insightful into the misconceptions that I had of prison. This environment presents an opportunity to for a zoological survey of the species of the Western human male. The socialization of males is quite humorous, and one guy…

Being in such close quarters with these guys certainly affords the wonderful opportunity to catch some illness. Whelp, today, I have the crud. I have been coughing up a bunch of nastiness. I am fully vaccinated and quadruple boosted, with the most recent bivariant vaccine by Moderna. I like the…

Many years ago I made a self-commitment that I would 1) Read any book that someone recommended to me (be it fiction, nonfiction, even an article), and 2) Read the book from cover to cover. Currently, I am limited to the books in my library, but I am able to…

Downtime in federal prison is like political ads…it’s constantly there, which explains why guys are always working out, exercising, and often time in physical peak shape. Morgantown has so many activities with a mindset of positive health and wellness. The daily schedule is mundane and offers a lot of free…

PREFACE Communicating and memorializing my experience of prison became the sole focus for creating a blog. I chose the website intentionally as a reputation builder rather than some egotistical focus on me. A simple Google search of my name results in some negative press releases from the Department of Justice…