by David Applegate | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
A Big Step August 20, 2015 I met Stan Herrin, publisher of the trade journal Outpatient Surgery magazine, in the late 1980s. Stan has been following this blog since the first entry right after I was sentenced in late August of last year. A few months back, I posted an...
by Kenneth Flaska | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Email from a Friend in Federal Prison I need empathy to understand the feelings of the people I have hurt by committing my crime. Empathy is the ability to place yourself in the shoes of another and feel what they are feeling. I was able to do this last week after I...
by Leigh Sprague | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Leigh Sprague
Commissary Shopping in Federal Prison: Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Like the Kardashians over coffee, cons love to talk shopping – new arrivals, sales, sold out items – preparing their weekly commissary list days in advance. A few months back we...
by Roxanne Jackson | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Roxanne Jackson
The Faces Around Me in Federal Prison It has been almost a month since being inmate #19677-026. Every morning I read my scripture and put the date on the scripture. I meditate and ask God that he opens each scripture to me so that it can act as a guiding light for me....
by David Bryson | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, David Bryson
Would it be the Best of Times or Worst of Times? – It’s time for visits. Inmates take visiting days very seriously. Most guys keep a spare uniform that is pressed and sharp just for visits. They want to look as good as they can for their loved ones, many...
