by Justin Paperny | Mar 26, 2009 | Blog
Thursday, March 26, 2009 Fifty-Four Days Until My Release From Taft Federal Prison Camp This short-term-itis is really affecting me. I notice it most during the evenings. I crawl onto my steel rack rather early, as I always have. During the entire time I’ve...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 25, 2009 | Blog
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Fifty-Five Days Until My Release From Taft Federal Prison Camp I felt sad to have heard a story a fellow prisoner told me. Bill was serving a three year sentence for a financial crime. Bill was in his early 40s and relatively new to his...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 23, 2009 | Blog
Monday, March 23, 2009 Fifty-Seven Days Until My Release From Taft Federal Prison Camp A few weeks ago I wrote that my running career at Taft Camp had come to an end. I had suffered from a pain that likely came from pushing myself too hard. Rather than risk injuring...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 21, 2009 | Blog
Saturday, March 21, 2009 Fifty-Nine Days Until My Release From Federal Prison The wonderful aspect of coming to the end of my prison term, or one of the wonderful aspects, is that I reach a milestone every ten days. Now I’m counting down to the fifties. When I...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 19, 2009 | Blog
Thursday, March 19, 2009 Sixty-One Days Until My Release From Taft Prison Camp I’ve read a lot of books since I began my sentence, on April 28, 2008. Now I have a note-taking strategy that will help me codify and retain all that I’m learning. I should...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 18, 2009 | Blog
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Sixty-Two Days Until My Release From Taft Federal Prison Camp I’ve enjoyed a welcome experience for the past two days. It’s been helpful for me to pass along what I’ve learned over the past 10-plus months of my...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 17, 2009 | Blog
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Sixty-Three Days Until My Release From Taft Prison Camp I am scheduled to participate in the pre-release classes for a total of five weeks. Last week I completed my first two sessions, and yesterday I had my third. Really, I have not found...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 16, 2009 | Blog
Monday, March 16, 2009 Sixty-Four Days Until My Release From Taft Federal Prison Camp I’m excited about meeting Mike today. He is a prisoner who is scheduled to self-surrender to Taft Camp. Over the past several months, Mike and I have shared a...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 15, 2009 | Blog
Sunday, March 15, 2009 Sixty-Five Days Until My Release From Taft Federal Prison Camp Early this morning I watched a news broadcast on CNN. It showed a troubling development in our society. The segment focused on the City of Sacramento, and showed hundreds of...
by Justin Paperny | Mar 14, 2009 | Blog
Saturday, March 14, 2009 Sixty-Six Days Until My Release From Federal Prison The spring weather has come to Taft and each sunrise intensifies my feelings that I’ll soon be leaving these boundaries behind. It’s just more than two more months before my...
