by Justin Paperny | Oct 23, 2008 | Blog
October 23, 2008 Second Chance Act A little known fact about federal prison is that the prisoner, in most cases, serves less than his actual sentence. I had no information about sentencing laws when I began my journey. My judge sentenced me to 18 months but it turns...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 22, 2008 | Blog
October 22, 2008 Dealing With Burdens While Adjusting to Federal Prison Calling home lately is not as fun as it used to be. Naturally I’m thrilled to speak to my family and friends but news on the home front continues to weaken. I’ve developed a small detachment from...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 21, 2008 | Blog
October 21, 2008 Rebuilding a Once Constructive Life Inside Federal Prison I previously wrote that I was blessed with a privileged adolescence. My parents reared my brother and me in the affluent community of Encino in Southern California. I attended private school...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 20, 2008 | Blog
October 20, 2008 When I graduated from USC in 1997 I hadn’t considered myself a stellar student. I earned mostly B’s and a few A’s. I was an athlete there. After graduation I built a career as a stockbroker. A few years later some bad decisions led me to charges of...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 19, 2008 | Blog
October 19, 2008 I had been a Republican all my life. Don’t blame me; it was my parents’ fault. My earliest political memories were of the Reagan Revolution that swept the country in the 80’s. Republications were dancing in the streets with promises of tax cuts,...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 18, 2008 | Blog
October 18, 2008 Overcoming the Unknowns of Federal Prison Camp Since I’ve been in prison I’ve exercised like a fanatic. My runs have increased to 50 miles a week at a 7 minute pace in 11 mile increments. The push-ups, pull-ups and abdominal routines have...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 17, 2008 | Blog
October 17, 2008 Visiting with Friends and Family in Federal Prison My father drove four hours round trip from Los Angeles today to visit me. We sat together at a formica table and feasted on vending machine cuisine such as BBQ chicken on sesame seed rolls, stale...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 16, 2008 | Blog
October 16, 2008 Conviction for Securities Fraud Standing in my cube today for the 10:30 A.M. count, I wondered if I had any real chance of avoiding prison. I realized that answer probably came on April 28, 2005, the day I interviewed with the FBI. It’s an...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 15, 2008 | Blog
Soon after arriving at Taft Camp, I realized how much I could accomplish. The opportunities are endless and for the first time in quite a while, I was eager and determined to get my life moving. I constantly repeated all the common mantras we’ve heard a million times:...
by Justin Paperny | Oct 14, 2008 | Blog
October 14, 2008 Goals I Set For Myself Upon Incarceration Within a few days of reporting to Taft Camp, I set a clear goal of reading at least 3 books a month. Since I was unsure what genre to read, I spent a ton of hours in the prison library skimming through...
