by Mark Bernstein | Jan 13, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Last night I taught my final class, if one could refer to what I’ve done for the past 13 weeks as teaching. I started out with over 25 inmates and last night I had 9, a pretty big attrition rate. I did the first 8 weeks of my course concentrating on skills to...
by David Foley | Jan 12, 2016 | Blog, David Foley
DJ 1/12/16 I was afforded the opportunity to DJ the camp this past weekend. Every so often we are allowed to set up sound equipment on the yard, and various bands play for everyone throughout the day. I was given a ninety minute slot. With a couple of borrowed JP4...
by Charles Jones | Jan 12, 2016 | Blog, Charles Jones
January 11, 2016 Most of us like to feel we’re in control of our life, and predictability gives us our best shot at feeling some sense of just that. Circumstances, events, and relationships, however, are highly UN-predictable and can make life seem out of...
by Kenneth Flaska | Jan 12, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Monday; January 11, 2016 Time for my monthly haircut. I keep my hair very short in prison. It eliminates time in the bathroom and I have not met anyone I want to impress in prison. I waited outside the barbershop for 30 minutes to insure my spot in line. There are two...
by Mark Bernstein | Jan 11, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
As my countdown continues i have found that I am becoming more closed off than i was in the beginning. I guess my tolerance for all of the jailhouse BS has become less than it was and I don’t want to hear about or be involved in anyone else’s drama. Much...
by Mark Bernstein | Jan 9, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Although I think of this place as Hotel California, “you can check in anytime you like but you can never leave”, it really isn’t so, there is a constant coming and going of inmates. So far this month alone there have been over a dozen inmates who...
by Mark Bernstein | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I was just sitting at my bunk and thinking what I would eat this evening for dinner, the thought of going into the dinning hall for the food is out of the question. Actually, five or more nights a week the menu is not human friendly. My stomach and I have found over...
by Charles Jones | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog, Charles Jones
January 7, 2016 For all our country’s accomplishments in science and technology, I can think of only three real contributions that America has made to organized spirituality, as almost all were reconditioned imports from the Old World. The first contributor was...
by Kenneth Flaska | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Institutionalized I have heard the word “institutionalized” in the past and never gave it much thought. It applied to certain people in institutions and had nothing to do with Me. My experience with the term “institutionalized” was watching how...
by Mark Bernstein | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I recently read an article in New York Magazine regarding the assortment of germs, Microbes, virus and bacteria that thrive on the New York City Subway, especially on the hand rails and poles. Along with the story the author posted pictures of Petri dishes he...
