by Mark Bernstein | Dec 19, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Brrrr, it was refreshingly cold this morning here at Camp Fed. Finally, we have some seasonal weather. My morning walk at 6:30 today was in the low 30s and a brisk prevailing wind from the west made it feel cooler the thermometer read. I absolutely love it. I...
by Charles Jones | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
December 17, 2015 Were I not an inmate at Bastrop FSC, I can say with absolute certainty that I would be in a movie theater the weekend of December 18-20 watching the latest Stars Wars movie, which supposedly takes place 30 years after the death of Darth Vader in...
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
There are times during the day that I wish i were alone on a small Island in the warm Caribbean Sea, just sitting on a white sand beach looking out over crystal clear azure water listening to the breeze rustle threw the palm trees, oh, how nice that would be. In a...
by Holli Coulman | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Holli Coulman
My Promotion, A Camp Christmas Story After working for 16 years as an executive assistant and receiving many promotions based on my performance, I always cherished those days of servicing the needs of my executives, of a job well done, and the rewards and...
by David Applegate | Dec 15, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
I hope you will indulge me taking up a blog post to brag a little bit on my husband, Kenny. Like me, he is on a difficult journey and I think sometimes people forget that! For quite some time prior to my sentencing in August of last year, we knew that it was highly...
by Mark Bernstein | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I was preparing for my course that I teach a little while ago and one of my students cane over to thank me for the course and the information I was sharing with my fellow inmates. Needless to say this made me feel very good and reinforced my commitment to share some...
by Kenneth Flaska | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
A Day at the Hospital In my last blog, I left you on my ride to the hospital. The C.O.’s who took me to the hospital were professional and polite. They were armed and wore bullet proof vests! I waddled into the front doors of the hospital in my leg irons and...
by Holli Coulman | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
December 14, 2015 The doors to the Chow Hall kitchen at Bastrop FSC open at 5:00 am Monday through Friday and 6:00 on weekends. First to arrive are the two cooks and the CO [correctional officer] in charge of the kitchen for the morning. I roll in at 5:30 on weekdays...
by Kenneth Flaska | Dec 12, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
A Night in the S.H.U. ? Wednesday Night, right before 10:00 p.m. count, the C.O. came and told Me to get dressed, I was going to the S.H.U. ( special housing unit). The S.H.U. is where they send prisoners who misbehave or violate the rules of the institution. They...
by Roxanne Jackson | Dec 12, 2015 | Blog, Roxanne Jackson
Have you ever said “YES” to something or someone and then not one minute later you punish yourself for saying “YES”? These scenes play out day after day and over and over in our lives and we continue to repeat the “YESism’s”!...
