by Mark Bernstein | Oct 10, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Reference points and perspective can change so quickly and thus they seem to change a persons reality as well. I walk around the track here every day at around sunrise and watch the sun come up, color the sky, light my path and I wonder why i didn’t do this at...
by David Applegate | Oct 10, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
I was thinking about my next “Best of Buddhism” post when I came across a fantastic article in the September 27 edition of the New York Times entitled, “Stop Googling, Let’s Talk” by Sherry...
by Kenneth Flaska | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
“Post Traumatic Growth Syndrome” ? Over the past several years I have experienced more than my fair share of trauma. I have lost family members and friends. I have lost my son which was the worst thing that has ever happened to me.( Prison is a very...
by Charles Jones | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
Have you noticed that from time to time simplification gets trendy? I’ve seen it come and go several times. At Bastrop Federal Satellite Camp, I am in the middle of an involuntary simplification plan. I’m afraid the chance of it trending is unlikely as my...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I am told that the BOP has not reviewed the pay standard for prisoners for over 40 years, this is what I’m told, it might be longer, but it certainly not shorter. The current pay to prisoners ranges from 12 cents and hour to 25 cents an hour here at my camp, it...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I have come to fully appreciate the early morning sunrise more and more everyday. It amazes me that in spite of walking the same track, seeing the same scenery and doing the same thing everyday for the last month how much really changes and how much I have begun to...
by David Applegate | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
October 7, 2015 Coming up on nine months here at the Taft Prison Camp. It feels like I have been here a very long time and yet the time also seems to have gone by fairly quickly. I know that seems like a contradiction but that’s how it feels to me! It’s...
by Charles Jones | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
I’ve been here in the wilderness for 40 days, long enough now that I can reflect on my first day of camp. On August 26, 2015, I arrived at Bastrop Satellite Camp. It’s called a satellite camp because it is on the same campus as Bastrop Federal Corrections...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
While walking around the track this morning and watching what other inmates were doing the though occurred to me that much of an inmate’s time is spent alone in his own isolation. The mere fact that we are in prison and isolated from our family and friends and...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Having visits from home, family and friends has a strange effect on many of us. While we welcome the contact and the visit it stirs up a sense of longing to be back in the civilian world and reminds us of all the things we are missing out on. While it is far better...
