by Hilary Neiman | Dec 1, 2014 | Hilary Neiman
Whether you always feared that a friend’s behaviors or choices might eventually put them in prison, or the fact that they were arrested and are now going to be behind bars came as a surprise, the one thing to remember is that they are your friend....
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 30, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 30, 2014 No guitar for three months. The day the prison placed me in cell isolation, they took my guitar along with the rest of my personal belongings, packing it away in storage until my release. Ever since I first got my guitar earlier this year I would...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 29, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 29, 2014 Over the last few years I’ve accumulated several art supplies, so many supplies that I had to purchase a storage container from the prison that can only be utilized for holding art supplies. I use these supplies for many things, like making...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 28, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 28, 2014 Here in the cell isolation unit, getting on the kiosk to download our emails can be extremely difficult for some of us. We’re only allowed one hour out of our cell each day to clean our cell, take a shower and plug our tablets into the kiosk to...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 27, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 27, 2014 Happy Thanks Giving Everybody! I hope and pray that you all and your families indulge in the laughter and love that goes hand in hand with this Thanks Giving Day. Like most people, I too love the holidays. Over the years the holidays have...
by Kenneth Flaska | Nov 27, 2014 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
November 27, 2014 Thankful at Thanksgiving from Federal Prison Well, it is my first holiday in Prison. I sat down and reflected upon all of the great times our family has experienced on Thanksgiving Day over the past years. It pains me to think I will not be sharing...
by Kenneth Flaska | Nov 27, 2014 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
November 27, 2014 BERNIDA, THE BOOK AND THE ADVENTURE I was talking with Justin last week and He suggested that I write a review of one of the many books I have been reading in Prison. (6 weeks, 13 books) Books do provide Me with a great way to escape from my...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 26, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 26, 2014 A couple of weeks ago, in sheer desperation to seek help from anybody that would help me in my unique situation of taking medication that causes urine screens to test positive for THC, I wrote a letter to a committee that I discovered from a posting...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 25, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 25, 2014 SAVED BY THE YELL! This morning, at 5a.m., before the crack of dawn I was woken up by the yelling of a guard, unlocking my cell, telling me to go to early chow and report the recreation building along with twenty other inmates from my unit. I had no...
by Justin Paperny | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog
November 25, 2014 I have had a lot of success working with criminal defense lawyers. Recently, I received the following endorsement: “Justin provides a tremendous resource to my clients by counseling them about the most difficult experience a person can face –...
