by Steven Dybvad | Nov 17, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 17, 2014 Madison has an area of the prison that houses blind inmates. Every blind inmate is assigned a blind-aid worker; these workers escort the blind inmates to and from places in the compound, like the chow hall, recreation, the doctor, etc. These...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 16, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 16, 2014 On Sunday mornings I enjoy watching Joel Osteen on the television; his words are always uplifting and motivational, rejuvenating, giving me the strength to fight another week in prison. Somehow it always sounds like his words are directed...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 15, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 15, 2014 This prison and its officials continue to give me the run a round and treat me like I’m some kind of fool. As I said before, I’ve been trying to get a pass down to the law library to learn more about the rules and policies set in place...
by Brian Jorgenson | Nov 15, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
November 14, 2014 Preventing Fraud & Other White Collar Crimes (Part 2) This is a continuation from a previous post on my thoughts related to how to prevent and mitigate fraud. To quickly recap, I provided a list of eight areas that tended to be common amongst...
by Kenneth Flaska | Nov 15, 2014 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
November 15, 2014 Alone In Another World I eat, sleep, work, go to class and exercise with approximately 575 other people who are confined to a 6 acre “campus”. I share an open air cubicle with two other men than is 80 square feet. I wait in line with 90...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 14, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 14, 2014 As the temperature continues to drop outside, we inmates in here on cell isolation suffer even greater. As I said before, this unit which was once for the juveniles convicted as adults was destroyed by the juveniles before they shipped out to another...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 13, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 13, 2014 The more I continue to read books and magazines about finances, annual earnings, the difficulties of preparing for a stable retirement in America, the more I worry about my future. I’ve thrown away so many precious years, so much precious time...
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 12, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 12, 2014 With many of the drug users all piled into one unit it’s not surprising to see how often people are getting caught with drugs and/or using them. When I was living in my previous unit, every once in a while I would smell pot smoke wafting down...
by Kenneth Flaska | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
November 12, 2014 Opportunity To Get It Right From Federal Prison I have often wondered why I chose to make the poor decisions I made on various days over the past several years. Those poor decision days were sandwiched between numerous other days where I had no...
by Justin Paperny | Nov 11, 2014 | Blog
November 11, 2014 You Are Going To Prison To the extent I can collect data in my business, I do. That data includes making note of how many people fail miserably in their pre-sentence interview. Part of the reason, I know, is because some people immersed in struggle...
