by Brian Jorgenson | Aug 24, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
August 24, 2014 Federal Prison or Reality TV Show? I’ve recently created an expectation list that I wanted to share: You will be sent to a compound in a remote area to live away from society You will be gone for a significant amount of time You will not be...
by Steven Dybvad | Aug 24, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
August 24, 2014 The first time I heard about the annual Yard Day here at Madison I was told that there would be three separate racing events, a 1 mile, 2 mile and a 3 mile race. Now the rumor around the compound is that there will be only one race and it’s a 4...
by Steven Dybvad | Aug 22, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
8/22/14 – Today in class, instead of having some pop quiz, which I might add that I’m always, prepared for, our teacher brought in a documentary for us to watch, it was called something about a man named Pearl. I was captivated, glued to the television, in awe...
by Brian Jorgenson | Aug 22, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
August 20, 2014 – 6 Things I’ve Stopped Doing Prior to Surrendering to Federal Prison Blogging 101 dictates that readers like to go through lists. There’s something satisfying about it and it makes a blog easy to read. With that, this is my first ever ‘blog list’....
by Justin Paperny | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog
August 21, 2014 Most of the people who reach out to me are are facing a federal prison sentence. Most are afraid, unsure of their future, and curious about what their life in federal prison will look like. The reality is too many shows on television have...
by Justin Paperny | Aug 16, 2014 | Blog
August 18, 2014 Rachel Dollar Every week I spend some time reading Rachel Dollar’ s Mortgage Fraud Blog. Her blog provides weekly updates on indictments, guilty pleas and more on white-collar crimes as it relates to the mortgage industry. Unfortunately, there...
by Steven Dybvad | Aug 15, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
8/13/14- PRISON INFO./ADVICE;- The electricity went out around 4 o’clock this morning and has yet to be turned back on. The electricity is out in the entire camp, which means nothing works, not even hot water. The chow hall is being run on generators;...
by Steven Dybvad | Aug 14, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
8/14/14 – Now more than ever it seems that I’m always worrying about my future. One thing I know for sure is that I’ll be sober, free from the grips of a destructive addiction to substances. One day at a time I’ll continue to fight, placing my...
by Justin Paperny | Aug 12, 2014 | Blog
August 12, 2014 Budgeting in Federal Prison I struggled to master the art of budgeting in federal prison. Even as I reached the end of my term at Taft Federal Prison Camp, I was still challenged to manage my commissary and phone minutes properly. For some background,...
by Steven Dybvad | Aug 11, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
8/11/14- PRISON INFO./ADVICE;- As I anxiously walk towards the track, my first opportunity to run all week, I ran into one of my fellow track runners, who is also one of the best material sewers in here. As I try to ignore him, pretending to be engulfed in my radio,...
