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Music Therapy

by Steven Dybvad | Aug 31, 2014 | Steven Dybvad

August 31, 2014 My friend, Kurt is educated and cultured in the musical arts, he listens to a broad range of music on his JP4 player. It seems like every time I ask him about a group, or band, or song, he not only knows exactly who and what I'm…

Laundry Service in State Prison

by Steven Dybvad | Aug 30, 2014 | Steven Dybvad

August 30, 2014 Part of being in prison is paying an inmate with access to your laundry to ensure that your clothes aren't stolen and their washed with the proper amounts of soap, folded correctly so that they don't get all wrinkled up, etc. A…

Drug Testing in State Prison

by Steven Dybvad | Aug 29, 2014 | Steven Dybvad

August 29, 2014 The wildest thing happened today, my first urine screen for drugs. But that's not the crazy part, what's crazy is the entire prison was urine screened this morning, that's right, every single inmate in this prison. I woke up at my…

Communication in State Prison

by Steven Dybvad | Aug 28, 2014 | Steven Dybvad

August 28, 2014 I just spent the last 45 min. or longer on writing a blog entry for today and somehow this screwed up, faulty Jpay tablet of mine erased the entire thing. I'm just so frustrated right now, I need to take some deep breaths and calm…

Juveniles in State Prison

by Steven Dybvad | Aug 27, 2014 | Steven Dybvad

August 27, 2014 On the 22nd of September the juveniles convicted as adults are all being shipped out of here to another prison somewhere in Ohio. Many of the inmates and even a couple of guards are saying that this is probably why they decided to…

Meditation and Yoga in State Prison

by Steven Dybvad | Aug 26, 2014 | Steven Dybvad

August 26, 2014 I just received a packet of information from the Siddha Yoga program that I was inquiring about. The program is very interesting and yes I do intend to start working on the monthly workbooks. However the classes and certifications…

Football in Federal Prison

by Justin Paperny | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog

August 26, 2014 Football in Federal Prison “Dude, what's wrong?” I asked a friend the day after the Superbowl in February 2009. “Just having a bad day,” my friend from the kitchen at Taft Prison Camp told me. “Why? All okay at home, your wife…

State Prison Advice; Random Tests

by Steven Dybvad | Aug 25, 2014 | Steven Dybvad

August 25, 2014 Guards and prison staff members are angry. Just a few short days after a prison wide drug testing and they're finding bags of hooch brewing in inmates cells. This is not long after finding a pound of marijuana stashed in the shower…

Inmate.com

by Leigh Sprague | Aug 25, 2014 | Blog, Leigh Sprague

August 25, 2014 Inmate.com Other than hermit caves, the backwoods and old folks' homes, prisons are one of the last places in modern America completely cut off from cell phone and internet. Yes, we do have e-mail on a closed system circa 1988. And…