by Steven Dybvad | Jul 5, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
July 5, 2014 Another personal best, this morning I finally reached my goal of ten miles. From 8:20a.m. till 9:53 I ran forty laps around the track, that's ten miles in 1 hour and 33 minutes. I continue to push myself harder each day to reach my…
by Hilary Neiman | Jul 2, 2014 | Hilary Neiman
July 2, 2014 Telling the Kids You’re Going to Prison When a parent goes to prison, it can be very difficult for the children involved. And for the person who’s been convicted of a crime, telling the kids can be even harder than dealing with the…
by Leigh Sprague | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog, Leigh Sprague
June 30, 2014 Spirituality Behind Bars For most of my life I've considered "spirituality" to be a dirty word. I suppose you could call it my own little rebellion. My parents were ex-hippies, seekers and health-food nuts so once I became an adult I…
by Steven Dybvad | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog, Steven Dybvad
My Days in an Ohio State Prison 6/30/2014 Prison info./Advice:- Eating healthy foods in prison is extremely difficult. Nearly every item in the chow hall is processed food, with exception of the occasional salad a couple of times a week. This is…
by Justin Paperny | Jun 29, 2014 | Blog
January 29, 2014 Five Months in Prison I became a runner in federal prison. At the top of my goal list prior to my surrender to Taft Federal Prison Camp list was getting back in shape. The prison advice I received prior to my surrender guaranteed me…
by Steven Dybvad | Jun 28, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
June 28, 2014 State Prison Advice Continued Prison info. /Advice: In the summer it gets very hot in prison. When I say that, I mean that there's nowhere to escape to and cool off. The cells get extremely hot, much hotter than outside. The cells are…
by Steven Dybvad | Jun 27, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
June 27, 2014 State Prison Advice Prison info. /Advice: I just finished a few more of my soap carvings and mailed them home the other day. A while ago I started on carving Stewy from the cartoon The Family Guy for my son, Taylor, but I broke it when…
by Steven Dybvad | Jun 26, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
June 26, 2014 How did I end up in Prison? I was raised in a family that worked very hard to instill a higher standard of morals, values and ethics that superseded the life of crime that I chose for myself. Like many other inmates in here with me,…
by Leigh Sprague | Jun 23, 2014 | Blog, Leigh Sprague
June 23, 2014 Learning the Ropes in Federal Prison Since I got here to federal prison camp I've been proud of my bunk-dismount technique, a swan dive from the upper rungs in which I catch myself, with grace and poise, on the steel locker opposite my…
by Justin Paperny | Jun 23, 2014 | Blog
June 23, 2014 It pleases me to share this guest blog written by my friend, Richard Bistrong. My Journey and Sentencing, by Richard Bistrong First, I want to thank Justin for allowing me to address his community via this guest blog and I am extremely…