by Mark Bernstein | Feb 8, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I think it has finally happened for me, the point where no matter what happens or goes on in the camp I can say in stride, F__K IT! I have been told by many of the inmates that have been here for a longer time, like 18 months of longer, that this is…
by Mark Bernstein | Feb 7, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
When I first arrived at Camp Fed, 9/1/15, many moons ago, I was in shock, a deer in the headlights is not apt enough to describe how I must've appeared, forget about how I felt. A very kind gentleman took me under his wing for the first several…
by David Foley | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog, David Foley
TRUMP IS BRILLIANT 2/5/16 Love him or hate him, and chances are it’s one or the other, you have to admire Donald Trump’s absolute control of the media. Trump has spent substantially less than any other candidate during his campaign for the…
by Mark Bernstein | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Today and tomorrow are my days off and on these two days I have to find various other activities to take up my time instead of work. Usually when the weather is cooperative this isn't too much of a challenge, I just spend more time outside walking…
by Mark Bernstein | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I have always been fascinated by numbers, how they really do tell a complete story about everything and how most things can be reduced to numbers. Numbers can be massaged and redone and made to do and say so many different things to so many…
by Mark Bernstein | Feb 3, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Late yesterday a very nice event took place here at Camp Fed, I should really say an extraordinary event happened, one of the inmates was given an immediate release after his 2 Point Reduction went thru. Now I don't know the exact legal terms of…
by Kenneth Flaska | Feb 3, 2016 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Nice letter Last week it was in the 20's at night down here which makes for some chilly phone calls home in the evening. (The prison phone bank is located outside the unit). However, When I hear my wife's voice on the other end of the phone, I do…
by David Applegate | Feb 2, 2016 | Blog, David Applegate
One day, while walking through the wilderness, a man encountered a vicious tiger. He ran for his life, and the tiger gave chase. The man came to the edge of a cliff, and the tiger was almost upon him. Having no choice, he held on to a vine with both…
by Mark Bernstein | Feb 2, 2016 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I understand today is groundhog day, for me that always brings to mind the movie by the same name with Bill Murray, one of my favorite Bill Murray movies. It's appropriate that today is the day, I feel as if I have been living the movie for the past…
by Roxanne Jackson | Feb 2, 2016 | Blog, Roxanne Jackson
It always seems as though things get worse before they get better. Then just at the time you throw your hands up a breakthrough happens. I call that period of time immediately before the relief your "oven period". We all have oven periods. Sometimes…