by Mark Bernstein | Sep 23, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I read an article concerning GM and the settlement they reached with the US Southern District concerning their ongoing case about the faulty ignitions in their Saturns and other vehicles. The US Attorney General for the Southern District, Peet…
by Charles Jones | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
One of the best kept secrets of Bastrop Federal Satellite Camp life is the answer to a simple question: What can I bring with me? I was told to bring a money order for the initial deposit to my commissary account. I was also told not to do this. I…
by Mark Bernstein | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
An interesting thing happen to me over the course of the past 3 weeks, I have been re-emersed in my religion. I never would have thought that this was going to happen in prison, but it has. There are only 18 Jewish Men in camp here, 18 out of 400,…
by Steve Metheny | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Steve Metheny
Have you ever used a GPS device to navigate from point A to point B? At the beginning of your trip you plug in the desired destination and "voila" up pops the best route and estimated driving tine. Now you’re in the car and the GPS's synthetic…
by David Bryson | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, David Bryson
Lewisburg is a work camp. All inmates here are assigned a job. These jobs range from working in the kitchen to feeding the 300 plus population to yard work and plumbing. We are all paid a salary as well, ranging from $0.15 up to $1.00 an hour. It's…
by Mark Bernstein | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Today marks the beginning of my 4th week here in Camp Fed, it also marks the end of summer and the beginning of fall. It was absolutely beautiful this morning out on the track, a crisp breeze blowing in from the west, the sun rising into the cloud,…
by David Applegate | Sep 20, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
September 20, 2015 Quoting Peewee Herman from his first TV special, "I'm the luckiest boy in the world!" No, I didn't get to fly today but it sure felt like I was walking on air! I was called to visitation at 8:15 this morning and when I walked…
by Mark Bernstein | Sep 20, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
As I was walking around the track this morning I was struct by a novel idea, this whole Camp Fed is a very interesting working model for various other enterprises. What struck me was the weight loss industry and how this model could be used for a…
by Kenneth Flaska | Sep 19, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
LIVE FOR TODAY? When I was working as an attorney in the real world I lived my life harboring regrets over past choices and experiencing fear over what the future would hold. Now that I am in prison, I continue to live the same way. Face it, No one…
by Mark Bernstein | Sep 19, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Here we are in Camp Fed, Ft Dix and the question that is hovering in the air like the pink elephant in the room is how are we inmates being rehabilitated and what is the point of our incarceration? I just finished playing in a Bocce tournament…