by Mark Bernstein | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Beginning week number two her at Camp Fed Ft Dix and it is occurring to me that this place can teach so many lessons on so many levels. I think I'd like to speak about material things and what they mean and don't mean. I have noticed how very little…
by Mark Bernstein | Sep 8, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
First Week Review This has certainly been a very interesting week in my life, a complete learning experience, the lessons are striking and subtle, simple and profound and enlightening, all at the same time. One of the first lessons is possibly the…
by Roxanne Jackson | Sep 7, 2015 | Blog, Roxanne Jackson
Many days our thoughts don't reflect the promise that God has given us. We worry about this and about that. We try to maneuver here and there. We stay up all day and night in panic mode only to realize we are further then we were once we started…
by Kenneth Flaska | Sep 7, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are. I read a short blurb in the paper last week about being a "good" person. The article suggested that to be good you should " be the person your dog thinks you are". This really made Me think. In my adult years,…
by David Applegate | Sep 6, 2015 | Blog, David Applegate
Congress returns today from it's summer recess. Given the current atmosphere on Capitol Hill and the past history of being "tough on crime," it is absolutely amazing to me that there looks to be a consensus on passing significant prison reform by…
by Mark Bernstein | Sep 6, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I wish i could say my first day was better than I anticipated, it certainly could have been worse. Everything that happened to me today was totally not unexpected, I was somewhat prepared, but it was still an experience nobody should go thru. I will…
by Charles Jones | Sep 6, 2015 | Blog, Charles Jones
Last Friday while in the middle of completing my blog and beginning my email list, I incorrectly entered one of the three numbers that are required for the Trulincs email system and was locked from the system. Like most people, I have a love/hate,…
by Steve Metheny | Sep 6, 2015 | Blog, Steve Metheny
It's 3:00pm. I'm in my room, putting pen to paper. Outside in the open hall of the housing unit there is a deafening cacophony of voices, yelling, talking, playing cards and dominos. Around the corner stands a line of men 50 deep waiting on mail…
by Kenneth Flaska | Sep 4, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
John T. Woodhouse,III (Woody) died last Monday of an alleged self-inflicted wound. I knew Woody for over 40 years. We sailed thousands of miles together and it was always an adventure. We were not best friends. Our relationship was up and down. I am…
by Roxanne Jackson | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog, Roxanne Jackson
Well its been 6 weeks and I am adjusting really well in federal prison! I remember when I first blogged and said "8 days till surrender". I have lived every day of the last 6 weeks. I have adjusted as best you can being away from the greatest…