by David Applegate | Sep 10, 2014 | Blog, David Applegate
September 10, 2014 Anger. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. A lot of people think I should be angry or at least they would understand if I was. Because I got “thrown under the bus.” Because the government didn’t treat me “fairly.” Because I…
by Justin Paperny | Sep 4, 2014 | Blog
September 4, 2014 I've been reading about the former Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, who are going through a criminal trial. In fact, earlier today I heard they were both convicted of corruption, and as a result they face decades in…
by Hilary Neiman | Sep 1, 2014 | Blog, Hilary Neiman
September 1, 2014 Femininity in Prison: Is It Possible? The words femininity and prison don't really go together. After all, femininity is thought of as looking and acting like a "conventional" female. That would mean doing things like wearing…
by David Applegate | Aug 29, 2014 | Blog, David Applegate
August 29, 2014 Commitment to Document the Journey through Federal Prison August 29 th marked the end of one journey and the beginning of another. On that day, I was sentenced to 60 months in a Federal Prison Camp. I remain free on bond until I self…
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…
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…
by Brian Jorgenson | Aug 24, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
August 24, 2014 Federal Prison or Reality TV Show? I've recently created an expectation list that I wanted to share: You will be sent to a compound in a remote area to live away from society You will be gone for a significant amount of time You will…
by Brian Jorgenson | Aug 22, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
August 20, 2014 – 6 Things I’ve Stopped Doing Prior to Surrendering to Federal Prison Blogging 101 dictates that readers like to go through lists. There’s something satisfying about it and it makes a blog easy to read. With that, this is my first…
by Justin Paperny | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog
August 21, 2014 Most of the people who reach out to me are are facing a federal prison sentence. Most are afraid, unsure of their future, and curious about what their life in federal prison will look like. The reality is too many shows on television…
by Justin Paperny | Aug 16, 2014 | Blog
August 18, 2014 Rachel Dollar Every week I spend some time reading Rachel Dollar' s Mortgage Fraud Blog . Her blog provides weekly updates on indictments, guilty pleas and more on white-collar crimes as it relates to the mortgage industry.…