by Steven Dybvad | May 27, 2014 | Blog, Steven Dybvad
May 27, 2014 Depression and Prison Time For many years I've been fighting with depression. Over the past couple years of my sobriety and refusal to take anymore antidepressants, anxiety, or sleeping medications, I've come to realize that the…
by Leigh Sprague | May 25, 2014 | Blog, Leigh Sprague
May 25, 2014 Getting Down to Business in Federal Prison A few weeks have passed since I checked in to Lompoc Prison and I'm beginning to feel more-or-less at home, at least as at home as it's possible (or I want) to feel. The truth is, I'm trying to…
by Hilary Neiman | May 19, 2014 | Blog, Hilary Neiman
The Girls Guide to Federal Prison Camp: Prior to leaving for prison I was scared and frightened of the unknown. I searched the internet for information about federal prison camps for women, but did not find very much. While in prison, my friend,…
by Leigh Sprague | May 17, 2014 | Blog, Leigh Sprague
May 17, 2014 One Week Down in Federal Prison, Only 115 to Go On my Diary of a Wimpy Con Blog , I've been taking a blow-by-blow, minute-by-minute look at my exciting first week. For this, my first behind-the-bars EtikaLLC entry, I decided to fly up…
by Justin Paperny | May 11, 2014 | Blog
May 11, 2014 What are the top 5 Jobs in Federal Prison? One that requires very little work is the answer I usually give when asked about the top 5 jobs in prison. Why? The goal in prison is to get your life back together and to prepare for a much…
by Justin Paperny | May 10, 2014 | Blog
May 10, 2014 Top 5 Federal Prisons This morning I received a call from a prospect who asked me to tell him which prison he should choose of the following five: 1) Taft Federal Prison Camp 2) Lompoc Camp 3) FCI Sheridan 4) Terminal Island 5) Atwater…
by Hilary Neiman | Apr 17, 2014 | Blog, Hilary Neiman
April 17, 2014 My book, Things Fall Apart , will be published in the next few weeks. For a few reasons, I do not have an acknowledgement page. But, if I did have one, I would have thanked Justin Paperny for helping me to hold my head up high when I…
by Leigh Sprague | Apr 4, 2014 | Blog, Leigh Sprague
Justin's recent post on the best prison camp in America motivated me to weigh in on the same topic. Of course, the big caveat with my post is that I haven't actually been to prison yet. But I sure have done an awful lot of research. We'll soon see…
by Justin Paperny | Mar 20, 2014 | Blog
March 20, 2014 What is the best prison camp in America? Wow, I have been asked that question thousands of times. Admittedly, I only served time at one camp so my answer stems from my stay at Taft Federal Prison Camp. Still, during my stay at Taft…
by Warren Schultz | Feb 5, 2014 | Blog, Warren Schultz
February 5, 2014 One month down! In the weeks since my last post a few things have changed for me. I joined an exercise group that works out five days a week, sometimes even twice a day. There are about fifteen other guys in the group, which is led…