by Kenneth Flaska | Feb 8, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
February 8, 2015 Working To Retire I read a great little story that I thought I would share with you. It comes from a book by Timothy Ferris called "The 4-Hour Work Week". A rich American businessman on a forced vacation for medical reasons in…
by Kenneth Flaska | Feb 6, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
February 5, 2015 Happy Anniversary My 29th wedding anniversary is this weekend. I feel very fortunate that I still have a wife to celebrate an anniversary with. A lot of other woman would have simply walked away from the situation after being…
by Kenneth Flaska | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
February 4, 2015 What Did You Do Last Night In Prison? I got an email today that asked me what I did last night. I replied as follows: As soon as 4:00 p.m. Census Count cleared, I ate a tuna packet to get some protein before dinner. We had dinner at…
by Kenneth Flaska | Feb 1, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
SENTENCING REFORM Well back to more news from Inmate.com. Before Thanksgiving last year, rumors were flying that white collar sentencing reform had passed and that all white collar felons were receiving time off their sentences. Of course, the rumor…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jan 30, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
January 30, 2015 The Happiest Days of My Life When you are in prison, you have plenty of time to reflect upon your past. The ugliness of what you did to earn your way into prison is always lingering. I have days where I try to remember the happy…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jan 27, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Recidivism Rates I was talking with some guys in my unit the other day about why the recidivism rate is so high for Federal prisoners. One of the guys (we will call him Bruce) is a banker serving 33 months for bank fraud. The other guy (we will call…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jan 27, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
January 27, 2015 Rumors in Federal Prison Rumors circulate around the prison compound on a regular basis. Most originate out of the law library where the "Jailhouse Lawyers" will announce that a particular inmate has won an appeal or that sentencing…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
Lessons For Children From Federal Prison When you commit a crime and go to Prison you have many regrets. You also have plenty of time to reflect on those regrets. The fundamental regrets regarding your family, your friends, your former colleagues…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jan 17, 2015 | Blog, Kenneth Flaska
January 17, 2015 30 Things to do at Jesup Federal Prison 1. Take a class 2. Teach a class 3. Send an email 4. Call your family or a friend 6. Read a Book 7. Write a letter 8. Lift some weights 9. Get a Prison job 10. Play cards 11. Sign up for team…
by Kenneth Flaska | Jan 16, 2015 | Uncategorized, Kenneth Flaska
January 16, 2015 Three Months Down In Federal Prison Well, as Justin assured me I would, I have survived my first 3 months in Prison. At times it has felt like a year. Here are some random thoughts and observations: 1. I have read 17 books, I have…