by Mark Bernstein | Oct 10, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Reference points and perspective can change so quickly and thus they seem to change a persons reality as well. I walk around the track here every day at around sunrise and watch the sun come up, color the sky, light my path and I wonder why i didn’t do this at...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I am told that the BOP has not reviewed the pay standard for prisoners for over 40 years, this is what I’m told, it might be longer, but it certainly not shorter. The current pay to prisoners ranges from 12 cents and hour to 25 cents an hour here at my camp, it...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 8, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
I have come to fully appreciate the early morning sunrise more and more everyday. It amazes me that in spite of walking the same track, seeing the same scenery and doing the same thing everyday for the last month how much really changes and how much I have begun to...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
While walking around the track this morning and watching what other inmates were doing the though occurred to me that much of an inmate’s time is spent alone in his own isolation. The mere fact that we are in prison and isolated from our family and friends and...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Having visits from home, family and friends has a strange effect on many of us. While we welcome the contact and the visit it stirs up a sense of longing to be back in the civilian world and reminds us of all the things we are missing out on. While it is far better...
by Mark Bernstein | Oct 4, 2015 | Blog, Mark Bernstein
Being a prisoner is a unique experience, this is my first and certainly my last trip to prison, but I must say that one of the unique experiences I am having is concerning communication. I should be more specific and say lack of communication. There is a pudspeaker...
