by Steven Dybvad | Nov 28, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 28, 2014 Here in the cell isolation unit, getting on the kiosk to download our emails can be extremely difficult for some of us. We're only allowed one hour out of our cell each day to clean our cell, take a shower and plug our tablets into…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 27, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 27, 2014 Happy Thanks Giving Everybody! I hope and pray that you all and your families indulge in the laughter and love that goes hand in hand with this Thanks Giving Day. Like most people, I too love the holidays. Over the years the…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 26, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 26, 2014 A couple of weeks ago, in sheer desperation to seek help from anybody that would help me in my unique situation of taking medication that causes urine screens to test positive for THC, I wrote a letter to a committee that I…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 25, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 25, 2014 SAVED BY THE YELL! This morning, at 5a.m., before the crack of dawn I was woken up by the yelling of a guard, unlocking my cell, telling me to go to early chow and report the recreation building along with twenty other inmates from…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 24, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 24, 2014 After talking with several different inmates in here on cell isolation it sounds like I still have a good chance of getting released to a halfway house six months early. Many different problems and concerns came with this…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 23, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 23, 2014 Growing up, I've never been a big fan of eating peanut butter. Every once in a blue moon I would have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, usually only if I was really hungry and if it was the only thing available. Here at Madison,…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 22, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 22, 104 Lately I've been struggling to deal with living day to day with my new, temporary cell mate. Surprisingly I'm able to handle it better than with my past cell mates, maybe it's because I know our stay together will end soon, maybe…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 21, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 21, 2014 A part of the punishment that the prison officials handed down to me was taking away the good days I earned from being in horticulture. Good days are not at all the reason for me taking horticulture, I only qualify to earn one good…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 20, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 20, 2014 Ever since the snow and the freezing cold temperatures blew through town, we inmates on cell isolation have been suffering tremendously. When the juveniles destroyed this unit before they left, they didn't just create problems for…
by Steven Dybvad | Nov 19, 2014 | Steven Dybvad
November 19, 2014 Yesterday in horticulture class we switched subjects again. Now we're studying landscape and design. We started by moving around all the desks in the classroom, giving every student enough room to set a large wooden board, with…