FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE BY THE NUMBERS.
1. Days in Prison - 943.
2. Days left in prison - 188.
3. Times food made me ill in prison - 6.
4. Taxes paid over the last 943 days - 0.
5. Cost to incarcerate Me per day - $86.77.
6. Money allocated to feed Me each day - $2.69.
7. Weight loss since first day of incarceration - 26 pounds.
8. Number of people I have met who I would like to see again - 5.
9. Average amount I spend on phone calls and email each month - $57.00.
10. Amount I saved per phone call by having my wife switch to a local area code - $2.01.
11. Number of educational classes I have completed to date - 19.
12. The number of times I have cried in prison - 6.
(I always cry in the shower, no one can see me).
13. The number of days I told myself I wish I could go back and do things differently - 943.
14. The amount I have spent on commissary over the last 943 days - $6,386.00.
15. The number of push-ups I could do in a set before I came to prison - 25.
16. The number of push-ups I can do in a set after 943 days in prison - 125.
17. The number of former colleagues who have contacted me since I came to prison - 27.
18. The number of former clients who have contacted Me since I came to prison - 21.
19. The number of visits from people other than family - 4.
20. The number of books I have read since coming to prison - 137.
21. The number of days I have not thought about all of the people I have hurt because of my federal prison sentence - 0.
22. The number of business plans I have drafted in federal prison - 11.
23. The number of fights I have witnessed in federal prison - 4.
24. The average number of laps I jog around the 1/2 mile prison track each day - 8.
25. The number of days I spent in prison before I learned my lesson - 1.
Ken Flaska
P.S. If you would like to learn more about my earlier experience through federal prison please check out my earlier blogs here.