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Saturday, September 28, 2013

From Dragonfy: Pomp and Circumstance

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I have to admit my mistake from yesterday. It is not 150 graduating, it is 55 (well, there are more, but they do not want to participate in ...

From Dragonfly: Graduation

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Tomorrow is graduation day for all the students who have received their GED, cosmetology, ESL, or apprenticeship degrees over the past year....
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

From Dragonfly: Aproval!!

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I have several friends that want to visit me - including Sporty and Survival. Both required the paperwork going to the Warden for approval b...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

From Dragonfly: New Morning Routine

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Now that I am working in education every weekday, I have a new morning routine. I awake around 5:50am. I am usually awake even earlier, but ...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

From Dragonfly: Showers

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This week, for the first time since my arrival, we had real rain showers. Many people ran through the rain to get to whatever building they ...

From Dragonfly: Squat and Spread 'Em

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A room about 10'x10' with a small wall dividing part of it down the middle. Four inmates and one officer. Strip, squat and spread yo...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

From Dragonfly: Creative Projects

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I mentioned in an earlier post about things we can do to keep ourselves occupied. One of those items are creative projects. The most popular...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

From Dragonfly: A Night's Sleep

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For some reason, whenever I receive bad news, I have a cycle. At first, I react emotionally. I do not tend to have a lot of anger, but I hav...

From Dragonfly: A Little Hope(less)

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I always try to be positive, but am unable to do so at the moment. Not that some okay things haven't happened since I last wrote. I was ...
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

From Dragonfly: Entertainment Options

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So, what do us inmates do when we are not working, standing in pill line, or in our rooms sleeping or awaiting count? Every facility is diff...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

From Dragonfly: New Room, Continued

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I had to break in the last post. When an announcement is made saying, "Inmate Recall," it matters not what we are doing, we must a...

From Dragonfly: I've Been Moved

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Last night, the counselor in my unit held a "town hall." As part of this meeting (which none of us could fully hear due to his tur...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Letter Mailed Home to Survivor

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In a later post - after I am home - I state that I will post some of my letters home on the date that they were written. I post everything f...

From Dragonfly: Good News

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Not the best news (which would be an earlier out date), but good news for my health. I was on the "call out" to the nurse this mor...

From Dragonfly: Unassigned

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As I wrote in the last couple of days, the education department had liked my "try out," but instead of working for the instructor ...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

From Dragonfly: FRP

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FRP stands for the prison's "financial responsibility program." If an inmate owes fees and/or restitution, they are expected t...

From Dragonfly: Preparing for Release

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From the moment I arrived at Carswell, I started my work toward my release. I have my out date (7/2/14 due to the national holiday) and my h...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

I Didn't Want to Lie to You

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On 9/11/2013 Dragonfly Hazel wrote a letter to Survivor during a really tough day. It did not start or end with "I am okay." The ...
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