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Thursday, October 10, 2013

From Dragonfly: The Finer Things in Life

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For just one hour this morning, I almost felt normal - like I was not sitting in prison. It was my first haircut since I arrived. Carswell h...

From Dragonfly: Nothing is Permanent in Prison

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The reality of living in prison, is to know that things change all the time. One minute, you are getting used to your roommate, the next the...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

From Dragonfly: Food Creativity

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I've talked a lot about creativity in prison, but I have not talked much about the food creativity. This is where commissary and other m...

From Dragonfly: ...and a Wake Up

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There's a saying here in prison. It goes, "____ days and a wake up." Some will say, "100 days and a wake up." Others...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

From Dragonfly: Letter On My Behalf

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I just finished typing the letter I wrote to respond to the accusations against me by my university. I am still slightly in denial that it h...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

From Dragonfly: Creativity

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I am smiling. A real smile! I just got notice that the funds to pay for my SPO purchases are being held against my account. This may sound b...
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Thursday, October 3, 2013

From Dragonfly: Cinderblock Walls

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Every morning I wake up and face a cinder block wall. Due to the size of the rooms, each bunk bed is up against a side wall. I usually wake ...

From Dragonfly: A New Teacher

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Yesterday, a new teacher, Ms. W., was assigned to my classes until Ms. N. returns. Ms. W. is brand new to education, but has worked for many...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

From Sporty: Addendum to my visit with Dragonfly

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I forgot to mention a few things in my recent post. When visiting an inmate at Carswell it is highly recommended that you find the location ...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

From Dragonfly: Only an Inmate

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Throughout the day, there are many times we are reminded that we are "only an inmate." There's when we stand count (and we are...

From Dragonfly: Another Wonderful Visit

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Sporty just left. We spent 5 hours together yesterday and about 5 1/2 hours together today. We never ran out of things to talk about, althou...

From Dragonfly: Sporty In Town

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Today, Sporty came to visit me. It was a great visitation and she's coming back tomorrow. I asked her to write up her experience to shar...

From Sporty: My Two Visits with Dragonfly Hazel

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Arrived FMC Carswell at 7:45 am and had about 30 cars in line in front of me. Gates open at 8am but didn't until 8:10 . Had to show g...
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...