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Friday, November 22, 2013

From Dragonfly: Another Week

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It's Friday night and I am in the email room for the first time today. I am just moving a little slow today and couldn't get in here...

From Dragonfly: Appeal

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People in prison are always talking about "appeals." For nearly all of them, it is an appeal of their criminal conviction and/or t...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

From Dragonfly: A Message from England

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I recently was written that a person from England sent me a message of support. I find that very interesting. I wonder what would draw someo...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

From Dragonfly: Addiction

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I'd like to write that addiction does not exist on the inside of prison, but that would be fooling myself and you... Addiction and addic...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

From Dragonfly: She says "Goodbye"

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Every Monday (and some other days), there are people waking up early, grabbing one small bag of "things" and heading out early. Th...
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

From Dragonfly: Racial Diversity

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Okay, in all the media about prisons, they show a separation between the races... in the lunchroom, in the cells, everywhere. Well, at least...
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From Dragonfly: Indian Summer

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I'm not sure where the term "Indian Summer" comes from and I sure hope it is not derogatory... so many things are and we just ...
Friday, November 15, 2013

From Dragonfly: Changes

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I just wrote an email to a good friend. I wish I could call it back, but I can't - once it's sent through Trulincs, it is out of my ...
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From Dragonfly: GED Countdown

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So, as you know, I work as a GED tutor. What that means is that I spend my days working with students on the 5 subject areas: math, science,...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

From Dragonfly: Cold Shower

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Every so often, you get into the shower here and there's only cold water. Our water has been exclusively freezing since last night. I st...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

From Dragonfly: Three Foot Locker

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What would you hold precious if all your belongings had to fit in a locker that was 3' tall by 1.5' wide? Imagine looking at all you...

From Dragonfly: A Horror Story

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Last night, while my room was waiting for 9:30pm count (which occurred after 10pm), we were all telling stories about our first days incarce...
Saturday, November 9, 2013

From Dragonfly: Reader's Digest

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I grew up in a home, where my mom got Reader's Digest monthly. After reading it, she would put it on a shelf in the den. We had a shelf ...

From Dragonfly: Inmate.com

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Inmate.com is the rumor mill. The first time I heard an inmate say that they heard something on inmate.com, I asked, "where do I access...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

From Dragonfly: Team 2

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Today was my second team meeting. Team, again, is when inmates meet with their case worker, unit manager, and unit counselor all together. S...

From Dragonfly: No Matter

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No matter how bad I think I have it, there's always people who have it worse. Here, in prison, I see people fighting cancer, with bald h...
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From Draglonfly: Education

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If you walked through the education department in this prison (and probably other prisons), it would not be like most educational facilities...

From Dragonfly: Beep, Beep, Beep

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At least twice per month, the sound of the fire alarm fills our ears in our housing units. It is one of those sounds that stays within your ...
Friday, November 1, 2013

From Dragonfly: Names

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Many books/shows state that all inmates go by their last names in prison. This is certainly true when we interact with staff of the prison. ...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween

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It's not a federal holiday, so nothing special for Halloween. Although, I have heard there may be cupcakes during lunch. You may notice ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

From Dragonfly: Hambuger Day

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Wednesdays are always hamburgers for lunch. It is also the only meal we get a dessert. Today was chocolate pudding. I guess some prisons giv...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

From Dragonfly: Insight

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People in prison can see themselves in many different identities. Some see themselves as crooks. Some as hustlers. Some work hard to see the...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

From Freckles: Bruised but not Broken...

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For those of us who were not locked up during our pretrial and/or after sentencing, we were fortunate enough to have the time to mentally pr...

From Dragonfly: Two Realities

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My mom has been good at sending me a couple books to read to help the time go by... unfortunately, I read the books in a couple of days and ...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

From Dragonfly: Entitlements

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There's a lot of people who feel they are entitled here in prison. There are the women who think they OWN the table they always sit at. ...

From Dragonfly: Making 100

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I've mentioned before that we have inspection weekly in our unit. Every unit does. It is done by someone who works in psychology (from w...