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Saturday, February 1, 2014

From Dragonfly: Camp Eligibility

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In order to be qualified to go to the Carswell Camp, you have to be minimal-out security status and be medically cleared. This is not full ...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

From Dragonfly: Welcome Back to Junior High

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Junior High was definitely not the highlight of my life. The hormones going through everyone's bodies made everything strange. Male ...

From Dragonfly: A Bad Week

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It doesn't matter how many times I write about the positive, there are still some times where this place will bring me down. This week h...

From Dragonfly: Frien-emies

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When you are in prison, not everyone is going to like you. It's just a matter of fact. Sometimes, it is because of how you act. Sometime...

From Dragonfly: A Different Sort of Birthday

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I don't generally have terrific birthdays. Last year, I was taking my comprehensive exams, the year prior, I had torn my ACL two days ea...

From Dragonfly: Sightseeing

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This morning started pretty much like most mornings... shower, dressed, meeting Freckles for breakfast, and then checking my email. It was a...
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From Dragonfly: Why I Write

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When I was young, I remember the first time I received a diary. I was in 5th grade. I wrote about my friends, what was happening on my favor...

From Dragonfly: A Visit From My Parents

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My mother and step-father visited me yesterday. I was having a lot of anxiety about their coming, as I knew that neither of them have ever s...
Monday, January 27, 2014

A January Letter Tells All to Survivor

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As done earlier in this blog - I am posting a letters that was written during my time of incarceration. The following is the explanation pos...
Friday, January 17, 2014

From Dragonfly: Anxiety, Anyone?

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How do you ensure that you will cause major anxiety for over 550 inmates all at the same time? Let them find out through inmate.com, or ROY ...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

From Dragonfly: ACE

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One way to keep yourself busy, while at Carswell, is to take ACE (Adult Continuing Education) courses. They are offered two ways, in six-one...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

From Dragonfly: Wheelchair Games

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Carswell is filled with people who need assistance with getting around. If you looked at my unit, you would see nearly a walker or wheelchai...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

From Dragonfly: Reaching Out

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One of the tenants of my recovery program is to help others. Those "others" don't have to be in recovery as well, it's jus...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

From Dragonfly: Wrong Side of the Bed

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Some days I just wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Today, was one of those days. I don't mean that I woke up all the way pressed up ...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

From Dragonfly: A Feminist

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This is not going to be the most academic view of what it means to be a feminist in prison, but it's time that I reveal some of the thou...
Friday, January 10, 2014

From Dragonfly: A Public Announcement

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Yesterday, our friends were officially "released" from isolation after 4 days of being treated with high security in the SHU becau...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

From Dragonfly: Can You Smell That?

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There's a constant noise every morning at breakfast, "can you smell this for me?" Why? Because our milk comes in small, clear ...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

From Dragonfly: The Long and Short of It

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It's been a good couple days at work. After not having a co-tutor since I was reassigned to a new teacher and classroom, a new woman sta...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

From Dragonfly: Staff

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I don't write much about the staff at Carswell, well, because each one is so unique. But, I will write some general observations. First,...

From Dragonfly: News

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I mentioned a bit ago how exciting it is to see the news once in a while. Well, my very good friends went in together and started to send me...
Monday, January 6, 2014

From Dragonfly: Friends Contained

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Well, the flu outbreak is alive and well... I have several friends in isolation now. For each one that is found to have the flu, three more ...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

From Dragonfly: Scrabble

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Being sick in prison is NOT fun. Now, I am not the sickest I've ever been, and it does not appear that I've caught the flu (thank Go...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

From Dragonfly: Flu Season

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It's flu season and some inmates have been found to have the flu. They did offer everyone a flu vaccination in the fall, but some refuse...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

From Dragonfly: Attention Inmates

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At first, I thought it was interesting. Then, I started to get annoyed. Now, I want to throw stones at the megaphone that emits prison-wide ...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

From Dragonfly: Some New Year's Joy

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Joy, my friend from back home, came to visit me today. She had quite the story of getting in. She arrived, I think, around 7am. Surprisingly...

From Dragonfly: Happy New Year

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It's finally 2014, and I'm not sure anyone counts down years the way we do in prison. For me, 2014 will be the year I go home. With ...
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