There are two types of employment in prison. One is to work for the state and the other is for Correctional Industries. Each one has its perks and down falls, just like most jobs. Also, both have restrictions on who can be employed in those jobs. The state […]
Have you ever felt alone in a room surrounded by Hundreds of people? That’s what it’s like everyday in here for me. Standing in the dayroom with 150 other inmates running around yelling, Slapping cards, banging Dominos, ruff housing among other things they do. Still I feel alone. […]
This is a very hard environment to live in, let alone be a happy person everyday in. A lot is missing in my life. The best words I can come up with to describe what’s missing is, Love, Laughter, Enjoyment, Happiness, Family, A Purpose and just plain FULLFILLMENT. […]
Friday the 18th was my birthday, and it sucked. I am getting old. I have had to many of these locked up. Also I can’t spend, yet another special day with my family, or even a good friend. Holidays just don’t brings smiles anymore. They haven’t for years. […]
I wouldn’t be able to have a voice outside these prison walls if it weren’t for a wife of one of my friends. Between the two of them I am able to say things I have never been able to say before. I have a voice and its […]
One of my favorite things to do with Fred is play ball with him. Its Fred’s favorite pass time too. He loves that little red Kong. It’s also kinda funny watching him run back with that red Kong, that bearly fits in his mouth. He can only bite […]
She makes good times great. She also makes bad times easier. She’s your best friend and the one who cares. She picks you up when your down. She listens when you need to talk and doesn’t get mad at you when you need to vent. She gives you […]
I was waiting for the movement to be called in from Big Yard. When I saw this guy with his hands cupped, holding something. I couldn’t help myself but to think of what he was holding. I’ve seen this guy around before, on the weight deck, running laps […]
It truly amazes me how many people are becoming so religious like, Christians, or Muslims after comming to prison. I mean, Why all of a sudden? I don’t think they were this way before they got locked up. But now, because they went to prison, all of a […]
Fred and I were becoming a close pair. From the first night not wanting anything to do with him. Now I kinda like him. He grew on me. When I got him I tryed all sorts of things with him. Stuffed animals, raw hide chewys, treats, different kings […]
The time I have wasted is my biggest regret, Spent in these places I will never forget. Just sitting and thinking about the things I have done, the crying, the laughing, the hurt and the fun Now its just me and my hard driven guilt, behind a wall […]
When I was given this little guy I was, to say the least, I was not a happy camper. But I still treated him like I would any other dog. The first thing I did with him was give him a bath. Not only did he need one […]
Its been really hard these last several months. I say that because I wasn’t assigned a dog this last training session. So I haven’t had a dog in the cell to hang out with for a long time. The last session ended on 6/22/16. That’s when all the […]
There was a woman years ago that I was in love with. It was before prison. It was way back in the late 90’s when we met. We’ll call her “Pumpkin”. Pumpkin had a boyfriend at the time and was living in an upstairs room in a rundown […]
I got in the dog program in 2010. I have been around for a long time. Have had a lot of dogs, seen alot of dogs go through here and experienced some crazy stuff. There have been great times, good memories and some cool dogs. Along with some […]
THE LITTLE DOG I DIDN’T WANT I will never forget the day Fredrick became a part of my life. When dogs come in to the unit. Everyone gets excited. The dogs bring the atmosphere and mood up in the pod. People love seeing these dogs. Most of the […]
Just in the last 4 months the LGBT community has made its way to prison. Specifically this one. SCCC A few months ago I saw a person walking around with this girlishly walk or sway. He had long hair, down to their back. His head was on a […]
At work today I was doing my thing, working away on a little project I was given. A Sgt came up to my work area and ask me to follow him. I didn’t quite know what was going on. So I just followed him. A few inmates that […]
I had a celly back in 2015 that ask me if he could mess around on my guitar. He had never played one before a wanted to learn. So over the next month or so I showed him a few things. He picked it up really fast. He […]
Going all the way back to my younger years. I can still hear my mother, in my head, to this day, saying, ” Jesse, do you know what a friend is? Whats you idea of a friend.” And I would say, “I don’t know.” To this day I […]
I’m sitting on the Jpay sending out a email from my Jp5. Our bandwidth is really bad so it takes quite some time to do anything on the Jpay kiosk. The JayPay kiosk is located right by the bathroom entrance. So there is a lot of traffic. As […]
I have been working in CI now since 2013. CI is a huge factory. It has a metal shop, wood shop, chair shop, panel shop, and a power coating system with 2 giant ovens. I work in the metal shop fabrication area. Working with metal, something I have […]
To me its amazing to see or hear about people that have been in prison multiple times. In the same breath its not. Some people just deserve to be in prison. I say that because of a multiple reasons. Look what kinda person they are, how they act, […]
Christmas Eve 2011 I was thinking about my family and how much it sucked being away from them. How I am losing touch with them. From all the years and Holiday’s I have missed being with them. Never being able to see my grandparents alive agin, on the […]
Eatting is normally an enjoyable time for most people. Not necessarily for people locked up. Going to meal time or chow as I call it is not something I look forward to most of the time. It really starts with where we eat. The dinning hall or chow […]
I have been locked up now for over 14 years. It has been a long, hard road for me. In the beginning I didn’t quite know what to do or how to act. I’ve gone through a lot of changes over the years. I had had developed a […]
I am starting this blog, I guess thats what you call this thing I’m doing, because of a friend. Well, celly to be exact. I met Steve years ago when I was sent out of state. I can’t be certain but I think it was on the handball […]
To start off let me introduce myself. My name is Jesse Bailey. I was named after my great grandfather. I am 6’1″, 184lbs, blue eyes and light brown / blonde hair, depending on how much sun I get. I was born in Seattle. Grew up in Shoreline and […]
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