The more I go on in this place, the more I see the crude or even destructive behavior of guys in prison as attempts to exercise some control over their lives. Hell, I even have to admit that some of the rationale I had (even if I didn’t […]
Part 1: I came from the seed of Adam & Eve just like you I was in the womb for 9 months just like you I breathe the same air as you too do I eat the same foods that you too do I drink the same water […]
Thanks/Praise to God This next definition, I borrowed from Wikipedia & I will relay it to you my friends, to help you better understand one of the factors that keeps people who are falsely convicted in prison. “INNOCENT PRISONER’S DILEMMA” or “Parole Deal”, is a detrimental effect of […]
Thanks/Praise to God Next my friends, I would like to introduce you to snippets of some well known cases of people who were falsely convicted for various reasons, then exonerated. • In 2000, Neil J. Miller was released after doing 10 out of his 22 years. He was […]
Thanks/Praise to God I write to you my friends this next series about falsely convicted people. As you know, I am on a mission to bring light to the INJUSTICES in this system that I am confined to. False convictions is just about as UNJUST as it gets!!! […]
An attractive young woman was pulled over for speeding. A Washington State Trooper walked up and flipped open his ticket book. Wittingly she said “I bet you’re gonna sell me a ticket to the State Troopers Ball?” He replied, “Washington State Troopers don’t have balls.” There was a […]
There’s a lot of it. And of course, there is complaining, and then there’s complaining. Complaining about a true injustice or bit of unfairness is one thing. Understandable, and it should be dealt with (constructively and in an adult manner, of course). But all too often in prison, […]
Prison itself is a long line of adversity, of course, especially when you grow up here like I did. And adversity can be good if you have the right attitude. It teaches you to deal with things. I imagine that when I get out in October, most of […]
It’s hard to find. Recently we’re trying to adjudicate a turns-based system for certain privileges, and it’s difficult. Many guys just cannot see something as being in their own self-interest. They think that selfishness is good for them, but it’s not. It makes the system bad for everyone. […]
Wasup everybody? How y’all doing? I hope this letter reaches you in the best of heart, mind, body, spirit & health. It’s Wednesday today. I am happy to say that on Monday I recieved my food package my beautiful family ordered for me. I got nothing but cocoa […]
Wasup y’all? I hope this letter reaches you in the best of heart, mind, body, spirit & soul. Today is Sunday, once again another rainy day out here in Aberdeen,WA. Sometimes it seems like the rain never stops. It was nice earlier, the sky was beautiful blue, it […]
The convict code is often spoken of but until now has never Been seen. The myth surrounding the convict code, as being a secret set of regulations that every prisoner must adhere to, is a fallacy. Our code is merely one of life. You need not be a […]
Good afternoon everybody, how y’all doin? I hope this letter reaches you in the best of heart, mind, body, soul & health. Today is Tuesday. I don’t know about anybody else but this month has gone by pretty fast for me. I have some good new, my parents […]
Ocotber of this year (2015), the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) with a 3-2 vote, lowered calls made from jails & prisons. The pre-paid and debt calls can’t be more than .11 cents a minute for in-state and out of state calls from prison, and no more than .14 […]
The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a private prison company, opened its first facility, an immigrations detention facility in Texas in 1983. Tom Beasley, the co-founder of CCA, was leader of the Tennessee Republican Party. Their 1st completely private prison was opened in 1985, in Hamilton County, Tennessee. […]
West Complex Walla Walla; At lunch today we were served 1 Hot meal, and given 3 ‘Boat’ meals. In other words we were given 4 meals, three of them cold at one time. WSP Policy Operational Memorandum 240.100 section 5 state; “At least 3 meals 2 of them […]
DOC takes ahold of whatever programs that are brought in the prisons to help us out, they change things around, put things in, take things out, then come up with a way they can monopolize & make money off it. We need programs in prison that benefit us, […]
Four months after my 18th birthday, 9 years ago, I got locked up. I could deal with the people and the noise. I could deal with the guards and the strict rules. What my biggest problem was, and still is, was not having video games. My first game […]
September 6 The lockdown continues. So does the confusion. This incident began a week ago in a seperate quadrant of the prison. That quadrant contains Norteno prisoners. D&E. When an incident there occurs, it is contained within those two units. The same goes for this quadrant, which contains […]
I thinks somewhere along the line, someone somewhere forgot to tell society that incarecerate people are HUMANS, just like anyone else. There is this perception that we are MONSTERS & different from everyone else. We are segregated from society, lost & forgotten. It’s funny how, in this world […]
We’re back on lockdown again, just another episode in the adventures of the West Complex, where the routine that exists is on again off again, over and over again and again. The Superintendent walked by the tiers today, and I had an opportunity to speak with him. His […]
Try to write a story about yourself and make it interesting and desirable to read and then try to do that with the most limiting device known to man, language. That sounds super easy, right? I thought so and this is the fifth incarnation of this introduction to […]
Hi, Randy here. Yesterday was a day to remember all of those loved ones who have been lost to cancer, I beleive that we all have someone close to us, or at least know someone who has been diagnosed with, or died from cancer. My mother is a […]
There was a meeting today with the Correctional Program Manager(CPM), in which the administration agreed to return the small/unit yard back to normal, so that the exercises are not dictated as to what prisoners can do. This is a major feat, which not only shows the power of […]
The Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, or as it is known now West Complex is experiencing one more in a continuos string of crisis. Two weeks ago there was an incident on the Small/Unit yard in G-Unit. This situation arose because of an indivdual failing to adhere to […]
The other day I was criticizing the bad behavior of someone, and a guy I know accused me of “judging,” as in, “who was I to judge anyone, considering that I’m in prison for committing murder?” I’ve thought a lot about this issue, and first, my criticism of […]
They ought to be privatized. For the same reason that private schools are better than public ones, private prisons COULD be much better. And by “better,” I mean that they would churn out more reformed and successful inmates. And that’s the key: the States could make a law […]
Now , I’ve never been a hater . Sh!t , I’ve never had a reason to hate , and I don’t understand why people hate . I’m surrounded by a bunch of cats that’s not from Cleveland , and they’re not even Cleveland fans but they’re anti-Bulls . […]
Count the cost! Why dont we ask the mothers,wives,children and friends of the incarcerated.Is it fair that incarcerated persons families in order top recieve phonecalls has to deposit a minimum of $25.00 dollars in aprepaid account and are charged $5.95 for that deposit so end up with $19.05 […]
Being in prison is a very difficult place to be… Especially if you dont have any outside support… And for someone like me whos extremely persistent when I want or need something, sometimes that just makes it more difficult… Some people just like to sit around, hang out, […]
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