In April of 2017, the Virginia Dept. of Corrections (VADOC) implemented more stringent security measures in response to the uncontrolled influx of contraband (drugs and cell phones) covertly being brought into prisons. There are three distinct ways contraband may be smuggled; 1) by prisoner through visitation, 2) by […]
America has 5% of the worlds population, yet we hold 25% of the worlds inmates. One in every 100 Americans are incarcerated. Anybody that thinks this is not a business is sadly mistaken. This is a cash cow, and big business in America. Not even just for the […]
I’ve continued to stress that, the treatment of inmates here in the alaebanon Corruptional Institution is immorally and profoundly unjust. The Director Gary C. Mohr has implemented the intricatte Ohio Plan called ”Control and Hope” which does not allow any of us real hope or rehabilitation nor freedom, […]
Introductions are in order… Hey there, My name is Daniel. Of course I’m known more formally as Daniel J. Royston. I’m 42 years old, got arrested in 1997 and I’m currently tallying off days in the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections behind the walls of the Marion […]
Prisoners are abused,ill fed, ill cared for,ill medical care here in Kansas,and further criminalized by mixing youths,who are not criminal ay heart, with harden men whose very souls aresteeped in crime and degrading practices. Governments “fram” out prisonersto self seeking contractors who are notrestricted in their practices and […]
Tell me why should I be healed when I’ve hurt so many others? Being oblivious to the impact your life and your decisions have on the lives and the decisions of others, makes it easy to form a pathway of destructive thinking which leads to destructive behavior. I […]
Song Pick: “Knock ’em Dead, Kid” by Motley Crue” I admit that I’m very critical against DOC, and in my opinion my criticism is well founded. But as evinced heretofore, I don’t only criticize, but also compliment. There are some (very few) positive aspects of DOC which […]
Ahhhhh, I love a vigorous debate–but without all the fallacies. Admittedly, prisoners (which includes me) are appropriately subject to different rules and policies. And there are many wrinkles to iron out in separating the wheat from the chaff in terms of gun owners. But advancing slippery slope fallacies […]
It just never ends. On February 16, Mailroom fart-goblin Ryan Applegate– whose personal war against all anarchist literature made him globally famous –sent me another notice of withholding. This notice indicated that what was being withheld is a CD. The notice does not indicate who sent the CD, […]
My life prior to being incarcerated was no different than that of any other typical American citizen. It was unremarkable in every way. And just like most in this country, I never gave time out of my day to ponder the lives of those incarcerated, and the prolonged […]
I challenge any woman who’s good at Scrabble to a best 3-out-of-5 tourney. The men here are all running scared. I’ve been defending my Scrabble title against male adversaries for 7 years, since 2011. I’ve humbled all WSRU (Washington State Reformatory Unit) opponents. And after my 2017 Scrabble […]
I will have done 10 years by the time I come home. I have right at 23/24 months left, give or take a day or two. I really feel as though I owe my daughter AKA “Tha Princess” and my son AKA “Lil Man” the world! After doing […]
The title of this blog, ‘The New Love’, isn’t really new at all. Actually, the love I’m talking about I’ve had for a long time. I just never recognized it. It is the love of creating. When a creation is made, it is new; hince, the nex love. […]
I wanna start by saying thank you for reading this message. That’s exactly what it is. This is a message, a call to all men, to step up and be the leaders and teachers that true manhood demands them to be. A whole generation of men to be […]
I recall in vivid detail exactly where I was at and exactly what I was doing when I learned what had happened that fateful day. My supervisor and I happened to be sitting in the office trailer that the electrical company I worked for had stationed in the […]
its a whole nother world in, same temptatons, same drama but still different envirment! ypu wpuld thonk being in prison you wouldnt be faced withh your weakness as much, if drugs was your weakness or downfall but too be real your faced eith it prolly more! not oonly […]
Long over due changes ,ie. movement of one over zealous officer, have finally came to Lee Arrendale ,thank you Warden Benton for taking action…. friends and family were held to Officer Bush’s changing moods and subject to changing rules and standard for mail ….nothing was consistent but changed […]
why is it after all this time do I still get that biting earge to get high.its not a daily thing, it comes from no where and hits me like a truck.I could be sitting here watching Ellen then the next thing I know I’m thinking and dope.then […]
If you have someone you love, someone you want to be with? Then don’t be afraid to fight for them. Don’t let you’re pride, you’re ego, OR YOU’RE FEAR!!! Keep you from not only fighting for it, and trying for it. If you love her, tell her often. […]
I recently sent the following email to WCI prison officials: Please be advised that I received disposition from Ms. Hill to a grievance I filed. That disposition asserts that WCI does not recognize the legal existence of the Army of the 12 Monkeys unincorporated association. Interesting. Not sure […]
In my life I’ve expierienced joy, but I’ve also expierienced pain; For me to finally get to true sunshine, I had tofirst make it through the rain. Don’t give up when times get hard, cause tomorrow is another day; Just keep the faith and believe in yourself, don’t […]
This is for you Sacramento!!!!! A menace to Democracy and Liberty has arisen in Twenty First Century America. The acceptance of unfettered Police powers, mass incarceration and our government’s diminishing reguard for personal civil liberties, due process, equal protection and Freedom. The rights guaranteed to the individual citizen […]
Past and Current Failures 10. In November 2015 several prominent Seattle Civil Attorneys filed a Civil Complaint in the U.S. District Court Western District of Washington against the Chief Medical Officer for the WDOC, G. Steven Hammond and others. The Complaint addressed the systemic denial of prisoner’s serious […]
One of the most glorious seasons is spring. The outdoors are filled with wonder: The cacophony of birds screaming at one another, all of the animal kingdom is in rape mode, the air is striking pandemonium on the sinuses, and the winter flesh is sagging and beaming in […]
What was aware or unbecoming, what is or not within; The shutters shimmers shavings shooken fall from lamb to limb. Into the past the darkness creeps while all of matter spoken; A quite whisper now a peep as voices lost, awoken. The face of death and of the […]
I want to say some things about this life we are in when we come to prison OK I have been down for 15years and when I say it has not been beautiful believe me it has not I no we all have did what we did to […]
What a daily struggle that is ….not just for people in prison but people everywhere, especially with all the violence in the world we live in.I can’t help but wonder what this world is coming to.with the latest mast shooting .school shooting ,Las Vegas shooting ,we are just […]
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