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Moments of joy. I am constantly seeking these ever elusive genuine moments of bliss behind the gates and when I witness one of the other guys having his “moment”… ironically… it transports me into one as well. I think the reality of life incarcerated is such a bleak and gray existence most of the time… […]

I was having a conversation with one of the older guys in here this past week… he is leaving in June after serving 9+ years… and he was talking to me about things he has learned and more specifically… aspects of life in here that he wants me to either adopt or stop doing. There

As I kneel down to write this week and reflect on the past 7 days… I find myself thinking about what happened… what stood out… what caught my attention or held my thoughts and the main ‘lightbulb’ that keeps turning on is simply but genuinely… gratitude. I started the week with a great visit from

There are conversations that I have in here… behind these wired gates that seem so easily penetrated but hold such power over all of our lives… that grab and clamp down… almost taking my breathe away. I had one of these conversation this past week. I have had the pleasure of getting close with one

Weather lockdown?? I think that may be a new one over here at T.I. but that is what we experienced this past weekend. It started raining late Friday night and by the time everyone woke up Saturday morning… we were literally and figuratively… on an island. No phones… no computer… no visiting… no yard… nothing.

Well this past week was one of those weeks where I look up and all of the sudden… it’s Friday. I always find it interesting when I have weeks such as this one in here… when life just becomes life and there is no overwhelming emotion one way or another… just livin’ the best and

Ahhhhh it is good to be back! So a bit of an incident… well the largest incident (by far) since I have lived behind these walls happened last weekend and the whole institution was locked down for multiple days afterward. When something like this happens… it is not simply a situation where they make all

I have a bit of a “guilty pleasure” that I look forward to on Saturday mornings when I don’t have to work. One of the homeboys in the unit gets People Magazine and when he is done with them… he passes them along to me. I have to admit that I look forward to these

Another successful week of rehabilitation in the books and another unsuccessful week of NOT getting the computers fixed. So… will unfortunately need to keep this within my 5 minute limit to keep the peace amongst the homeboys. Cornbread Belgium waffles and fried chicken. I made that for the officers this past Thursday at work and

What a week! This past week has certainly been one to write about but unfortunately part of the craziness is that all of the computers on the compound are down except for 1 (yes 1 computer for over 1000 guys). So… we have collectively (which I am very impressed by) decided that everyone has a