Many months ago I wrote about a concept called extra good time. It is a provision under the old law, the sentencing scheme under which I serve my sentence. The extra good time represents credit a prisoner may receive for avoiding disciplinary infractions. To me, the concept doesn’t make much sense because it rewards prisoners [...]
Today I had a catch-up day. I’ve kept busy the past weeks working through chapter two, editing chapter one, and refining the proposal for Earning Freedom. That work has blocked me from writing ahead of schedule for Change.org and PrisonTalk.com I’ve made commitments to write weekly blog articles for each of those web sites, but [...]
Every day, just before I leave the room where I write, I watch the staff members who are finishing their shifts. They walk toward the parking lot and from the window I can see as they open their vehicle’s doors and disappear into pickups, SUVS, and compacts. I wonder how far they must drive to [...]
This new manuscript I’m writing keeps me busy. I’m grateful. The best strategy I can suggest for new prisoners is that they should create projects or goals that will bring meaning to their lives. When working toward meaningful goals, I do not feel as if I’m serving time at all. The big goal for me [...]
