Prison Journal: Day 7,946
May 12, 2009
Earlier this season I had the privilege of participating in an academic project with students from the criminal justice program at California State University in Long Beach. The participants in the program are studying toward careers in some form of law enforcement. Some of the students will pursue careers with police departments, probation agencies, or prisons. I felt honored to contribute.
The students study under Professor Sam Torres. Dr. Torres assigned some of my writings as course work. The students wrote me with reactions to my work and asked questions. My responsibility in participating required that I write about 100 pages worth of respones to the student questions.
I enjoyed participating in the project because it gave me an opportunity to provide these future law enforcement officers with description of prison from the perspective of a long-term prisoner. Those who have an interest may follow the interaction I had with the university students here on the blog, as we published all the questions and responses.
In today’s mail I received several of the term papers the students wrote in response to this class assignment. I felt proud to have made a contribution to the education of these students and look forward to making further contributions in the future. I think it is important for citizens to understand more about America’s prison system, and I consider it my duty to express what I’ve experienced and learned from others.
This morning I resumed work on the manuscript at 2:40. I wrote until 6:00, at which time I went outside to exercise. At 8:00 I had an appointment with health services for some type of TB test. Then I continued writing until 5:00 in the afternoon. I sent home the final pages of this version’s draft.
With today’s 10-mile run, my tally now stands at 1,337 miles over the past 151 consecutive days of running.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
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