I woke early this morning to continue writing an article about visiting for change.org. When I returned to my cubicle for the 5:00 AM census count, I heard an NPR news report that financier R. Allen Stanford had been taken into federal custody. He was indicted for several fraud charges alleging that he orchestrated a [...]
This morning I felt heavy with sadness when I woke. After all of the days, weeks, months, and years I have served, I am totally adjusted to prison. If I set my mind to focus exclusively on my writing, exercise, and reading, I easily could coast through the remaining three to four years that I’m [...]
Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 counts of fraud related charges today. The white-collar criminal had admitted to federal officers that he was the mastermind to a Ponzi scheme that swindled $50 billion from investors over the past several decades. Despite the magnitude of the crime, the justice system had allowed Madoff to enjoy the [...]
