Prison Journal: Day 7,921

On April 17, 2009, in Prison Journal, by Michael Santos

This morning I resumed work on the chapter for Professor Joan Petersilia’s book at 1:55. It was my third day of writing for the chapter and I’ve made good progress. If my writing is as productive tomorrow, I ought to finish a first draft of the chapter. The chapter provides a condensed view of the [...]

Prison Journal: Day 7,910

On April 6, 2009, in Prison Journal, by Michael Santos

While running those laps, I thought of another goal that could drive, or empower me. The time has come, I think to begin the process of writing a new book. After finishing this morning’s two blog articles, I took the first steps toward writing a book proposal for the next book I want to write. [...]

Prison Journal: Day 7,909

On April 5, 2009, in Prison Journal, by Michael Santos

Today I achieved a goal I set last December. Never having run more than 36 days in a row, I set the goal of running for 100 straight days. As I advanced closer to that goal, I lifted it to run every day until I reached 1,000 miles. Today marked my 114th consecutive day of [...]

Prison Journal: Day 7,893

On March 20, 2009, in Prison Journal, by Michael Santos

With Fridays being visiting days at Taft Prison Camp, I had a lot to look forward to when I woke this morning. I hadn’t seen Carole in two weeks, and since we used too many of our phone minutes earlier in the month, we’ve been having to cut our telephone conversations short as well. I looked [...]

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