First Day In Prison: Perspective I was reading the first few pages of my Grades of Honor book, and I was reminded of some questions a few readers asked: What was it like in prison? So I decided to share the first parts of my book with you because it makes a very strong point about what it was like. Be sure to email me at derf4000 (at) embarqmail (dot) com if you have any other questions or want...

*It's Labor Day at Bloodspill Maximum Security Prison, and the pool has been prepared for an open swim. In honor of the occasion, Acro is making use of the facilities for the first time. It's taken three members of the nurse staff and half a dozen pairs of water wings duct taped to each other, but he's at last in the pool - the shallow end - and enjoying the water a great deal. Of course, he keeps...

...I had to work bagging groceries. These are not the things that help an ex get back on his feet. I was, in effect, being denied from dreaming. And perhaps that is a worst confinement than being in prison. So when the idea of writing prison books, prison blogs, prison posts and making prison cards, certificates and documents came up, I saw a chance to take control of my life, while helping others...

If you have a loved one about to get out of prison, there are some generic keys to consider, that being his mental well being and his confidence. Note I didn’t say spiritual, even though that is important. But there HAS to be some sort of plan before, not after he gets out. If you can get him ready to reenter society, he would then have a better chance of adapting back into that free world. End of...

Let’s talk about Prison Institutionalization Hmm, this could be lengthy, we’ll see. I had started on this topic a few days ago, but because of my love of college football, it had to kinda take a back seat while I enjoyed the games. In fact today, Labor Day, there is a game coming on at 4pm. I think Rutgers plays somebody. So with less than 2 hours to go, I better get on this. Remember to email...

...depressing that a person’s sincerity does not count for much because we are trained to not trust others we don’t know…and to NEVER trust an ex felon. But last night I was thinking on some things about prison and the hurricane, and something bothered me on this. On both situations, there are some similar bases…one big one is FEAR. Why do we fear hurricanes? Because of the immense damage that can be...

...how an ex felon can try to do his best to help, there will always be pure idiots that have nothing better to do than spit in people’s faces…and ironically this comes AGAIN from people at so called prison support sites (and also probably claim to be Christians). If you are new here, you need to bounce back several blogs to read what I said about Daily Strength and their group of Families of Inmates...

Prison Institutionalization Wow, that’s a long word…I better make sure I spelled it right… Today is Saturday, the first FULL day of college football and I am sooo ready! In fact, in about 15 minutes they are supposed to have the Appalachian State vs. LSU game on ESPN Classic. It was normally scheduled for a 5pm but with Hurricane Gustov impending, they had to change it. My best goes out to everyone...

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The Prison Cell is open. Today is Friday and last night I enjoyed 4 different college football games…awesome stuff! I watched games on ESPNU, ESPN, ESPN2 and even MOJO…whatever that is, it was on HD so how could I refuse? Today I wait for more games tonight but I am kinda upset that Embarq is having maintenance problems…that means I cannot access my email. But I checked earlier this morning and...