Christopher Miquell- October 28, 2011

Cristopher Miquell October 28, 2011   I’m 21 with a 1 year sentence, however, I’m halfway done. I guess I’ll start my first journal off with a message.  Hopefully you can understand and keep up with my hand writing. My grandmother is one of the beautiful queens in my life and I cherish her with…

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Joshua Keziah Believe July 27th, 2012 I want people to believe in me again.  I’ve spent the last 42 months learning from my past.  The rights and wrongs of every possible situation I’ve encountered. Growing up my family and collages both believed I could get out of the hood, by simply playing the game of…

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Joshua Keziah, July 1st 2012

Could Prison be the best thing that happened to me? Joshua Keziah Growing up I was raised well.  Even though my mother was on welfare, she did whatever it took to keep a roof over my head, food in my mouth, and clothes on my back. My stepfather worked day and night to meet the…

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Robert Melzer- 11/9/11,

Journal excerpt- Robert Melzer – 11/9/11 … It all comes down to the prison concept of respect.  On the street you’re respected for your job, or community service, or even by your family. In here, we have none of that, all we have is our word.  A lot of guys ride on the coattails of…

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Robert Melzer #2

11/9/11 Excerpt from Robert Melzer … It all comes down to the prison concept of respect.  On the street you’re respected for your job, or community service, or even by your family. In here, we have none of that, all we have is our word.  A lot of guys ride on the coattails of their…

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E. J. Henstenberg – Summer 2012

Excerpt from Summer 2012 E.J. Henstenberg   Summer “behind the fences.”  Another three months of being slow-cooked in concrete ovens as the “heat monitors” come and declare 109 degrees acceptable with a cup of cold water!  And yet, still blessed even in this.  Trying to think “cool thoughts” is harder than it sounds when all…

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Robert Melzer #1

Journal Excerpt from Robert Melzer Written 11/8/11   A good friend of mine is leaving soon.  People think that we come to prison and just look for partners in crime.  But the reality of it is most of us, free of substances, find the friends we never had on the streets.  I can only think…

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Shawn A. Morgan- 10-20-11

excerpts from Shawn A. Morgan, 10-20-11 Man I am so bummed out right now. It seems like a million things are running through my mind right now.  First above and beyond the normal for this animal depository they keep us in doing time, I am fearful and paranoid.  Of what?  Of who?  The answer isn’t…

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