Dec 08
Escape There was an attempted escape. An inmate convicted of pre-meditated murder in 1984 was currently serving a life sentence. He probably felt like he had nothing to lose. In 1988 his first escape was almost successful. While working in the wood shop, he built a makeshift ladder and scaled a wall to freedom. Later …
Dec 05
How I Straightened My Own Teeth My bottom teeth are so crowded and crooked that: They have been described as little gravestones in an old cemetery. Someone asked me if I chewed rocks as a child. I smile with my eyebrows. My top teeth are pretty straight because of an incident in fifth grade. Growing …
Dec 01
Freedom On the second of August 1990, Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait. Being that we were in a military prison, this breach of freedom became the topic of discussion every day, all day long. It seemed as if everyone was an instant expert on the Middle East and exactly what was going on over there. Especially the older …
Nov 25
Distractions It felt as if God was drawing me in to, be more connected with him. On the other hand, it seemed as if there were also a lot of distractions that attempted to derail me. Even though I did not care for the Chapel too much, I kept going. Sometimes the sermons were good …
Nov 18
Prison was Hot The beginning of Summer brought some intense Kansas heat. The DB wings were not equipped with any air conditioning units. This made prison very hot. Located at the back end of each tier were tall oscillating fans set up to circulate the air. There were also some fans attached to the walls …
Nov 11
Proposition Having gone to a couple of NA meetings, I realized that they were kind of bogus. Most of the inmates were attending this class because they had to, or they would not be eligible for parole. There did seem to be some that took it seriously, but those inmates were in the minority. Most …
Nov 04
On Monday, after breakfast, most everyone headed out of 3 Wing, to their respective work details. My destination was Detail 6 or Academic Day School. The building that I had to go to was located outside the Castle, in the courtyard but still within the walls of the prison. Making my way out of the …
Oct 28
3 Wing The next morning the cell doors opened up at 5:15 am. This was the normal wake up call. I got dressed in my brown uniform and went downstairs to eat in the dining facility. Not as many people were up and around because it was Saturday. Some inmates had to work so they …
Oct 21
Prison was full of uncomfortable situations. As I made my way down the staircase with all the other inmates from the eighth tier, I quickly realized that being that high up meant that we were last in line for chow. The line was long with over two hundred inmates all wanting to eat. I also …
Oct 14
General Population After a month in 3 Base reception, I was finally ready to move up into the medium custody general population. There were four medium custody wings that housed about 240 inmates each. My domicile assignment was 3 Wing. They issued me a new identification badge that had “3W” and “MED” typed on it, …
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