May 24, 2020 3 min #21 Federal Death Penalty Update It is no secret that the world has become a much different place, in the space of a very short time, due to the corona virus. Quarantine,...
May 18, 2020 5 min #20 The History of the Federal Death Penalty In 1972, the Supreme Court struck down the existing capital punishment laws in this country as unconstitutional, and halted all execution...
May 9, 2020 4 min #19 It’s Not Always About Gangs – Part IV No series dealing with this subject would be complete without my favorite gang related story of all time. It is a bit different than the ...
Apr 24, 2020 3 min #18 It’s Not Always About Gangs – Part III During the 1980's, a movie called Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze, was released. The premise was rather ridiculous: Russia launched a s...
Apr 3, 2020 4 min #17 It’s Not Always About Gangs – Part II My most recent encounter with the bizarre attitude of the Special Investigative Services (SIS), and their unthinking insistence that ever...
Mar 21, 2020 3 min #16 It’s Not Always About Gangs – Part I Every federal prison has a Special Investigative Services (SIS) division. They are in charge of investigating most internal problems in a...
Feb 25, 2020 4 min #15 You Can Only Laugh - Part V In the late 1990's, when I was fresh to the prison setting, I saw a film which touched me deeply. A true story of a teenage girl dying of...
Feb 11, 2020 3 min #14 You can only laugh - Part IV Some readers may doubt my veracity, as to the ineptitude of many prison administrators, and believe I exaggerate. But it should be rememb...
Feb 4, 2020 4 min #13 You Can Only Laugh – Part III Although many prisoners never learn, and continue to waste their time and effort in trying to reason with prison administrators, I normal...
Jan 28, 2020 2 min #12 You Can Only Laugh – Part II Every Thursday, at the United States Penitentiary Terre Haute, the administrative level staff of the prison do a tour of the lockdown uni...