by Unlock The Mind | Feb 14, 2019 | Letters
02/14/19 Dear Senator, As a member of the Judiciary committee and being responsible for oversight of the Neb. Dept. of Correctional Services I wanted to bring 2 issues to your attention. First, NDCS is miscalculating their overcrowding, concealing the true severity of...
by Unlock The Mind | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy VDay (Valentine’s Day). *chuckle* I gave the 9th, and penultimate, speech necessary for my Competent Communicator certification. The 9th speech is supposed to focus on being persuasive. I had given an early speech trying to persuade the audience to...
by Unlock The Mind | Feb 12, 2019 | Creative Writing
My aunt Pat and I are the only ones in the cold and dimly lit viewing room. Pat had arrived too late to be there and I had been busy at work. At least my dad and uncle, her two sons, had been with her. We cross the empty room and the heavy scent from all the cut...
by Unlock The Mind | Feb 12, 2019 | Creative Writing
I had arrived at Avenal State Prison in the Central Valley of California only months before. I’d been there long enough to start a subscription to the Christian Science Monitor (which was free, at the time, to anyone incarcerated). I was also excited to receive...
by Unlock The Mind | Feb 12, 2019 | Creative Writing
We are luminous Words to banish dark places. Poems behind bars Years of pure boredom Then seconds of sheer panic. Time dies behind bars. Dead grass, muddy track, Razor wire fence, blue sky. The yard behind bars Eighty square feet shared. Best friend and worst enemy....
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