191 Letter
May 10, 2017 Senator, I wrote you earlier this year about my concern that NDCS is misapplying the good time created in 2011 by LB 191. I contend that a careful reading of the relevant statutes would require that the 191 good time be applied to both a person's parole...
Journal 06-22-16 Wed DEC
Last week laundry managed to lose 3 of my 4 laundry bags which are supposed to come back 2 days after you send them out. This meant that I was wearing the only pair of pants that I had from last Thursday evening through till Tuesday evening when all 3 showed up. I'm...
Journal 06-20-16 Mon DEC
The job is going well. It's cleaning, so I guess I'm a natural at it. LOL Really the biggest challenge is learning the schedule of when to come out and what to clean when. Eventually it will become routine and hopefully I'll even figure out when I can incorporate my...
Journal 06-18-16 Sat DEC
Today was my first full day at my new "job" as a porter here at D&E. The work is easy enough and it does get me out of my cell quite a bit but that has both pros and cons. Pro, well, I'm out of my cell more. Need I say more? LOL Con, I don't have as much time to...
Journal 06-17-16 Fri DEC
TGIF! *chuckle* I got to spend one night alone in my cell and then Thursday I got a new cellie. Jerry, an older, small, wiry white guy who's about 62yo, 5'8" and 130# so at least he isn't a physical threat. LOL He's a Safe Keep from Lancaster County jail and just...
Journal06-15-16 Wed DEC
It was quite a day of changes today. Last week they took Jacobs to NSP which left Dennis and me in the cell and looking for a 3rd so we wouldn't get a random guy put in here. This morning the CO (we call him smiley because he never smiles) popped our door and said...
Journal 06-13-16 Mon DEC
I just finished Steinbeck's Travels with Charley. I have collected some quotations from it that I liked and emailed them to mom but the closing lines where Steinbeck gets lost in New York and breaks down because he's so close to home but can't get there nearly made...
Journal 06-12-16 Sun DEC
We lost...again. Marcos and I made it to the final round of the handball tournament yet again, and yet again we lost, mostly due to my inferior skill level. 🙁 We ended up playing against Blue (a 59 yo, kind of silly Latino guy who is one of the porters) and...
Journal 06-10-6 Fri DEC
It's Friday again so I got a visit from mom, dad, McK and Roz this morning. The CO who did the strip search even asked if I had gotten a visit every week I'd been here and I told him "yes." He said it's good to have that kind of support and then he asked how...
Journal 06-09-16 Thur DEC
This morning after breakfast the CO came to tell Jacobs to pack up, he was going to NSP. He wasn't very happy to hear that because he really wanted to go to Omaha (OCC) where his girlfriend and family are. He kept saying how he hoped to go to OCC but I...