
June 30, 2020: Masks not required in dorms, dining, or recreation areas
Marion Correctional Institution in Marion Ohio has created its own Covid 19 rules, which are contradictory to one another and carry heavy ra

June 29, 2020: Today is a great beginning
good morning free world. today is a great beginning to a new idea. a new way of thinking. a new way of living. take refuge in the collective

June 24, 2020: "Thank you" is too weak a sentiment
To our Champions, Thank you for the gifts you bestow, some tangible, some unseen. You provide commissary money and phone time, maybe media o

June 21, 2020: Wishing mothers a happy Father's Day
I want to wish all the mothers out there a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! :-) See the way I look at it, Mothers, especially single mothers, deserve to

June 21, 2020: Your kindness has embraced the direness i exist in
For months your kindness has embraced the direness i exist in, warmed the moment that has fallen on us, and brightened the cloud of destruct

June 20, 2020: Gratitude for a chair
You wanna hear some really sad, weird, depressing, happy, nostalgic stuff? I was talking with a partner, last night, down by the microwave,

June 19, 2020: Happy Juneteenth!
"If a civilized person does not perform his Duty, what must be done?" HAPPY JUNETEENTH... Uhuru!!! j. #BLM

June 19, 2020: Updates from The Birdman
I have five babies to tame down to people friendly and hand tame. My favorite is T. G. thats short for tuff guy. He thinks he is tuff but st

June 18, 2020: A Father's Day Soliloquy
What will our first meeting after decades apart be like? Will there be hugs, tears, fists, screaming? Perhaps your heart will remain hardene

June 18, 2020: The box boldly stated
Grade A Extra Fancy Red Delicious Apples, The Pride of Washington State! Man, doesn't a delicious apple sound appetizing, tart and sweet, cr

June 16, 2020: A fourth recognizable characteristic
If anyone who knows me well enough would describe three of my characteristics, they would say that I am predictable, gullible, and indecisiv

June 16, 2020: New and old concerns at MCI
Down here in MCI, a C.O., UNIT MANAGER & MAJOR all told a Caucasian inmate that he couldn't wear his "Black Lives Matter," mask. After the W

June 16, 2020: You woke up the spirit of love inside me
I want you all to know that you woke up the spirit of love inside of me when I wanted to just give up. Your words made me want to get out of

June 16, 2020: Follow Chicago teens' example
If two teens from Chicago and two prisoners in Ohio can see past the differences, why can't you? Look at the person, not their skin color.

June 13, 2020: I've struggled to write and read lately; your messages turn that around
Greetings. I wanted to write again and say how much I truly enjoy receiving the Lifelines For MCI messages. Over the past couple of months I

June 13, 2020: VOICES, a play
SETTING: Standing behind a type of waist high console at STG R Center, ANGER, LOVE, and ESTEEM prepare for their body to wake up. On STG L,

June 11, 2020: Compassionate Release Disparity
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, Gov.DeWine outlined a plan to release older inmates that met certain criteria to minimize their Covid-19 exp

June 8, 2020: Don't drink the poison and expect the other guy to die
With all the hatred out there in the world it's good to know that a few good people still remain. The devil has his minions running around t

June 7, 2020: Thankful and grateful
Thankful and Grateful That's all I can say even when i want to complain or be bitter I can't it could be worse but it will be better and kno