
June 4, 2020: Empathy is the way forward
thank you everyone for all of your support and prayers. i watch the tv and am concerned about the world that we live in and i turn to God fo

June 3, 2020: God's treasures locked up behind bars
Hello and Shalom! We thank you so much for caring. Wish we could give back in some way. I would like to forward this encouraging message, wh

June 2, 2020: Dispensing a little wisdom about protest violence
The one place that most people would think would respond to Floyd's murder by expressing pain, outrage and wrath through violence and destru

May 31, 2020: What new level of criminal behavior is coming into our world from society?
Lifeline Friends, Hello and Shalom! Thank you for letting us know that our lives still have meaning and purpose. You encourage us to want to

May 29, 2020: Thoughts from another locked down prison
To all my friends at MCI & to those writing like Corrine, Meagan C, and the instructors ... that are contributing their thoughts.

May 28, 2020: Stay safe and free
I used to come to every class and stare and look crazy, but deep inside i was always smiling. always excited to learn. always wanting to exp

May 28, 2020: My wife passed away
I'm sad to say [my wife] passed a day after my B-day 5/XX...but thank you for all the support.

May 26, 2020: The look in her eyes
The summer of 1976 changed my life in so many ways; both in heart and soul. Whenever I think back to those days, or it pops into my mind,

May 25, 2020: Two things about "facts"
I try to keep in mind how truly blessed I am, to appreciate the things so easily taken for granted, and I think I do pretty well at seeing '

May 24, 2020: I'm worried
Perhaps its easier emotionally or psychologically to choose to live in the matrix of ignorant bliss rather than be constantly reminded and

May 23, 2020: 8.8% of a life
Friends, 8.8%, that is the percentage of my life I have spent incarcerated after having completed five years of my Life with the possibility

May 22, 2020: Inside MCI's kitchen
I recently started a temporary job working in the Vomitorium (not the theatre type exit - look it up, I'm referring to MCI's kitchen) from 4

May 20, 2020: Your program has truly put my faith back in the human race
Your words of encouragement mean a lot and your prayers are gratefully accepted. To know so many care is a bright spot in this dark place.

May 20, 2020: Activism updates from inside
OMG People, How are you all! As always it's great to hear from you. Would you like to hear some updates on this place? Yeah, well here we go

May 20, 2020: The best humanity has to offer
I was watching this telecast of cameras following the medical staff around in one of New York's major hospital's during the height of the pa

May 18, 2020: The doctors have given up on my wife, shutting off the machines
Okay, so I spoke to my mother last night and she gave me a message from one of my daughters... and in short, because the doctors have given

May 18, 2020: Mr. Public at MCI, part one
Friends, Allow me to introduce Inmate Q. Public, a current prisoner at Marion Correctional. His stories will be the focus of some future wri

May 17, 2020: Disciplined for having a fever
If I had known that I was going to be put in the Hole (Segregation), I would never had said anything. Up to this point, anybody that was sus

May 17, 2020: God bless and peace to you all
Knowing so many people are pulling for us really touches my heart. God bless and peace to you all.