Letters From Inside the Prison

Untitled I have spent hours and hours talking to prisoners about controlling their thinking. I have also spent countless hours trying to teach people about the stock market and the importance of doing everything you can in here so when you leave you will be ready to start a new life. I have also stressed […]

  The Bottom Line in Prison, by Mike Powers Keeping people in prison is an expensive proposition. I’ve seen varying numbers, usually depending on what point of view the providing party is trying to push, but I think the most reliable number is that it costs around $35,000 per year to keep one person incarcerated.

  The Bottom Line in Prison, by Mike Powers Keeping people in prison is an expensive proposition. I’ve seen varying numbers, usually depending on what point of view the providing party is trying to push, but I think the most reliable number is that it costs around $35,000 per year to keep one person incarcerated.

Untitled by Jay Goodman In my last chapter, I talked about how the guards, ranking officers, and even the wardens have abused their positions at the Hazleton penitentiary in the federal correction institution. I know they have a guideline of rules. They are supposed to go by, but it seems to be a completely different

Untitled by Jay Goodman In the world we are taught from the time we’re children to trust police officers. Even if we weren’t taught this, I believe most people learn that it’s natural for most people to have trust in the police. And we’ve seen throughout the last 10 to 15 years because everyone has

Untitled by Jay Goodman I have looked around me every day at how the craziness of prison, how it’s run by the administration and how the prisoners accept things that the administration does. I am well aware that each prison has rules and regulations that need to be followed, I am at where I get

Untitled by Jay Goodman Has anyone ever thought about the type of music you listen to? What about the kind of books you are reading? The friends you have or even the conversations you allow yourselves to have with people? I have looked at people around me in prison and watched what they do for

Untitled by Jay Goodman History has taught us that one thing men and women of every place and time have always been willing to fight for, and indeed die for, is freedom. Freedom is the cornerstone of all great nations, freedom is the pinnacle of spirituality, and freedom is the most basic and essential human

What Happened 2 by Jay Goodman Without a doubt there is a huge difference in the men and women of today from the past. In my last chapter I talked about what I believed to be the starting point of change in our country. The drug boom in the 1960’s was for sure the start

What Happened by Jay Goodman As I look at the young men in prison today, I have wondered how things have changed so much over the last thirty to forty years. While I am aware that times change, I look at the difference between my grandfather and my dad, their goal in life was pretty