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I'm an Arizona prison blogger, freelance writer, advocate for civil/human rights, nature lover and admirer of eccentricity, individuality and bizarreness. I have a penchant for open minds, smart/sassy mouths, mischievous natures and inner/outer beauty in its infinite forms. I'm kind-hearted, accepting, understanding, compassionate, wise and caring, as well as passionate, fun-loving, mischievous, outspoken and a bit of an odd-ball.

I am currently incarcerated at the Arizona Department of Corrections Tucson prison complex. I have two blogs:

my son has spent over four years now in prison in Ghana.
He was given two 20 year sentences in 2004..to run concurrently..or is that consecutively..i never know which is which.
How can i write down how im feeling..how he is feeling.
its terrible.
i cry at the drop of a hat.my life is on hold,my last years given my age in prison too.
There is some hope but hope is slow process. everyday is another day of waiting of being patient of saying dont worry be positive this will be over soon.

I have recently finished serving a ten year sentence in a federal penitentiary. For ten years I have kept a journal of all I have witnessed. Now I would like to share it with the world. I would love to read your comments and hear your feed back.

Hype,
P.S. Those google ads on my site are there for a reason, so please click and help support my blog.

http://penitentiarytales.blogspot.com/

Hey everyone my name is Jeremy and I have a brother John who has been locked up for about 5 years now and is dying to reach out and talk intelligently to some normal people. He has in turn asked me to check online for anywhere his voice can be heard. So hear I am writing for my brother John. This will be my last post as I will tell my brother about this and he will be writing me and I will be posting it all on here. Please if you have any advice or would like to contact John yourself just ask. Thank you everyone have a good day.

I am looking for Shawn A. Watt #06865-025 in Federal Correctional Institute Pekin Il. I am confined at my grandmothers and unable to contact him at all or I'll lose my daughter. I am desperately needing to reach him. Please anyone in the F.C.I. Pekin please contact him for me and let him know that I love and miss him so fucking much. Let him know that this web site is available to him and we could be in contact this way. Please Help a lonely woman.
Amanda

The following is part of a letter from Andrew Stepanian:

This is Malik's book wish list. Please fulfill his list first and then mine. The books can be mailed to Malik's address below. From the bottom of our hearts Malik and I thank you!

Malik Lamarr, 04099-084
FCI Butner Medium II
Federal Correctional Institution
Post Office Box 1500
Butner, North Carolina 27509
USA

The Wisdom of Mao by Mao Tse-Tung
Steve Biko: Black Consciousness in South Africa by Stephen Biko

Please let me know if you like this first chapter. Let me start out by saying the following story is 100% matter of fact. Ive been to prison in all 4 corners of the USA, and I'm not ashamed of it, and if you read this, youll see why. I'm going to give you a real convicts veiw from the inside out. On top of that, I've seen and done some hair raising shit. A multi millionare once contracted me to kill his wife, but I'm more of a hustler than anything else, so I worked him for about $8, 000 and warned the wife to watch her back at the same time .

...As I had written in my first attempt at coming out and presenting the woes and throws of an ex-inmate caught up in "the world" and what it has been like for me, a new chapter in that journey has begun!

Hi-
My name is Steven Lange. I'm just 40, a gay man with 2 sons from a previous, bisexual life, and I'm in the Federal Correctional Institute in Pekin, Illinois. I'm just about to come off of doing a the first decade of my time. I've got a year and a half left.

This is the best news I've heard all day and my day is almost over! Sleep tight all!

N :)

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The following is a repost from Josh's support team:
www.JoshHarper.org
After spending nearly 100 days in the SHU (Special Housing Unit, otherwise known as "the hole"), Josh was finally released back into his unit of the prison on Monday 6/18.