Sentence with God’s Gift in Mind Age: 62 Family: Wife, Denise; 5 Children; 3 Grandchildren Plea Offer: 70 Months: Without Cooperation Plea Offer: 98 Months: WITH Cooperation (all things hidden) Guideline sentence at trial: 0 – 18 months Trial Tax: Sentence: 225 months/19 YEARS! Served: 63 Months Doing this section is one of the hardest narrative’s I have ever written. Not knowing God’s path for my life, focused in this potentially transformative environment, God’s…
Paying it Forward – Cold Glass of Milk In the Prison Classes with 2% Recidivism Rate We Teach A “Pay It Forward” Type of Attitude. So we encourage the men here with true stories like this one to show them it’s not all about self. One day a young man who was selling encyclopedias knocked on the door of an elderly gentleman. The man answered the door and asked what the young man wanted. “I’m selling…
Elderly inmates want to be useful! We are a group of elderly prisoners writing to you from Federal Corrections Institute at Terminal Island in California. Our hope is that you will hear our stories and help us along with members of the elder prison community who are currently incarcerated to have a second change at a meaningful life. We face long sentences, timely health issues, and are a group that is often overlooked in the current…
One of The Most Inspirational Stories You’ll Ever Read, Sent Your Way By A Mouse So as I have said before in this blog, I once was a bodyguard to the rich and famous. When I first came to prison, I celled up with a young Native American man. Which in of itself is unusual because my skin is white and he’s a native. Usually the races cell up together. I’m Italian, which is Latin,…