1-5-21
Dear Ritchie,
Good morning. Here, anyway. Not to engage in casual correspondence; adjusting with coffee, cue music for Business…
I share first with you a Little Man’s victory: This morning they offered us daily use of the outdoor cages again. Shame to celebrate such a thing, isn’t it? But celebrate they will, here in RHU. It’s been maybe 8 or 9 months now since they pulled daily use of those cages. But only 24 business hours since Orchard* has had time to respond to my newsletter. Summation: All ye hope need not be abandoned.
On Sunday, Channel 2 covered the telehealth services FORE is to begin. That they didn’t echo my Fresh Take suggests their story was already brewing. Still, the timing may be significant to others looking for correlation, as playing softball against a jerseyless team is akin to suspecting that all the inhabitants of your once peaceful village may secretly be taken with the way of the savage.
Per our previous conversation, regarding enlightenment, and offering more forms of it through our correctional facilities, Director Tewalt messaged an announcement to our population expressing excitement for possible degree-granting programs with BSU. And it’s not uncommon for myself to request technical dictionaries or out-of-date textbooks from such institutions; I try to convey the communal benefit of laying them to rest in prison libraries, usually. Maybe this is something the three of us could work on together?
Also, before, when we were discussing civics, etc., I neglected to suggest that Ethics for Public Communication would go hand-in-hand. For such is needed to handle the ambitious.
Please give my love to whatever heathens the ACLU has seen fit to stock their offices with today.
Again and still,
Patrick Irving
*IDOC Admin Office