Patrick Irving

First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Feb. ’22

Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan. ’22 Welcome to the February edition of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Friends … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Feb. ’22”

Advocate Networking Request: From the Book of Irving Prison Project

For over three years I have diligently documented the experience of living imprisoned in one of America’s most incarcerating states. Along with my prison journals, articles, collages and creative writing, video of me presenting at the 2021 Idaho Law Review Symposium, over video and in shackles, after more than a year into ad-seg, is available … Continue reading “Advocate Networking Request: From the Book of Irving Prison Project”

View my recently published work @ SolitaryWatch.org and have look at Idaho’s use of Administrative Segregation

After spending two years in what the Idaho Department of Correction refers to as “administrative segregation,” I can personally vouch for the horrible, life-changing, long-term effects that accompany excessive confinement and isolation. In 2018, the Department made a promise with a policy that, to this day, it has never implemented: To allow all clients held … Continue reading “View my recently published work @ SolitaryWatch.org and have look at Idaho’s use of Administrative Segregation”

Censorship Notice: Idaho prisoners forbidden from referring their loved ones to Idaho Statesman/Idaho Capital Sun article

Another incredibly informative article detailing court battles and concerns–and possibly uncovering a full-on conspiracy!–with the Idaho Department of Correction’s procurement of execution drugs appears to be making the Department uncomfortable. So uncomfortable, in fact, that the article’s title alone is grounds for immediate mail and messaging censorship, as found out today by our First Amend … Continue reading “Censorship Notice: Idaho prisoners forbidden from referring their loved ones to Idaho Statesman/Idaho Capital Sun article”

COVID at IMSI

The following memo was distributed to IMSI residents today, following infections among facility food service workers and staff. I credit IMSI leadership with distributing this memo as many residents showing symptoms have been hesitant to present them or communicate them to their families, for fear of initiating a quarantine and ruining phone, shower and dayroom … Continue reading “COVID at IMSI”

First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan. ’22

Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Dec. ’21 Welcome to the January edition of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Friends … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan. ’22”

ANOTHER JPAY CHRISTMAS: RIPPING INMATES OFF IN THE NAME OF BABY JESUS

The media provider for Idaho prisoners has no problem ripping them off to celebrate Jesus’s birthday. Following the release of a promotion for upcoming discounts, JPay rescinded their offer after funds were already transferred from prisoner trust accounts into the JPay media system. From the miniscule wages they make by the hour to the funds … Continue reading “ANOTHER JPAY CHRISTMAS: RIPPING INMATES OFF IN THE NAME OF BABY JESUS”

First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Dec. ’21

Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Nov. ’21 WELCOME to the December edition of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Friends … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Dec. ’21”

First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Nov. ’21

Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter Oct. ’21 WELCOME to the November issue of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, cut and paste, or print and send a copy to another. … … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Nov. ’21”

COOKIES FOR THE INCARCERATED: MARK RENICK’S COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS EFFORT

For several years now, fan favorite Mark Renick has worked with St. Vincent de Paul and team to bring the holidays to Idaho’s maximum-security prison with big-a** bags full of beloved Christmas cookies. In an extremely classy maneuver, to be enjoyed by all involved, this year Mark and friends have decided to expand Cookies For … Continue reading “COOKIES FOR THE INCARCERATED: MARK RENICK’S COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS EFFORT”