Patrick Irving

Surfing The Channels Of Oversight

1-24-19 Dear Idaho Personnel Commission: It’s my understanding that you maintain a merit system for state employees. Is this something like an Office of Professional Standards? I represent a group of inmates that have concerns regarding employee conduct within the Idaho Department of Correction, and I’m hoping you can help direct me towards some form … Continue reading “Surfing The Channels Of Oversight”

A Very Geo Group Thanksgiving

Failure to Act: IDOC is Aware of GEO’s Noncompliance

11-24-2019 Re: Jack Fraser’s 8-27-2019 Memo Dear Mr. Fraser: Your statement regarding the Contract Monitor operating by Texas Minimum Jail Standards, as opposed to IDOC Policy 318, alludes to the fact that you failed to provide an adequate review of my group complaints. Additionally, it is suggested that you are still unaware of GEO’s contractual … Continue reading “Failure to Act: IDOC is Aware of GEO’s Noncompliance”

Excessive Use of Tort

11-05-19 Dear Chief Page: Recent tort claims sent to the State were returned “Not Deliverable As Addressed.” I submitted an “Access to Court” request asking to speak with the paralegal in an attempt to understand why. The paralegal refused my request while noting my problem with USPS has been addressed. Because it is my position … Continue reading “Excessive Use of Tort”

Pssst…

Welcome to my uncontrolled science project, bookofirving82431.com! This platform exists as a means for me to present my creative writing, represent inmate concerns and direct requests for legal assistance to materials supporting my claims. All of which together equal a personal plea for human interaction. For whatever reason you’ve arrived, I hope you enjoy this … Continue reading “Pssst…”

The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences

11-05-19 Dear Marc Major and Ashley Nellis, I have been gifted a copy of your book, The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences, from the Durland Alternatives Library and their Prisoner Express program. This is a response to your request for reactions to the book. I hope my feedback can be of … Continue reading “The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences”

(Well, sh#t…)

11-02-19 Dear Reader, It occurred to me while writing an upcoming dispatch that if I want to maintain this site’s authenticity, I have to provide some context for my prison activities that may otherwise be distorted when viewed strictly through public records. Recently, at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution that I was moved to following … Continue reading “(Well, sh#t…)”

Fashionably Undesirable

Worse than having nothing to say is too much to convey with no words. A leftover cadence goes write down the line of stunting my growth with these spurts. Their circular angles from platforms and pulpits are free to be purchased with angst, But my leaving the branch of an empty paper is a riddle … Continue reading “Fashionably Undesirable”

The Congener Interludes, Op. 1: Sonatina of Intrigue, No.4

Previous: The Congener Interludes, Op.1: Sonatina of Intrigue, No.3 I’ve been here before, many times — in this situation, specifically. Allowing her pink-painted synthetics to take such liberties reminds my pup-pups of busking for Lincolns. Truest in form, safari in thong — she’s loving all my gyrations. Zebra print presenting the prey: delicious, in the … Continue reading “The Congener Interludes, Op. 1: Sonatina of Intrigue, No.4”

IDOC Now Hiring: Alchemist Wizards Wanted

9-27-19 Dear Chad Page (Chief of Prisons): Morning reflections, pen in hand: I thought I’d drop you a line. We are in receipt of your memo at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution — the one about the brewing. All have agreed: the alcohol situation is out of control. We were moved that you would acknowledge … Continue reading “IDOC Now Hiring: Alchemist Wizards Wanted”