Author: Patrick Irving
Mile Marker 6302022: Response to The Harbinger
Hi R., Thank you for your interest in my earlier submission, and for your suggestion with the edits, which, looking at it again, I wholeheartedly agree could pose a bit of a problem. If you are still comfortable using that piece with edits and/or trigger warnings, I would be happy to see it published among … Continue reading “Mile Marker 6302022: Response to The Harbinger”
Mile Marker 6212022: Response to Prison Journalism Project
Hi Prison Journalism Project! Thanks for the awesome compliments on my First Amend This! newsletter. To answer your questions: Of my audience, I am certain the online version (@bookofirving82431.com) is shared between members of the Idaho Inmate Family Support Group on Facebook, which, last I was told had around 500 members. I am also aware … Continue reading “Mile Marker 6212022: Response to Prison Journalism Project”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, June ’22
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, May ’22 Welcome to the June 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 and … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, June ’22”
Free Eye Screening and Glasses for Loved Ones Visiting the South Boise Complex June 25 and 26
When: Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26.10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Where: South Boise Correctional Complex (Entrance just off South Pleasant Valley Road) Who: Family and friends of residents living in the South Boise Correctional Complex. Details: Show up to the complex and find the Envolve Vision Van. If a problem is found during … Continue reading “Free Eye Screening and Glasses for Loved Ones Visiting the South Boise Complex June 25 and 26”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, May ’22
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Apr 22 Welcome to the May 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, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Friends … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, May ’22”
Upcoming Event: The Convicted Conference. June 4, 10:00 – 17:00. Free food and childcare!
The Convicted Conference will be coming to Ten Mile Christian Church in Meridian on June 4, from 10:00 – 17:00. The event is focused on providing healing and hope to Idaho’s justice-affected families. Community organizations and government agencies will participate in 30-minute breakout sessions, in which one can expect intimate, authentic dialogue centered around community … Continue reading “Upcoming Event: The Convicted Conference. June 4, 10:00 – 17:00. Free food and childcare!”
Letters to GigglePea (4.21.22)
Dear GigglePea, Today I spent all of my dayroom time creating an interpretive dance that merges in story our pasts with our future. As my time out-of-cell came to an end, I looked around the room and saw all of the guards had gathered. A thunderous applause broke through the silence. They and all the … Continue reading “Letters to GigglePea (4.21.22)”
Important Notice Regarding Future Communications With Idaho Prisoners
On 4-5-2022, the Idaho Department of Correction delivered the following message to their resident population. — MESSAGE FROM THE IDOC Dear IDOC Resident, Idaho Gov. Brad Little has announced that he will end his declaration of the public health emergency related to COVID on April 15, 2022. Effective May 1, 2022, the IDOC, in connection … Continue reading “Important Notice Regarding Future Communications With Idaho Prisoners”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Apr. ’22
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, March ’22 Welcome to the April 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, Apr. ’22”
My article “The Power of Prisontation” in the Idaho Law Review
The Idaho Law Review Vol 57 issue 3 just showed up in our mailbox. Did you get yours yet? Click “The Power of Prisontation” by Patrick Irving to read the article on the University of Idaho College of Law website .