Category: Dispatches
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 Following the release of a promotion for upcoming discounts, JPay rescinded their offer after funds were already transferred from prisoner trust accounts into the JPay media system.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”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter Oct. ’21
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Sept. ’21 WELCOME to the October 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 Oct. ’21”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Sept. ’21
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Aug. ’21 WELCOME to the September 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, Sept. ’21”
8-20-21: A Homework Assignment Sent in by Mail. (Thank you, Mr. Frank)
[Received by mail 8-20-21, 01:30] 8-20-21 08:00 WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT MYSELF? I’m a highly capable wrecking ball. I’m an extremely empathic chemical flux. I feel best about myself when I’m trying to raise up others. I feel worst about myself when my actions hurt people that weren’t the people I was trying to … Continue reading “8-20-21: A Homework Assignment Sent in by Mail. (Thank you, Mr. Frank)”
Built to Scale: A COVID-Proof Reflective Reading Program with Peer Support Components. (Total Pilot Cost: $150)
[This is not my official proposal, but it’s enough to get one started if they want to do their own.] This proposal requires minimal assistance and can be scaled to adjust from one single participant to the entire population of any DOC. Some variation of this proposal will soon be submitted to the Idaho Department … Continue reading “Built to Scale: A COVID-Proof Reflective Reading Program with Peer Support Components. (Total Pilot Cost: $150)”