Category: Dispatches
Invitation to U of Idaho Video Law Symposium
[Post symposium update – the session video can be viewed here] Incarcerating The Masses: A Critical Examination of America’s Prison Problem. Presented by by the Idaho Law Review Discussions are free to attend, begin Tuesday Mar. 23 and continue through Mar. 25. Patrick is scheduled to speak during the Wednesday 3PM MDT discussion “Perspectives from … Continue reading “Invitation to U of Idaho Video Law Symposium”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Mar. 2021
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Feb. 2021 WELCOME to the March issue of First Amend This! Brought to you by The Captive Perspective and made available at bookofirving82431.com. This publication provides an insider’s look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Mar. 2021”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Feb. 2021
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan 2021 WELCOME to the February issue of First Amend This! Brought to you by The Captive Perspective and made available at bookofirving82431.com. This publication provides an insider’s look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Feb. 2021”
Pen Pal Not-So-Funnies, No. 1
1-26-21 Dear Pen Pals, I suspect I owe you an apology. Sometimes, the people and materials I’m exposed to rub off on me inappropriately, and inspire me to offend the few still kind enough to talk to me by assaulting their audience with inappropriate letters. I believe it was November that I was overindulging in … Continue reading “Pen Pal Not-So-Funnies, No. 1”
Confidential: Attorney-Client Communication 1-5-21
1-5-21 Dear Ritchie, Good morning. Here, anyway. Not to engage in casual correspondence; adjusting with coffee, cue music for Business… “L.A. Woman” –The Doors 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 … Continue reading “Confidential: Attorney-Client Communication 1-5-21”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan. 2021
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Dec. 2020 WELCOME to the January issue of First Amend This! Brought to you by The Captive Perspective and made available at bookofirving82431.com. This publication provides an insider’s look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan. 2021”
Thank You For Another Round of Books!
I’m pretty excited about this: A Kurt Vonnegut, four-book, hardback, bible paper, ribbon marker, Library of America series that spans from 1950 to 1997. I just read a chapter from “Player Piano,” which I found at the very beginning of the series. The man is good. And weird. And his materials were actually suggested this … Continue reading “Thank You For Another Round of Books!”
Missive: 12-06-20
12-06-20 Dear Pen Pal, What am I doing today? To begin with, I’m celebrating your good time and your feeling better and your message coming through so fast. It’s good to experience the reminders of alcohol abuse once in awhile, as far as I’m concerned. I’m sorry your friends are struggling. It seems that everyone … Continue reading “Missive: 12-06-20”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Dec. 2020
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Nov. 2020 WELCOME to December’s issue of First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter. Brought to you by The Captive Perspective and made available at bookofirving82431.com, this publication provides an insider’s look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. Offender friends and families interested in networking concerns … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Dec. 2020”
Pen Pal Funnies #4
11/11/20 Dear Pen Pal, The good news is: You’re still young enough to muster the ambition needed for a poetical worldly conquest. And you’ll not be alone–with myself as your mentor and Chronicler in Arms, the fruit from our deeds will be food for your loins. The opposition’s only hope is to evolve with a … Continue reading “Pen Pal Funnies #4”