Category: Dispatches
Dear Karl J. Friston 3-24-21
Greetings, sir! And wishes of health. I hope yours have fared through the year with minimal sorrow. While attempting to be sensitive to all the unknown, I’d like to brief you on the newest results: In a natural progression, the project that in part resulted from our correspondence has been finding nooks and crannies from … Continue reading “Dear Karl J. Friston 3-24-21”
Missing Stimulus Payments For the Incarcerated? Questions and Answers
UPDATE 2-14-22 It may be the case that the “How To” handouts offered to large populations of prisoners filing tax returns in 2021 didn’t take into account the fact that many had yet to receive the 2020 EIP. For months I assumed I was waiting for the IRS to confirm my identity, but upon finally … Continue reading “Missing Stimulus Payments For the Incarcerated? Questions and Answers”
Well, shit…, No. 3
I suppose I’m more of a writer than I am a symposium speaker..
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!”