Category: Dispatches
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”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Nov. 2020
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Oct. 2020 Welcome to the November issue of First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter that addresses Idaho Corrections concerns. 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’s community. If you … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Nov. 2020”
Pen Pal Funnies #3
9-27-20 Dear Pen Pal, Sunday here. I’m not sure what kind of protocol we’re working with but I kind of felt like writing a letter, so, even though I haven’t heard back from you yet–what the hell? I hope that’s not too bothersome. Without sounding like an asshole, I find your name intriguing. Maybe it’s … Continue reading “Pen Pal Funnies #3”
Civil Support Networks: Advocate Conversion Model 1
Author’s Note: The following notes of mine were presented to members of an inmate support group on Facebook. They’re offered here for critique, with the hope that other collectives might share observations from similar outreach models. I’m still searching for volunteer opportunities. Feel free to help me make use of my time. Supplemental materials: “Exhausted … Continue reading “Civil Support Networks: Advocate Conversion Model 1”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Oct. 2020
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Sep. 2020 Welcome to the October edition of First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter that addresses Idaho Corrections concerns. 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’s community. If you … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Oct. 2020”
Pen Pal Funnies #2
9-9-20 Hola Pen Pal, Tú eres intelegente, interesante y paro uso externo solamente. Yo soy feo, pequeño y viejo. No se exponga directamente al sol mientras esté tomando medicamento. Rechoncho señoritas venga con la vejiga llena. Nosotros agite bien antes de usar. ¿Como se dice “desvístase de la cintura para arriba” in inglés? Perezoso la … Continue reading “Pen Pal Funnies #2”
Frenemy Love Methods #1
3-6-19 Dear Mr. Tim Dorsey, What strange fans you must have. It simply isn’t enough to offer a description of my appreciation for Serge A. Storms. I’ve taken the extra step and embodied his utility usurpations in my fight with a Florida-based private prison company holding Idaho residents on the Mexican border. Following a lengthy … Continue reading “Frenemy Love Methods #1”
Pen Pal Funnies #1
8-29-20 Dear Professional Journalists: I have a story you may be interested in. This transmission is proof of the story as it is being transcribed by some form of sentient robot. It is a stubborn robot, requiring me to poke and prod at it with my fingers before it communicates to you my message, but … Continue reading “Pen Pal Funnies #1”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Sep. 2020
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Aug. 2020 [Censored!!!] Welcome to the September issue of First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter that addresses Idaho Corrections concerns. 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’s community. If … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Sep. 2020”
Dear Pen Pal (8-20-20)
Dear Pen Pal, Will you be voting early? By mail? Doing any legwork? I’m glad to be where I’m at for the election. I could hardly stand the things said around me during the last one. I’ve grown more tolerant with political differences, and the lines that draw my preferences have become much more obscure. … Continue reading “Dear Pen Pal (8-20-20)”