Category: Dispatches
Idaho Prison Arts Collective Benefit Event 10.7.23. Attendees to Help Support Transformative Art Programs in Idaho Prisons
The Idaho Prison Arts Collective, a non-profit organization that works closely with Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC), will be holding a benefit fundraising event on October 7 at the Boise Rock School. The funds raised will be used to cover the costs of the transformative art programs the collective offers IDOC residents. Founder and executive … Continue reading “Idaho Prison Arts Collective Benefit Event 10.7.23. Attendees to Help Support Transformative Art Programs in Idaho Prisons”
First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, Sept. ’23
Previous: First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, Aug. ’23 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, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Loved … Continue reading “First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, Sept. ’23”
How to Win Friends and Influence Journalists
To: Society of Editors Stationers Hall Ava Maria Lane London, EC4M 7DD United Kingdom Campaign for Freedom of Information Lower Ground Floor, 5-7 Highgate Road London NW5 1JY United Kingdom British Journalism Review SAGE Publications 1 Olivers Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom International Foundation of Journalists IPC — Residence Palace Bloc … Continue reading “How to Win Friends and Influence Journalists”
It’s an Unusual Era We Live In: As Told by a Public Records Request Submitted to the IDOC
[This message forwarded from a resident of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.] 8.21.23 Greetings, I’m looking to verify that public records request #R012838-070523 was interpreted to include all communications between employees of the IDOC and employees or representatives of Liberty Ammunition. The original request appears to have been transcribed as a request “for any communication … Continue reading “It’s an Unusual Era We Live In: As Told by a Public Records Request Submitted to the IDOC”
First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, Aug. ’23
Previous: First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, July ’23 Welcome to the August 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. Loved … Continue reading “First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, Aug. ’23”
Request for Accord: IMSI Residents to IMSI Leadership
[Shared here in the interest of diplomacy. Those with loved ones at IMSI are encouraged to voice their support through all the usual channels. I’ll do my best to continue reporting on efforts as they unfold.] Date: 7.31.23 To: IMSI Leadership From: A-Block Representatives Re: Parole-Required Programming, Religious Services, Education and Incentives WE, the residents … Continue reading “Request for Accord: IMSI Residents to IMSI Leadership”
First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, July ’23
Previous: First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, June ’23 Welcome to the July 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. Loved … Continue reading “First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, July ’23”
Notes From 6.19.23 Discussion With Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg Students
[See also: IDOC Facilitates Session Between IMSI Resident and Students of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg] Hi everyone! Thanks again for including me in your studies. [Narrating now in third-person.] Patrick Irving: 43-years old. 11.5 years spent incarcerated, 7 years on supervision. Currently residing at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, a roughly 535-bed facility that opened in … Continue reading “Notes From 6.19.23 Discussion With Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg Students”
IDOC Facilitates Session Between IMSI Resident and Students of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg
It’s not often that residents of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI) are invited to participate in discussions with classrooms abroad. But when instructor Henny Hearn with Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg invited me to present to her Prison and Punishment class my experiences with Idaho’s criminal justice system, the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) kindly made … Continue reading “IDOC Facilitates Session Between IMSI Resident and Students of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nüremberg”
First Amend This! Newsletter Published In Academic Archives
“Forlorn Hope” was the title of the first American newspaper published by an incarcerated person. Since that day on March 24, 1800, over 700 periodicals have been published by U.S. prisoners, providing a unique look behind the abounding ominous walls that we’ve erected across the nation. Thanks to an amazing collaboration facilitated by Reveal Digital … Continue reading “First Amend This! Newsletter Published In Academic Archives”