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THE HOMELESS SHELTER
Early in the pandemic, the Washington State Department of Corrections spent a ridiculous amount of money converting an education building into a COVID care unit. I was tasked with throwing away tens of thousands of dollars worth of educational materials, much of it...
MASTERS OF HINDSIGHT
After finally finishing the process of infecting the entire facility with COVID - apparently intentionally, the authorities at the Washington State Department of Corrections have been brainstorming again. This involves a process whereby a group of people completely...
FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT
In the midst of this pandemic, the one weapon any of us can truly count on with any degree of confidence is our immune systems. On a good day, when one of us falls ill, maybe we get to see a doctor. On a really good day perhaps the doctor even provides some remedy to...
We Don’t Have The Vote
It seems election season is so contentious this year that people forget prisoners don't get to vote. The two issues that we are constantly bombarded with are the presidential race and the selection of the latest Supreme Court justice. But just because we do not get to...
The Monopoly of Prison Phone Calls
The classic board game MONOPOLY is an American classic. It's a game of strategy, deception, and control where a single winner flourishes while depriving and bankrupting other players. What if I told you that it wasn't just a game? That if you or your loved one has...
The New Normal
Written May 21, 2020 We got our first word of the pandemic on March 13. That is the day prison authorities notified us that visiting all other programs were canceled indefinitely. We'd seen news coverage prior to that, but few of us had any idea of the scope of the...
The Good Old Days
As the DOC is significantly increasing the population at the reformatory, I distinctly recall their attorney telling the state Supreme Court how they were in the process of reducing that same population to mitigate potential COVID exposure. Even as I heard this, I had...
Is Corrections Education for Everyone?
Reflections on the Present Moment
“Oops”
"Oops" By Timothy Pauley A short time ago I detailed how the doc had converted one of the education buildings into a COVID regional care facility. It was rows and rows of prison beds lined up in close proximity to one another, 45 in all. This was a building adjacent...
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