Life In No Particular Order
If you want to see some of the atrocities that go on inside the GDOC, check out the Instagram link inside this blog that shows video footage posted by ‘illegal’ cellphones inside the system, which to me, should NOT be illegal, if the prison authorities were really concerned about prison living conditions.
By Wayne T. Dowdy Today is Veterans Day. Take a minute to thank the men and women who put on the uniform and served this country. They left home, they did their duty, and many of them came back changed. Some did not come back at all. If you know a veteran, tell them thank…
Racism Is a Poison That Spreads Faster Than Wildfire By Wayne T. Dowdy On Friday night, November 6, 2026, at about 8:37 p.m., a Ring doorbell camera outside an apartment in Oxford, Mississippi, recorded three white female students walking past the door of an apartment shared by three Black students at the University of Mississippi….
The 2026 elections will reshape America’s prison system: tougher sentences, restored voting rights in Virginia, and new leadership in Georgia.
Nothing reduces crime like a paycheck — and the numbers show how hard that paycheck is to get. The Prison Policy Initiative found unemployment among formerly incarcerated people above 27 percent, compared to about 5 percent for the general public, even though 93 percent of working-age formerly incarcerated people are working or actively looking for work.
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Try staying out of trouble when you have nowhere to live. It can’t be done for long, and the data proves it: the Prison Policy Initiative found formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to experience homelessness than the general public.
Here is what a blanket ban really does: the only people who obey it are the ones who obey the law anyway. Those who mean harm pay it no mind.
I am doing well, though, but do not deny what I know: reintegrating is a day-by-day, step-by-step process. I am having to relearn social etiquette, such as being polite, which I did inside as well, because I refused to allow the prison experience to define me.
I am one of the select few paid creators of Quora content, subscribers to Quora+ will be allowed to read my content free.
Reposted Content: The Truth About Incarceration was originally published by PrisonLawBlog.com in November 2014, before being posted on StraightfromthePen.com. On Quora.com I posted The Truth About Incarceration, Part I, in response to a question. Then I received several positive comments, one of whom suggested I start a YouTube channel to inform the public about Life…
by Wayne T. Dowdy When we unite we become stronger, more intelligent, and our chance of survival as a species increases because of unity. Now with the Internet, billions of us are connected and can share intelligence and a collective conscious. In social settings, if we focus on what we have in common, it helps…
An old post ringing true after release from serving over thirty years in federal prison
Each of us walked away feeling more grateful for the meal we had been blessed with because we had stopped for a moment to remember the less fortunate in life.
Prisoners for profit, human lives a commodity? Imagine that. My life of crime made lots of politicians and investors very rich: it robbed me of life with my loved ones, including a wife and two children, not to mention the financial ruins caused by my actions. When I am released in 2019, I have to…
Pro-war, anti-war, anti-government, or whatever, in my opinion, those brave men and women deserve praise and to be honored; especially, the fallen men and women we celebrate on Memorial Day who gave their lives.
Two and a half centuries ago, a group of brave individuals gathered in Philadelphia to ratify a document that declared a radical truth: that all people are created equal, endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
I reduced my electronic security risks by consistently updating the different security apps I use for my phone and other electronic devices and platforms needed for me to participate in online activities. The YouTube video I link shows part of the process, where I recently learned to use Microsoft’s BitLocker to add passwords to external…