by Wayne T. Dowdy For the last month, I thought about writing this blog, twisting my mustache as numerous ideas whirled around inside my head: making a minor correction suggested by a reader; praising women in honor of Women’s History Month; updating the halfway house issue; and my plans for StraightFromthePen.org and .net, including my…
Author: Wayne Dowdy
The Storm & Valentine’s Day Wish
[Update: I am re-posting this one for 2019 to wish each of you a Happy Valentine’s Day from the outside this year. I did not win the administrative remedy on the issue stated below in the original post, but I did win an issue concerning a miscalculation of my Good Conduct Time, which changed my…
HALF A PROBLEM
By Wayne T. Dowdy Don’t get it twisted; I am glad to have this half of a problem but it is a problem much greater than what confronts me. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP), or “Backwards On Purpose” agency of the United States Department of Justice, is denying me of something I feel I have…
HAPPY NEW YEAR and a HAPPY NEW LIFE
I wish each of you a Happy New Year and a Happy New Life! For me, it is always a pleasant thought to acknowledge that each day is the first day of the rest of our lives. May 2018 be the best year each of us experiences in our young lives. That’s right, I still…