Half of the cellblocks at this institution cannot watch television coverage of the elections because some prisoners had the nerve to violate the rules by having contraband in their cells. Imagine that, prisoners who break the rules!
Author: Wayne Dowdy
RESCUED
RESCUED: For me to admit that the government rescued me is growth, since my pride often denied the truth. I humble myself and am honest when I confess my imperfections because doing so tramples on the Ego.
REENTERING REALITY
by Wayne T. Dowdy The clock ticks away the seconds, minutes, hours, and months until my release. The realities I must face flood the senses as my day comes closer. The last three decades of my life will have been spent inside federal prisons. For most of this sentence, getting out seemed so far into…
Freedom for Another Friend
by Wayne T. Dowdy On January 5, 2016, I wrote about Alphonso D. in “Freedom for a Friend,” whom President Obama had freed from an unjust sentence of life-without-parole. The President granted Alphonso’s petition for commutation of sentence and gave him another chance at life in the free society. ANOTHER FRIEND FREED: I am grateful…