May 2021 Be a Year of Health, Wealth, and Happiness for All 2020 was a good year for me, since I accomplished a lot as I wrote about in a recent blog, Personal Progress in 2020, but I know that 2020 was not a good year for millions of others who may have lost their…
Personal Progress in 2020 by Wayne T. Dowdy
My faith in my Higher Power I chose to call God, and my life of sobriety got me to where I am today. Had I not stopped using the drugs and alcohol that helped get me to prison, I would not be alive today and would not have been blessed by getting to walk out of the prison doors to begin a new life.
Gratitude 2020 by Wayne T. Dowdy
Happy Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate the holiday, and to all of those who do or do not, please take a moment to reflect on the positive aspects of life today. Personally, I begin with the obvious, my health, including all body parts that remain intact and fully functional; especially, my Eyes to…
Too Late for Torrick
By Marshall Astor from San Pedro, United States – United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10385597 Anytime I receive a message from the Corrlinks automated response that someone on my approved contact list no longer has access to the Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System, I assume that the person was…
Another One by Wayne T. Dowdy
During the 2016 Presidential Election, my life was much different when I wrote Politics & Prisons, where I spoke out against insane practices by prison administrators and voiced my opinion on the Elections and politics in general.
Life After Release-5
Who would have guessed that the smartwatch was a thief programmed to steal?
Incarcerated can receive stimulus checks from government
This blog has associated content with my previous post and contains more information about those in American Prisons being allowed to file a claim for the stimulus check. https://www.wcia.com/?p=368482
How Much to Send Prisoners Varies
If the free citizen needs to pay rent, buy food, or otherwise take care of themselves and family, in my opinion, as a former prisoner, I’d rather have gone hungry than for my loved ones to have sent me money that was needed to provide for themselves. My comfort came in second compared to theirs.