[Update: June 10, 2022: I checked a link to the former BOP director’s testimony before Congress and learned it had been moved, so I corrected the URL, and want to suggest that readers also check out a blog I wrote after my release from the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons, where I added copies…
WAR and REENTRY
by Wayne T. Dowdy [Updated with note in text body on March 1, 2019] GENERAL SURRENDERS: Mark S. Inch, former two-star, retired-general, surrendered his post as BOP Director on May 18, 2018. Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Hugh J. Hurwitz as acting BOP Director. Mr. Hurwitz was the Deputy Director of Reentry Services. Several sources…
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY, CORRECTIONS and REENTRY
Each year I like to wish all the mothers of the world a Happy Mother’s Day and to add something different to my previous wishes.
CHANGES
By Wayne T. Dowdy Storms ravage the United States: tornados, thunder storms, snow and ice storms, in April, along with the political and technological storms that drive the progression or digression of the nation. Storms fuel change: Cruise Missiles that bombed Syrian chemical weapon sites, were launched with the intent to create change, to deter…
MARCH MADNESS
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…
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…