Effects of Incarceration Interview with Begum K., Part I When Ms. Begum K. first contacted me on my Quora.com Space, Life Inside and Out, because she needed participants for an interview on the effects of incarceration to use when writing a paper for her Psychology class, I was hesitant. After several days of thought and…
Tag: Recidivism
Shane Bradley Shares
Shane, who is a returning citizen like me who wants to make a positive contribution to society, provides a link at the end of this post from his Space on Quora.com that may be of interest to anyone who has served time in prison or who has a loved one or friend who has been…
Bureau of Prisons and Private Prisons
Though I may not be considered an expert by some, I do have firsthand experience in the field.
Electronic Chain-2019
Having served over 30-years in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prison, I walked out of an era with demons and dragons trying to hold me back as I reentered a society, unlike the one I left behind in 1988.
I had never used a cellphone, been on the Internet, or experienced life on the Outside without chains wrapped around my waist, wrists, and ankles.
Revising a Life-2
The Revised Life I now live does not include committing crimes or doing things I shouldn’t be doing if I want to remain a free citizen, a Returning Citizen to society, not to the prison system.
Employee #1
AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER Now that I have an employee seen sitting on the keyboard in the above photo, I may correctly use “We” in the following disclaimer: We act as affiliates for trusted merchants and may earn referral commissions resulting from the purchase of a product or service promoted or reviewed on this website. In this…
Revising a Life by Wayne T. Dowdy
Revising a Life While walking with a friend at the McDonough Goodwill Store and Donation Center, I snapped the above photo of Kirklands’ Autumn Plaque and two pictures. Snapping quality photos is a natural skill for me, as is evident by my 18-million views on Google Maps displayed in the screenshot below. Revising a Life…
Life After Release-8
Life Goes On and I am okay with the life I have, though it is not how I imagined it would be before I walked out of the prison gates as a free man.


