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OCTOBER FINAL ELECTION DEBATE 2024 “America has reached a turning point,” began presidential candidate Ben Landers. “Our nation has been decimated by an endless War on Drugs, divided by systematic racism in our judicial system, and the economy has fallen apart after the pandemic that changed our world forever.” Special Agent Robert Randolph couldn’t believeContinue reading “Legalized”

The way I see things. The way others see things. The way the world sees things.  I am at a crossroads in life. The prison journey is almost over. I’m realizing how different everything will be. How different everything is.  From my point of view, I’ve learned a lot. I came. I saw. I not onlyContinue reading “Perception”

Resentment. Spite. Vengeance. As I sit here thinking about what to write, I recognize the signs. A “Feelings Wheel” on the wall. The song “Resentment” playing on shuffle moments after I wrote the word. A day spent helping others with their writing. This is exactly where I need to be, exactly what I need toContinue reading “Letting Go”

A song, a conversation I wasn’t a part of, feelings swept under the rug, realizations of others, words spoken outward when inward is where the meaning lies. A night spent listening, reflecting, and searching. While the rest of the world spins at a thousand miles an hour, I sit dead still in a prison cellContinue reading “Giving Up”

I’m white, middle class, and have two parents who are still together. I didn’t try drugs in high school; instead I recited the Bible. I have blue eyes, dark brown hair, and I’m an inch over six feet. I went to college, played baseball, and traveled to Australia on a missions trip. Statistically I shouldn’tContinue reading “#BehindTheStatistics”

Three years of my life spent in federal prison. Thirty-six months spent learning about life in a completely new way. One thousand ninety-six days waking up knowing I am under the control of my oppressors. Twenty-six thousand three hundred and four hours missing my daughter’s life. I was asked the other day what I wasContinue reading “Three Year Reflection”

I need RDAP because the life I was living in prison was far from the life I want to live on the outside. I was out of shape, eating myself through depression, and involved in too many negative activities. I had written a novel in the SHU based around a character that was supposed toContinue reading “Why Do I Need RDAP?”

Before I came to prison, I believed in nothing. I thought everything was random and life had no real purpose. Then I met Gabriel Arias-Maduro. I know it sounds like hyperbole to say that one individual impacted my life to that extent, but in this case, it’s simply the truth. I know he was putContinue reading “The Original Guru”

Dedicated to the most precious gift of my life, my princess, Adelina Once upon a time, there were two little girls named Adelina and Rosalie. They were the best of friends.  One day Adelina’s Dadda asked if she remembered where she buried her secret treasure when she was three. Adelina couldn’t remember, and it madeContinue reading “Once Upon a Time…”

My belief in cannabis started the very first time I used it. I had been struggling with anxiety and depression during my first year of college, and it was destroying my self-confidence. Despite my incarceration for it, I believe that cannabis is the most medicinally beneficial plant on the planet based on my own lifeContinue reading “Medicinally Beneficial”