by Holly | Jun 6, 2024 | 2017, Life During
One day in February Marsha approached me in the dayroom. “Holly, I am wondering if you’d be willing to help with something. We are planning the discipline free banquet and don’t yet have a theme for this year. Even though you are not a member of the Positive Peer...
by Holly | May 27, 2024 | 2016, Life During
July 2017, and the prison was on another lockdown. Everyone living in Tubman (including me) knew the reason – two women living in a cell across the hall from mine had been caught selling meth. Administration spent days tearing apart their room trying to find the drugs...
by Holly | Mar 31, 2024 | 2016, Letters, Life During
Holidays and other special days are harder than usual for an incarcerated person. They are a reminder of family and love, which hurts when you are separated from them. It makes misery more acute. Birthdays without birthday cards make one wonder, “Am I loved?” As I...
by Holly | Dec 30, 2023 | 2012, 2013, Life During
My caseworker had informed me that the Sex Offender (SO) Treatment program would remove barriers and open doors to privileges, but I nevertheless enrolled in December 2012 with an attitude problem. I was once again moved to Monahan and installed back in Lower B....
