The ultimate challenge in life is finding a career doing something you love. Here I am at 48, just finishing 11 months in Federal prison at

Every week (66 weeks) I have written a newsletter detailing my adventures in prison. I saved the best for last.

As part of my punishment I am not allowed to go anywhere ("Movement that necessitates an Ambulance...was the only way I can leave my...

Craziest thing I have heard/seen on Home Confinement. Out of the 390 + days I have spent in some form of incarceration. MY SCARIEST day...

We had a Christmas Party at the DRC (daily reporting center).  WHAT????  I cannot make fun of this event ... it was a sincere effort made...

Does an inmate ever win any battles against staff & guards (I was asked this question recently which spawned a long conversation)?  The...

Wearing the ankle monitor is a trip.  Nobody really notices it unless they stare (but people do notice it occasionally)…. one of my...

I keep getting asked this question. “I heard staff/inmates don’t like RDAP….is this true? At first, I used to give a mellow answer...

ScottyCarper.com I received some feedback on my newsletters. That feedback was essentially that my tone had changed (I had gotten...

This week’s newsletter has been timed perfectly to coincide when I’m in a mood for the week. Some good news from Leavenworth first....

Throwing money away at the US’s oldest prison. Dignitaries at recent Leavenworth ground breaking ceremony The news from Leavenworth....

GEO Resendential Rentry Center Office. Where my classes are. FORMS We had a ton of new people check in to the HRC.  They were asked to...

Quick update @ Leavenworth. A fight caused a shutdown of the camp. It seems like it was a brief lockdown and restrictions have been ...

This week at the halfway house has been Crazy!!!! My goal was to lay low at the halfway house in Fresno (I guess as soon as I learned I...

My next-door neighbor got taken by the Marshall's today. He knew they were coming so he was waiting outside on a chair. That’s over 5...

There were a couple things I was curious to see how I felt about when I got to the halfway house. One was being able to use a cell phone...

Federal Marshall’s came on Monday (Dad Comment: Sounds like the beginning of a Mickey Spillane novel) and took two inmates into...

Well, it looks like I left Leavenworth at just the right time. Sometime this past week there was a brawl (not just a brawl…. some guy...

My last week at LPC I’m writing this from a cell phone so bear with me (yes, I have a cell phone day at the halfway house and it is not...

Spending my last week here at Leavenworth. I cannot believe I am actually leaving this place. I remember when I first got here...