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 DRC (or HRC).  Called different names depending on who you speak to. But basically, it's the Daily Reporting Center or Home Reporting Center. They were asked to fill out general question forms that rate how they feel about specific situations or experiences. These answers are essential — they determine how the HRS will program.  What classes will be suggested, and

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...

We are down to 2 (out of 12) Camp Phones (the phones 298 of us use to call loved ones) so I won’t be making any calls anytime soon...

Leavenworth is called the HOTHOUSE for a reason. It is a level of hot here I have never experienced. Like so hot that absolutely...

Still Learning - "Inmate Hustles" It is funny I have been here 10 months and I am still learning the ways people hustle around here. ...

We have tornado warnings in Kansas (that's a first for me) ...all inmates were sent back to their units to hold tight. But the weather...