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COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #43
RDAP is back Programming has resumed once again. As punishment for the contraband that was found, the entire unit had to write a...
Nov 4, 20237 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #42
So The Big News …… RDAP is once again shut down. For the 4th time since I have been here. So who knows when I am going home. A huge...
Nov 4, 20236 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #41
I wanted to share something about my newsletters...I focus a lot on how we interact with our guards/co’s/staff...because frankly I think...
Nov 4, 202310 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #40
It is so friggin HOT here ....and to make matters worse our ice machines suck (they are constantly dripping water and/or are empty) ...
Nov 4, 20238 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #39
Fourth of July has come and gone It was a big day at the LPC. We started grilling out in back at 5am on some makeshift grills. We served...
Nov 3, 20235 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #38
So, I have been here almost nine months We finally had our introductory Orientation meeting (the meeting that tells us what we can and...
Nov 3, 20236 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #37
Most Popular Holiday What is the most popular holiday in a Men’s Federal prison camp? FATHERS DAY. HA...If you think about it...makes...
Nov 3, 20237 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #36
Correction Officers CO's at Leavenworth work for 3 to 4 months at a time and then they rotate to other prisons. We have some interesting...
Nov 3, 20239 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #35
Continues to have a rough week. The RDAP stock price (HA!) has hit a 52-week low (trading at 41 3/4...Down 6 points) ...The SEC is ...
Nov 3, 20236 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #34
I heard this story the other day and I want to share it. This is truly amazing. On the corner of 700 East and 100 South in Salt Lake City...
Nov 3, 202310 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #33
Finished my 3rd class The class was all about change (and accepting it is as a major part of life). We read two books..."Who Stole My...
Nov 3, 20234 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #32
We are shut down again RDAP is shutdown (we are being punished). The DTS's found some phones in the unit (actually not sure it was them...
Nov 3, 20235 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #31
In RDAP our leaders are chosen at the end of each phase. Michel Santos is a principal of the Earning Freedom suite of companies which...
Nov 3, 20234 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #30
I am only 4 months from going home. The last of inmate artist Rolo’s renditions of Scott’s photo’s. This is Scott and Jessica (his good...
Nov 3, 20234 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #29
Craziest thing heard/seen at the LPC this week A couple weeks back I mentioned that several inmates were transferred to Florence,...
Nov 3, 20236 min read


Coops Weekly - Life from Kansas #28
I miss my girls I saw 2 of my ladies today. Jess and Erica came to see me on a legal visit. They caused quite a stir here at Leavenworth....
Nov 3, 20235 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #27
Ok this newsletter was written ENTIRELY by my fellow inmate Phil Goetz (very reluctantly I might add...Ha...He did not want to do...
Nov 3, 20234 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #26
Things move fast I came super close to being transferred to Florence, COLORADO. Over 100 inmates are being transferred from here to the...
Nov 3, 20234 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #25
This week was Rough My closest friend at LPC Phil was given a formal warning. It was intense. Phil is wildly popular here. I have not met...
Nov 3, 20235 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #24
Fallout from Quarantine Things are crazy here right now. We are not being moved back to our original bunks and people are very upset....
Nov 3, 20235 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #23
I am back. What a brutal couple of weeks. I got sick with covid.... I was one of the first 5 (I think???) to get it at Leavenworth...what...
Nov 3, 20237 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #22
Busy Week / Big Week I gave a presentation (actually, 2 presentations) based on what is called a release-plan. The presentation took...
Nov 2, 20235 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #21
Readiness Statement The BIG RDAP assignment this month was to prepare a "readiness statement," and present it to the group. A readiness...
Nov 2, 20235 min read


COOPS Weekly - Life from Kansas #20
Put Your Hands on the Wall As I am typing this email/NEWSLETTER... next to my friend Doc Randy. We were told to STOP what we are doing...
Nov 2, 20236 min read
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