Editor, Author at Prison: The Hidden Sentence

My Story: First Visit to Loved One In Prison

By Editor / 01/01/2016 / 2 Comments

The First Visit to Loved One In Prison: My Parents Son and My Brother We had no idea what to expect during our visit to our loved one in prison; my brother, their son. The first time my parents and I visited my brother in prison there was a wedding. It was Valentine’s Day, so on the outside that would be an appropriate time for a wedding. We saw families sitting together laughing and […]

A Creamy White Guy’s Prison Survival Guide or How I Bid My Time In Prison

By Editor / 12/15/2015 / 3 Comments

Note from Editor: The facility names have been changed to generic names. Prison Survival I am an Old Guy (OG). Actually I’m an old white (WOG?) who recently completed his first bid up-state in Prison#1 and had to learn prison survival. My stamp? DUI, interfering, resisting, FTA, and a little bit of weed. While my attorney haggled over these charges with the prosecutor I languished in Prison#1 for four months. Upon receiving my sentence I was sent “up […]

Best Items to Send to Loved One in Prison

By Editor / 12/08/2015 / 0 Comments

What Are The Best Items to Send to Loved One in Prison? When you have a loved one in prison its difficult to know what you can and can’t send them; it’s difficult to know what to send to a loved one in prison. There’s nothing more discouraging than having something that you’ve sent returned. This article discusses the best items to send to loved one in prison. As most prisoners’ families already know, there […]

Blogging is Sharing

By Editor / 12/03/2015 / 0 Comments

Blogging I started this blog six months ago and thought that if I put the information out there to help people who have loved ones in prison that it would be sufficient and people would find it. Since then I’ve attended blogging seminars and joined a local blogging group and learned that it takes a lot more. They said that I need to blog (or write) at least once a week and add pertinent as […]

Finding employment when released from prison can be difficult

Dave’s Killer Bread is urging other employers to hire ex-convicts, too

By Editor / 11/15/2015 / 0 Comments

Finding employment when released from prison can be difficult Many ex-convicts report that finding a job once released from prison can be difficult because they have a criminal background. Many job applications ask for criminal history and this can lead to the candidate not being considered for a position that they are qualified for. This article discusses a company, Dave’s Killer Bread, that has found much success in hiring ex-convicts. One-third of this company’s workers […]

Economic Stability Difficult When Loved One In Prison

Having a loved one in prison makes economic stability nearly impossible for our families

By Editor / 11/15/2015 / 0 Comments

Hardships of having a loved one in prison and how it affects the family’s economic stability When a loved one is incarcerated it can create hardships to the family; especially if the loved one is the bread-winner of the family. Not only is an additional income lost, but there are additional costs such as collect phone calls which affect the families economic stability. There are also extra costs required to travel to visit your loved […]