T-Minus 1810-1807

I had a chest x-ray done a few days ago (standard medical clearance procedure) and in order to do it, I had to go down the street to the men's facility (I'll tell you about that place later....wow...ummmmm....wow).

For those who don't know, I am in a Minimum Security Federal Prison. What does this mean?

1. There are no fences.
2. There is no controlled movement (that's what you see on T.V. when the inmates are walking in a line with guards watching them).
3. At any one time, the most I have seen have been 2 guards for 250+ inmates. (Except for the softball game against that Law firm.... even then they wore civilian clothes not uniforms...i.e. they were off duty and there just for the free sno-cones)
4. It looks like a small college campus from the outside.
5. The dorms look just like half-walled dorm rooms except clean (beds made up, a tv room with 3 tv's and a laundry/microwave room for each floor.
6. There's a cafeteria building...food reminds me of high school. People complain but I don't mind the minimum pork menu...still don't like cottage cheese or the Peanut butter and grape juice tasting pb&j.
7. A reading library (different building)...with a whole lot of fiction, access to a online law library, typewriter, magazines and newspapers.
8. Several classrooms for: daytime: GED and ESL classes; nighttime: Art and crochet classes.
9. A sports tv room - to have to request which game you want to watch so everyone has a chance to see their team.
10. A large multi-media/multi-purpose room used for classes, church services and weekend movies (I ake the am yoga class here 3x per week) - (So far I've seen, Eagle Eye, Fast and Furious, Invictus, 2012 and Alice in Wonderland)
11. A Chapel/Psychology Library/media room: It has 6 tv's each with a vcr/dvd combo attached (there are movies, church sermons, self-help tapes here for watching...it's first come first serve) It also holds the self-help library and all religious books: Bibles, Torah's, Koran's, etc. The Camp Psychologist has an office in this room...she is.....ummmm...different.
12. The administration room with the visitation room attached.
13. Medical offices
14. Dental offices
15. Commissary
16. Hair Salon - still hate having to sit under the hair dryer.
17. Exercise area that consists of:
Track, Racquet ball court, softball field, weight area, elliptical & bike machines (when they are working), beach volleyball area, a place to stretch
18. A Recreation office - where you can take out exercise tapes, rent pool table and racquet ball stuff and radios. You can also order arts and craft supplies from here.
19. There is what looks like a tree garden (haven't walked over there yet)
20. The ADP Offices
21. The UNICORE warehouse
22. And finally the veggie garden with a greenhouse (but you have to be in the horticulture program to go over there)

That's about it.

What I haven't seen since I've been here.

A. Handcuffs
B. Guns
C. Physical Fights

Ok...I'm tired...I'll finish the rest of my story tomorrow.

UPDATE: Mrs. Waldron asked me to teach some classes.

3 miles daily - Max intensity/Yoga class

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