Leisure time 5/20/13

Tehaohapi, California. A prison by the name
of California Correctional Institution. I must say out of all the
prisons I've been to this prison is out the top of the list
for most fucked up.

The program is all messed up. Most things
that we are suppose to get we don't; laundry, showers, suppli-
es, yard and mostly when you try to pursue a "grievance"
(a internal complaint) you are meet with the man him-
self, straight from the dead, Mr. Stonewall Jackson cause
all your gonna get is stonewalled. Before I come across
as a "cry-baby" and what not if all you had coming
where certain items then you to would want them.
Take that paycheck you get. What if your employer
said oh well give it to you next month?? Certainly a
protest of some sort will erupt. Now thats what we go
through. I've recently wrote internal affairs and
wes told to keep my "complaints" inside the prison.
Damn! I wrote them concerning trash in the food and
not being able to file grievance.

What strikes me odd is that with much
leisure time why aren't more prisoners fileing
complaints? I'm no lawyer or jail house lawyer. I'm just
a prisoner that sees a wrong and tries to correct
it. I'll win some and maybe lose many but it doesn't
mean I shouldnt try to correct the wrong. I'm often
told why I don't file a grievance on this or that
and respond by saying, "do it yourself". The usual
reply is "I don't know how". Well when I came to
jail at 15 I didn't know alot of things and with
patience and hardwork I know more then I use to.
If you sit in that tomb your in all day and do
nothing then you'll learn nothing. It is the penicale
of stupidity not to keep yourself busy. Some watch
tv all day and some sleep. It is a tomb in which
all you have is time. For some the day can't end
sooner. For others it (time) actually goes by to fast.

24 hours sleep at 10:00 p.m., wake up
at 6:00 a.m. You have 16 hours in the day to go
about your business. These 'rules' don't apply to us in
prison though. Would you give up some sleep time to
gain knowledge? Your body can adapt to many things.

5 hours of sleep will get you through the day,
plus a nap...you'll be good. Back in prison, with a
tv prisoners would just rather sit and watch the
box. There's not that much good shows on network
television so in reality the majority of prisoners just
watch it as a form to escape from their surroundings.
Unlike the outside world we have a front row seat to life
that's unique in a way. You get to view the world at
large in a outsider perspective. Not only this but
as mentioned above we have time. Still that
precious time is squandered and wasted!