"Hello World"

Hello everybody I'm in my prison cell "CTQ" Confine, To, Quarters. The man won't allow me out of my cell today except to go walk to chow and to medical to pick up my daily meds. Funny stuff. I'm not trippin' I've done so much cell time over the years it isn't funny. When I was at Pelican Bay the man used to lock us down for months at a time. Bring your food to your cell. The only time we got out of our cells was every 72 hours. By law they have to allow you a shower. The lockdowns would go on for months sometimes - some inmates have never experienced long stay in-your-cell lockdowns. I know how to do cell time. You just find things to do to make the days/nights go by as fast as possible. Read, write letters, exercise, watch TV, listen to the radio. Some inmates don't have a cellie let alone books etc. to pass the time. This world in here is full of hate and rough adjustments to any order by a CDC guard. It's a joke when you're my age 42 and a 20 year old guard right out of the academy comes to work talking rough, trying to show his muscles. See here's the real deal people. The guards are truly cowards who hide behind the power of the state. They are bullies, in my eyes hang members. They think it's their jobs to punish us, treat us with disrespect. Tear up our cells. Steal our property. Yes, robbery. I own some items I'm allowed to and a guard will come in and take it. They are very mean-spirited. Guards/police can't be trusted in my eyes. I've always known that even when I was a young kid on the streets with no record or arrest, they still used the power of the badge to hurt you. The LAPD look at all the people they shoot dead, it's on the news everyday. Anyway I'm locked in my cell for the day and wanted to write what was on my mind today and post it on my blog. When you're angry you should never post a blog. People don't like negative shit but prison gets to us so we must let it out. It's better than getting into an argument with another prisoner right? I'm smarter than staff I would never argue with them. You can't win against them I learned that years ago. I want to write some more and tell you about this idea I came up with and see what you think?

I'm trying to set up a Paypal account to raise funds for attorney fees. I'm going to hire a good attorney (when I make/raise the funds to do so). I want to post some prison-made paintings and cards etc. I would like to get orders for these things and money that's made goes into my Paypal account to be used strictly for the hiring of an attorney. It's 2013 now and some laws in California have changed so I can possibly get a parole date. The problem is I'm a lifer with no money to hire an attorney to represent me. Can I get out YES.

But I will need help from a good attorney. This world is a big place and somewhere on this planet there is a person who will be willing to help me help myself. I'm not looking for a handout or a free ride. I'm willing to put in the time work whatever it takes to get a parole date. Are there attorneys out there right not that could get me out? Yes I'm positive about that. Is there one who would do it for free? Take a chance and help someone out just because his or her heart says so yes. But I'm in a prison cell doing life trying to figure out how to find this person. There are literally thousands of attorneys out there who could get me out of prison, the question is how do I find one to represent me from behind these walls.

It's crazy to think that all it takes is money to five me my life back. Just think if I had the money to hire an attorney I could get out of prison. Money is stopping me from getting out. It's crazy to think that that's all I need is money or just an attorney to take a chance and read my case. I have come up with this plan to get a Paypal account, this is the first step to my freedom folks. WOW do you think someone out there had a big enough heart and reads this post and says 'ya know what I'm gonna hire Donnie Tinsley an attoney.' The chances of that are slim but you never know. I promise to do my part in whatever means that I can from behind these walls.

I want people to know where my heart is at. What kind of person I am. I truly believe that there's people in this world who have to stay in these cages forever due to being insane. Crazy people need help not just putting in a cage and that's it. I think that the time should fit the crime. In California, they pass out sentences and when you do them they still won't allow you out. I have a friend in here right now who was sentenced to 15 years to life he has over 30 years and they still won't let him go. There are inmates who won't ever get parole dates and there's nothing we can do about it.

This is the life the state has given me I have almost done 20 years and I will never see the streets again without an attorney to represent me. I pray that someone will help me get a Paypal account so I can raise the money for the attorney. Things happen for a reason and maybe someone will read my posts and have an attorney in their family. Maybe that man or woman will take down payments to start reading over my case. I can get out with a little help from my friends.

There are many things in my case that an attorney can attack and easily get me re-sentenced. So please if there's anyone out there who can help me with this Paypal account or help me find an attorney who would be willing to look as my case. So yes, freedom is on my mind today. There's some new cases out that can really help me but I don't know how to file them properly.

I will write more later,

Donnie