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have pretty well got back out of track through the holy days schedule for working with my writing. was hand to ascertain much less that attempt to matntatn. &venythtn9. iteemec! apt cde down around here wtth the. routtne prtaon itptrtt arnon9. the capt and robberit.. The cops were batty trying to find hidden "ho och" or home-made booze, and the rob bent, were hairy it.tealLn9. all the Ln9.redtenttt and a.etttn9. up thetr tratth ba9.it tall of the feftmentLn9. 9.arba9.e/mait.h. The maCn objecttve of the ~ame proceitit wait to 9.et the hooch made and drank and/or itolci before the. cop’s could make a bust. Then, wizen the cop/s Acore a ittaith of hooch, the. l/ouztn9. dnLt mana9.er 9.etit ptitited and takeit. away the telephone prtvtle9.ea for a week throa9.h the. hoitday’s. *ow ALa threat Lit up to a 30-day 1oa.it. of phone prtvtle9.eit., Lf any more home-made boo~e Lit found.

‘I The. Crony c/i Ct at.L Cit that the. "bootLe.99er’s are not a btt bothered by the threat, becaute the. only people who are bothered by the loitit. of prtvtle9.e are. the. Cnmate.it who follow the. ruleit.. The rule-breaker’s aren’t bothered Ln the leait.t becaute they can 9.0 to another I/ouit.Ln9. llnCt and have other rule-b reakerit help them itneak LnitCa’e and ate. the phonet Ln that anLt. i4oitt of the. 9.uardit never catch theit.e 9.uyit. becauise. they aren’t paytn9. attentLon OIL becaaa.e they don’t care., one way or the other; pitt a-i. long.

they don ‘t ~et Cn trouble over ‘somethtnp. elte. happentng. ILke a robbery or atitault, rape. OP., murder, etc., wtth people comtn9. Lnto thetr dorm.~i from othe.r houistn9. unLtit. Liz the. Lnatttutton.

At any rate, the.re are. other Lo,sueit. ILke. beLn9. locked-down for iecurtty meaitureit. when itome Litmate. Li aiitaulted or kLlled. r4lito, there were. itome claw hammer’s mL~iit.Ln9. from the ittorenoom at the Quartermaitter Department. We. were. isyit.temattcally ‘shook down for ~ieve.ral day’s and nC9.htit ant LI the hammer’s were. recovered. 1 on ‘r know the. exact pantAculanA about the. Ann Adent but the numOItA. wane that Acme. ~uandA and Acme. Anmate-it welte. b0th cnvolved An the. theft of the. hammenA..

it wai±n’t a comple.te 104.4, beCctUA.e- I waa. able. to nead a few novelA to "eAcape" the hane-and-now of pnLAon 1tealLty. Plut 1 dAd have the. oppoktuntty to pantctke Ln Acme. ne.e.de.d itptitttuctl 9~o~th and development. 1 attended CatholAc A.ePtVtCe-A and dAd actually make neconctlLatton (con{e.AA con) pith the (hunch fon the. fc’tA.t tAme itLnCe. /974. 1 wa~ thenefone. able. to pamzttctpate An the SacnamentA (Communton) once. a9~aAn, on A2aA.A. ChnL-itmaa Day. I al/to attended /2aAA. on ,lanuany /At wAtch LA. aSic a Holy Day of QblAgx,tton. ThAit waAn’t any "bonn a~aAn" expe.ntence.. but thene waA a Aen/te of "comAn9. to te.nmA" wtth my god. You ~et a fe.elAn~,. that you ‘ye. done the. ~t~ht thAn~, whateven that LA. if I Actind ~ though i’m not Amp ‘teA/ted wtth the. expentence, that AA.n ‘t qiette tizue.. i’m juA.t not fAttAn~i At to Wo~d~ veny well at thAA. potnt An tAme.. Le.t At 4.11/f Ace. to itay that i do feel batten at the. cone. of my beLn~ and 1 expect many rood ItetuitnA fon the.ite. new way~..

Two of my htp.J ApotA thnou~h the-ite. ho] Adayix we.ite. the notAce. of Steve and &ntn’it new baby ~.Anl, and you ri (hnAAtmaA. (and whtch Ancluded youn thankA. fon what i waA. do An9. to AhcLne my

and feelAn~ about Itfe An a con.necttonal tnittttutton amtea /996 —97. i neven thou~At i’d need afftnmatton to contAnue my e.ffontii An thAA. anert to let me. feel a’t thou9.h what 1 had to Arty make.’± any dtffenence. to people. Z cane about. i do have. a lot to A.ay, but At At dAfftcult to ~iet paAt the. feelAng. that 1 am talkAn9. to myA.e.lf. Tht’~ At why F addna.’ut each letten to "Dean ...... . " So now i can 9.et back to wonk on Acme othe.n nelated anerta of thou~ht.

1 fell Anto ‘-one of the "/~2an’&" tnapkL—-the. "man" beAn9. the admtnt’±tnatAon—-and fell vtcttm to the. numon mAll. F wait Undan the. ab/tolute. Amp neitacon that the. food packacje.i± wene g.oAn9. to be. ittopped aften thLA laAt yean, endtn9. on Decemben /5th. 1 wait alto told that the. Sundny packa~e.i± wene. 9.oAn9. to be. navLAed to a Ama1] lA~2i of AtemA.. it LA embannaaitAn9. anou9.h that 1 told Steve. that hAt latt food packa9.a on /i/ovambe.n 2/, /996 wait the IrtAt 1 would be allowed Ln hene, bUt i alAO told eveftyone el/te An hene. that 1 talked wAth that thene wane. not 9.oAn9. to be. any mone foodpackag~et.. 1 have alwayit he-Id a hL9.h level of anedAbLlLty An he-ne air an old cony Act who Anew what he wait talkAn9. about, but after 9.nabb An9. the. ball and runnAn9. wAth the. rumor that there wat.n’t

9.oLn9. to be anymore food packa9.et An here-, other conit aren’t too tune that F know what 1 ‘m talk An9. about when 1 ‘ray A.ome.thAng~. Ft LA. an old trAck, and F don’t know how F fell for At, 6th At maket you "9un-thy" to dAacu’rt. "carrent eventA." wAthUat A.e.eAn9. itomethAng. An wrAtAn9. now.

What the. reaaonAn9. At. that Af enou9.h falt.e. iztirflO nit are ~t~rtad, the. let.’r the. Anmate populatLon AA. lAkely to belAeve. when the- "9.rapevAne" 9.etit ittarted An the. prAiron populatLon. What had allowed me. to 9.e.t "hooked" Anto belAev An9. the rumon abottt no more food packa~eit wait the recent move by the. admAnA~’rtratAon he-re takAn9. at. much away fnom the. Anmateit at. they could by lAmAtAnKA~ irpace- for pen/tonal AtemA, etc. When F heard that the packa~Jjet. were to be t.topped, At made aent.e becaute. At AA. an are.a that theadmAnAt.tnatAon ~Andzu embarra,rt.An9. when the 9.ene.ral publAc hear.’r that an Anmate can receAve nAca thAn9..’± fnorr loved onet on the. outtAde. The 9.eneral publAc hait been led to belAeve- that prA.4.on Lit lAke a colle9.e camput. or tummer camp wAth a hL9.h qualAty of IAfe. offered to the. Anmate.

The- Arony At. that the. outward appearance. of itome. of the. new prAiron irAte.’r look juzit 9.neat. Rut a 9.uAlded ca9.e Lit atAll a ca9.e and all the. tnappAn9.it are. for the. publAc’a aye.. ~ut.t the tame at Af F took a woman to a nAce motel room to rape her Anitte-ad of An the. 9.navel of tome parkAn9. lot. The rape. At. ittAll a nape, no matter how pluth the .‘rettLng.. in a ~ yacht or a now boat, a rape. Lit ~ tAll a rape.. When a periton doe-t. wron~ and At. conY Acted by the. common "rubber t.tamp" due proce-At., he or the Air raped away Anto a prAiton tettLn9.. Whether At Air An ~ray, barren prAiton wall-’r wAth Ate-el barr on the doort. and wAndowit, or An modern prAiton lAvAn9. unLtt, At At. -~1tAll a prAton and all the horror.’r are there for the. more unfortunate-, whether on old or new concrete.