Dear Nelly,
I am still in shock as to the designing of these cells here in this facility and to top it off,there is wildlife out my backdoor(I'll explain in a minute).
When George Pataki was Governor he built Double-bunk prisons in New York State and before that we never had two men to a cell.ALL the double-bunk prisons are modern day prisons with less bars and more solid doors and cement blocks.It is cost efficient and you can house more inmates.This prison is a maximum security prison with a fence around it.
Think of an apartment building with floors upon floors and that is how the cells are with a back door that opens up to a 10' x 10' steel cage for each cell.They did this to minimize inmate movement when inmates are locked in their cells for rule violations.The officers don't have to open the cells for anything,showers are in the cells as well as the yard.When this prison was first built it was designed to be one big solitary confinement but there weren't enough people to fill the cells so they just made it into a regular population that is double-bunked.They also have a handful of single cells and I'm in one of these.
The prison is surrounded by woods and every day when I walk out the back of my cell I see deer!!They are about 200' away on the other side of the fence,but I could clearly see them.I can't wait for all the trees to lose their leaves so I could see into the trees past the tree line.I want to ask you a question,"Do you think the deer know that the fence protects them from harm for they walk around like they have no worries?"I just wonder if an animal like a deer could be that smart.I know some animals are real smart,but a deer?It is so nice to see deer and it is the first time I've ever seen them where it wasn't T.V. or a picture!
I also love these cells because they're rooms with a steel door and a small window.The cells are so secluded where inmates can't just look into your cell.I love the seclusion and I think I will be fine here until I see my next parole board in 2014.
As I told you,my recent misbehavior reports "DISAPPEARED" so my last report was may of 2011!I am much happier in a happiewr place in my life.It's hard to imagine one finding happiness in prison,but I'm just happier than before.I haven't taken a shower past 10pm and before 7am in 29 years,but I took a shower at 1:30am yesterday.The small things that bring happiness,I have the seven pictures you sent me decorating my walls and I wanted to ask you where that wooden swing is for it looks like bamboo shoots,but that's impossible for Rocky Point(I think)?I think I could identify the beaches with the rocks in the pictures.
How have you been doing?Please write and let me know for as I told you,I'm settled now and this is where I'll be for a long while(probably until I go home)for Albany(Dept. of Corrections)is not very happy with me for what I put them through in the last couple of months.Hey,I really don't give a sh*t what they are happy with for my comfort & safety comes before their feelings.
I'll close hoping all is well with you.Until next time,take good care.
James
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