What Is a Halfway House?
Update 10/02/25: Looking back, this halfway house experience was crazy. I see how I survived it, but I never want to have to again. Most people know what prisons are and the details of how they may be operated, but most don’t know what a halfway house is. This article will explain what halfway houses
What I Changes I Would Like To Make At Herlong Prison Camp and The Oakland Halfway House
Update 10/14/25: I still agree with these suggestions to change Herlong. However, I doubt these ideas would ever happen. I’ve been thinking about what would make prison camp more productive for the inmates. I thought carefully about all of my experiences when I was in prison at Herlong Prison Camp and when I stay at
My First Team Meeting–Federal Prison Camp Herlong Journal
Update 10/16/25: This was my first team meeting at prison camp, which several months into my sentence. Like all the other meetings, it was just to let me know who’s in charge, and a reminder of my lane in prison camp. Prison is supposed to be a place of rehabilitation. If that’s the case, then
Community Based Program Agreement at Herlong Prison Camp
Update 10/18/25: Once in a while, inmates from Herlong Prison Camp can go into the local community and do, what is called, community service. It gives us a chance to get out prison, and we get points for our release. It’s a great feeling to be released from prison, even if you are going into
Herlong Prison Camp Transfer Plan Sheet
All inmates are waiting for the day that they can leave the prison or prison camp. Some of them, like myself, transferred to a halfway house, but the others transferred from prison to their own residences. This could be that they have completed their sentence or that they are on parole. I never had to
Oakland Halfway House Resident Handbook–Complete
Oakland Halfway House is a transitional living institution for former inmates located in Oakland, California. This post is a brief recount of my stay there and how to survive your stay. Oakland Halfway House is a co-ed residency in which the women are the minority and the men are the majority. The women stayed in
View from Gap
As a writer, I’m always looking for a way to share my thoughts and experiences with you. Sometimes I never know what I’m going to share, but I’m always ready to share it. While living at the halfway house in Oakland, I was lucky enough to work with a temp agency called ACROBAT. Although the
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