Saying Goodbye. Never cry in prison. Never. That’s what we’ve been taught. Noah got the call. It is his turn to go home. He is being released early because of…
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Saying Goodbye to Noah | Dennis Cockerham
May 5, 2020
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I am my Father’s Son | Mike Gardipee
May 4, 2020
Resentment and revenge have consumed my life since I was young. Although it blows my mind to say it now, I loved to hate back then. It somehow gave me…
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Doing time or wasting time? | By Noah Bergland
May 3, 2020
When I got to prison, I thought the art of doing time was getting through it as easily and with as little thinking as possible. Thinking brings emotions — shame,…
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Escape | By Dennis Cockerham
May 2, 2020
Escape. A word with so many meanings. It was 1986 and I was 14 years old. A Saturday afternoon shortly after lunch at the Detention Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, a…
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Family & Forgiveness | Noah Bergland
April 30, 2020
Family is everything. That’s how I was raised but not how I acted. In my family, I got some things that I needed and wanted, and I didn’t get other…
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My Story | Noah Bergland
April 29, 2020
My story, like everyone’s story, could go lots of ways. Given where I started, it might be surprising where I ended up, but in some ways, it’s the only way…
