Hey guys haven't heard from you in awhile and hope things are going well for you...Miss you and prayers are still with you that everything is going ok in your lives. Holler back when you get time. Sel how are you doing lady long time no see... You guys have been my rock of support and I miss you all. Let us know how life is treating you! Cember hope things are well with you too girl....:grouphug:

Heya girl :) I am here just busy with work and school and my little one!! I haven't heard from Lysbeth in ages, sent her a message about a week ago but haven't heard back, hope all is good with her! Hope all is good with you, too lady... I read about your son being set off for 3 years, I'm so sorry, we were set off the same... All you can do is take it one day at a time, right?

Good to hear your ok...one day at a time but these days are long ones and doesn't get any easier. I'm worried about Lynn too and Sel. Guess Denise is doing ok it hasn't been too long since she was on. But just to let you all know your being thought of and to thank you all for your support. Hang in there our day is coming just wish it was alot sooner...:)

I talked to Denise the other day..she has been busy with work and her daughter made the school softball team, so she has been busy..

I talked to Sel yesterday - she is doing good just has alot going on right now - I will tell her to stop in.

As for Lynn I think she is busy with work stuff right now - hopefully she will be back with us soon.

Thanks guys just wondering what happened to them and hoping the best for them.

Thank you Lace for asking.about our "rocks"..I too was worried as I hadn't seen them post for a while myself. I come in often..but don't always post unless it's something needs my input!!! LOL

Hey I'm glad to see you post too, I was just hoping nothing was wrong with you guys and thank you for all your love and support not only to me but so many others like us. I usually don't post either unless something just rattles my chain. You take care and know I'm thinking of you all.:grouphug:

You're so sweet Lace..we must do this GTG In June so we can all finally meet!

Hey y'all...sorry I haven't been here in a minute...there has just been so much goin' on & still goin' on... :( BUT...I'm doin' okay & I'm still alive!! Jonathan told me y'all were asking about me so...here I am. Love y'all...and what do I hear about a June GTG?? Sounds fun!!

Well, I know this thread is about a year old now but as most of you know, I've been gone longer than that. And many of you still active have probably noticed I've been poking around again this week, so I just wanted to respond to this and say hello to everyone - all my old Alabama friends as well as the new faces. :)

Poor BlueEyez got left all by herself in the forum, but I'm so thankful she has stuck around and kept things going and doing a marvelous job. :)

I'm sorry I've been gone so long. The only thing I can really say is work responsibilities, other responsibilities, and an ongoing nightmare dealing with, not really ADOC-related, but our own prison situation itself just kept me too tied up to devote the time needed for PTO. I think I am back to stay now, though just easing into things and taking it slow as far as PTO overall.

I wish I had big news or changes to report but there just really aren't any. I had hoped by now I would be able to report we were at Limestone, or at least some other medium security facility (seeing as how my incarcerated loved one is a medium security ADOC inmate, go figure!). But we are still at St. Clair... which longtimers will recall that it was a mistake he got transferred there and wasn't supposed to be there in the first place.

He's miserable, I'm miserable, family's miserable, but we're doing all we can to just get through it and still have hope of seeing him moved elsewhere before his EOS comes up (only a little over two years away now). I have seen him a grand total of two times in the past two years thanks to the circumstances we are dealing with - not happy about that either, of course.

The ADOC switch to Global TelLink has made things even more peachy, with phone calls being either impossible or if he gets through, you can barely understand each other most of the time (but I know you all know that bit of fun well).

So it just continues to be one day at a time for us and we grit our teeth and try to just get through it. I keep reminding myself it's only a bit over two years away before he's home and away from Alabama for good - god knows we will never set foot in that state again once he is, no offense to you Alabamans - but the last couple of years have not been easy at all.

I thought I'd seen it all when it came to dealing with Alabama's state prison system but boy, have I had many many surprises the last couple of years and found out just how rotten it is. At least with the change in warden at St. Clair there have been some improvements, but it's kind of a sick joke that I now look back on our days at Limestone, Tallahatchie, and even that hellhole Easterling as "the good old days" when things were "SO much better". Ugh.

Anyway, forgive me for going against my own forum rules (LOL) and talking about prison in the (non-prison-related chat) Lounge, but it was really the best way to "update" everyone just this one time so I'll slap my own hand for it. :) Glad to be back to PTO and good to see some of you still here. Have missed you all a great deal, and many many hugs.

Hey girl, I am glad to hear from you! I've been pretty quiet too.. same old same old, I work full time during the day and I'm a full time student, too, on top of taking care of my child and my hubby and all :) We sure do miss Wise over at Limestone though, if it makes you feel any better, things have gotten much much worse at Limestone this past year or so especially.. we lost 1/2 of all our visits, they closed down most of the honor dorm (and all the rest of them have lost all their special privileges such as tv's etc).. the new parcel company they use costs a fortune for their packages.. they are being forced to wear new jumpsuits on the yard that have literal padlocks all over them so they can barely move, summertime should be great for that right?.. only 1 book can be mailed in a month, a maximum on pictures.. my hubby says they are getting completely shook down once every week or so.. I'm sure there is more I'm forgetting. I've called up there and since Wise is gone, nobody cares, the Warden literally laughed and hung up in my face once. I am a reasonable person, I work in an office and I am very professional, and I certainly didn't appreciate that!! So what is the deal with St. Clair?

Yuck. That all sounds horrible. I know losing Wise had to hurt, I won't say there've been HUMONGOUS improvements at St. Clair since his arrival but lots of things are definitely better than they were.

I am really sorry to hear so much negative and crummy has happened with Limestone the past year tho. Sounds like I will have to stop giving it good word of mouth as the best facility in ADOC. :(

Now that I've read all of that I guess I shouldn't complain about St. Clair so much 'cos (unless those same changes are coming) none of that yucky stuff y'all are dealing with has happened at St. Clair. And the staff is really as nice as can be with only a couple exceptions (from a visitor/family point of view anyway). I've been upset about the only-3-hour visits since day one he arrived, but now that I hear that about Limestone cutting hours I guess there's not too much for me to be jealous about anymore. Of course it's still really tough on families when you live as far away from Alabama as his family and I do.

Most of our issues are pretty seg-centric and don't have much to do with St. Clair at large, really. As far as population goes, it kind of sucks and is daunting if you're a medium inmate since it's a max prison, but it's still not as awful as Easterling was back in that witch Mosley's heyday.

However, based on what you guys are telling me about Limestone, I think maybe I'm wishing and am going to maybe suggest that he push for moving to Staton instead... eek. That's really sad that Limestone has gone so downhill lately.

Lys, good to hear from you. Know how you feel it's the same ol same ol here too, day to day and hoping for a miracle I guess. So glad to hear in a little while it will all be over for you. It's still a minute but your getting there! Think of you often and want you to know how supportive you have been to me and how much I appreciate you. Your one of the first I met here on PTO and made me feel welcomed and I knew this is where I finally fit in with all the things we go through. I've become a bitter person through all this crap I have had to deal with and all you guys have been my support to keep going and fighting for my son. It's give me the heart to keep going and scratching and clawing to try to get things done and to keep hoping for brighter days ahead. By the way mine is at Elmore again. He just can't take these work camps he always gets into trouble when they send him there. They put him there and they wait so long before they put him up for work release that he screws up and goes back to square one. This makes 2 times he's been to work camps and messed it up. Instead of being rehabilitated he's becoming institutionalized with this crazy sentence he has. But they can't keep him forever.
Hey but I'm really glad your ok and it's good to hear from you, we share the same views with the ADOC and the parole board. LOL!

It's good to have you back Lysbeth ...*smiles.

Glad to see you back, Lysbeth :-) ! As for Easterling, R says it is sooome better since Mosley left. That's awful that Limestone has done all of those things!!

hey guys...to start with i love you all, and as said before, i don't know how i would have made it without the support from PTO while i was with K, for those of you how don't know, we didn't make it....divorced within a year of him being home, i could kick myself in the ass every time i think of all the days, weeks, months, years i wasted, and believe me, it was indeed a waste of time.

However, i am over him and moved on with my life, there are times like today that he creeps back in my head and i find myself here and i'm reminded off all the pain he caused me and my family and i'm right back to myself again

I glad to see all the new people here and i'm sure there are those that will MAKE IT and find happiness that we all desire.

I have found it, but it wasn't easy to let down the walls that i built up after my divorce and alot of the times it still there. I have to keep telling myself that all men are not like K.

Glad to see ya back, Denise! I'm sorry things didn't work out with K...but, you do sound as though you've picked yourself up and are moving onward and upwards!! That is awesome!! 8-)