Youthful Offenders

Today I received three letters from Ted – 22 pages in all! (When it rains, it pours!) Two letters were from Lake Butler, where Ted was before Brevard. One letter was from the CFRC in Orlando, where Ted was after Brevard.

I also received another one of my letters back that I mailed to Ted. That is the third letter so far that was returned to me. When I mail letters, I usually include 10 pieces of paper, 10 envelopes and a book of stamps – and it costs $4.95 for postage per letter. This particular letter was returned because “Mail establishes or conducts business”. I’m assuming that the “business conducted” was me telling Ted that ABC News was interested in interviewing him and he needed to sign a consent form. So far, that’s $14.85 in postage down the drain. Actually, it’s double that – I re-mailed the previous two letters and will have to send this one out again – minus any mention of “business,” that is.

When I went to court to be sentenced, I was not sentenced as a Youthful Offender. I was sentenced to Straight DOC [Department of Corrections].

Now for some reason, I’m in with all the YOs.

YOs are still at the same prisons as everybody else – it’s just that they are in a different dorm.

I would much rather be with the adults, because the YOs act like little kids. Plus they have to march everywhere they go. It gets real old, real fast.