Reggie got bad news, in that his parole was denied.  As an outsider, looking in on the things that he had been doing since he was in the jail, it is no surprise that he did not get parole, yet Reggie could not see that his behavior was not condusive to getting on the good side of those that were going to decide his fate.  Reggie, definitely was not a “brown-noser”, or the least bit political!

What follows are his diaries from the day the news was received, and more on his life until the next milestone.

May 19

I received some devastating news yesterday.  My parole has been turned down. I am shocked and very disappointed.  I wasn’t at all prepared for that.  I was sure that it would be ok’d.  I didn’t get any explanation yet.  Brian is out of his office and all I got is a short fax saying I would have a hearing in July.  I can’t understand this.  I’ve done all that I can.  I’ve never seen anyone else here get turned down so I can’t figure out what the problem is.  I had a good report and recommendation from Brian.  I hate the thought of spending the summer here.  Obviously, that higher power thing is bullshit.  If I didn’t have so much time left, I’d say fuck the parole.  Staying sober in here hasn’t helped me out any …

Tyler is going to court tomorrow for sentencing.  It’s not going to be the same here without him around.  I hope it goes well for him tomorrow.  Steven is leaving tomorrow too.  So, it’ll just be me and Chris, the French guy.  Next week, I’ll try to get down to medium.  They need me down there … 

My father told me that Lawrence MacAulay hadn’t yet received my letter, two weeks after I mailed it.  I’m very suspicious about this place.  It also took two weeks for the Nurses Union to get my letter.  I think tomorrow I’ll write to Herb Dickinson and Lawrence again.  I should have made a copy of my letter to Lawrence.  You can’t trust any of these bastards here.

May 20 – Follow-up with Lawyer

Brian S. called this morning and left a message that he didn’t understand the board’s decision.  I was hoping that he was in Moncton trying to straighten this out, but I guess not.  He’ll be here to see me next week, but I expect that there’s nothing he can do …

I wrote a birthday card to [my daughter] and sent it today.  I wish I could be there, as I haven’t been out for any of her birthdays yet.  This thing started just before she was born.  I thought it was coming to an end, but I just don’t know anymore.