Reggie MacDonald — A Life Remembered

Stir Things Up a Bit, as Only I Can Do

Jail Diary — In Reggie's Own Words, 1998–2000

Stir Things Up a Bit, as Only I Can Do

May 21

I was supposed to go to my first meeting as Unit Rep today, but they cancelled it.  Our concerns apparently aren’t important to them.  Assholes …

They have a new girl working in the library here.  She’s kinda cute.  Hope to see more of her … I asked [Supervisor] to photocopy two letters for me today.  Actually, I asked Lorrie who took them to [Supervisor].  Apparently, my requests for copies have to be screened.  He at first refused and then later he copied only one, my letter from the RCMP, but wouldn’t copy my letter from Wes MacAleer.  I guess he thinks this will stifle my complaint.  He will find out soon that this is not the case.

May 22

I wrote a letter to Herb Dickinson today about PEI’s lack of an Ombudsman and in it I mentioned this incident.  I am also going to mention it when I write to Lawrence MacAulay, since apparently my last letter to him has ‘disappeared’.  Tampering with mail is a criminal offence.  These assholes think they can get away with anything.  Someday they’ll be sorry they fucked me around …

I found out tonight from a nurse, that [nurse] cut off my cold pills for the weekend without even mentioning it to me.  She’s such a bitch.  I hope she gets fired and her husband beats her …

Steven got 30 months today, so he and Tyler will be going to Spring Hill together.  I wish I had been sent there instead of this shithole …

It’s a-gonna be a quiet weekend here with just me and Chris.  He’s an alright fella but we don’t have a lot to talk about and there’s not enough of us to play Risk or Scrabble … oh well …


May 23

This should have been my last weekend here, but it was just another boring weekend.  Tomorrow is a holiday too, so I won’t find out what’s going on till Tuesday at the earliest.  I can’t bear the thought of spending the summer here.  Why me?  I’ve paid my debt twice over by now.  I may lose this whole year in this shithole.

I did get a couple of letters written today to Lawrence MacAulay and Herb Dickinson.  I’m going to get one of the guards to sign and date the envelope as a precaution.  These fuckers are tampering with my mail.  I may even call the cops about that.

May 24

Today is a holiday (Victoria Day) so things were kind of slow around here.  I’m not sure why that makes a difference; maybe it’s because there’s no paper.  I talked to Tyler this morning.  He’s going Wednesday.  

I talked to John a couple of times today too; in church and outside.  I think I’m a gonna try to get to medium this week, but first I want to go to the unit reps meeting, which should be tomorrow.  I’m gonna try and stir things up a bit, as only I can do.

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