During my post about work, I completely forgot to include one of my paystubs. During a two-week period (i.e. a typical pay period), I usually get six boxes done. Though the pay is nominal, if you work fast enough, you can make a few dollars. The money made in a month isn`t enough to live well off of, but it can buy you some coffee and a few snacks. We were recently locked down for at least part of a day every day for almost a week straight. During that week, the lockdowns occurred during work for two of our four workdays. That cut my usual productivity in half.
The judge in my civil case finally screened my complaint, so I had to start going to the law library again to research for both an early mediation conference with the defendants’ representative (the Attorney General’s office) and to research for my response to the judge’s order. Law library happens to fall on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, during work. So I ended up missing half a day for two days that week. Then the lockdowns preventing me from working were on Tuesday and Thursday. So instead of six boxes in a two-week period, I completed only three boxes. Oh well. C’est la vie.
This is just a short post to add some paystubs so you guys can see both my earnings and some of the different casinos whose cards I’ve sorted. So if you see some of those cards for sale in a Dollar Store or similar venue, they just might be the cards I sorted and decked. Oh, in case you’re wondering about the “savings full” and “savings not full” columns, those are referring to the prison trust account savings. When you first come to prison, 10% of every deposit to your inmate trust is deducted and put into a savings account until your savings account reaches $400. Having been down (prison slang for “incarcerated”) for over twenty years, my savings is full. That savings sits there until your release. If you’re LWOP like me, it just sits there until you die in prison and the state gets to claim it as their own.
Other deductions also apply. If you owe any court fees for, say, a civil rights lawsuit in federal court ($350 filing fee), or an appeal to the 9th circuit ($505 filing fee), 20% is deducted from every deposit to your “books” (prison slang for “inmate trust account”) until the filing fee is paid off. Any copy work at the law library, legal postage, doctor’s visit, or medication are also deducted from deposits. There are quite a few guys working who don`t see any of their paychecks from work. They’re really working like slaves.
Alright, that’s all for now. I think in my next posts I`ll be getting back to posting my inventions from days gone by. Until next time, then, enjoy the warmth of Summer fast approaching.
a life without parole 