Notes From The Pen

Bobby gets his holiday prison bag, Christmas music, Christmas magic, mama c and her oranges, family holiday gatherings, and gratitude for our Notes From The Pen family. If you like...

Pulled from Ep #19 dated 2020: Bobby gets an early call out for a rare road trip to a local hospital for a CT scan. The experience is nothing like Bobby, or myself, expected and is...

Prison Pony Express, Super Rats, Rat Bastard and Squeal Pigeons are just a few names for prison rats. We get the low down on the types of rats & how they operate behind bars. W...

Michigan state coats, nerding out with a fellow asian (and new best friend), Bobby gets a real towel, and finally an eye exam to replace his lost glasses and can see again.  If you...

It's been 10 years since Bobby was locked up & as he's approaching his 12 year ERD (early release date), he can't help but notice time and how the older you get the faster it goes ...

Bobby gets beat up in kindergarten, birth of Hurricane Judy, growing up poor, and the difference between education in the hood and the burbs.  Setting up my new mixer, so this will...

Mama C searches the internet for the meaning of the universe and gets pulled down a rabbit hole on hairdos, a rare moment in prison as Bobby is surprised when a puppy appears in hi...

Co-host JD and America's favorite convict Bobby provide updates and happenings behind prison walls. As Bobby tries to find a way to sleep these past few days, several shenanigans p...

Normally Notes From The Pen episodes have a 2 week lag, but because Bobby wants Kyle to be able to listen to this the day after he's released (which is tomorrow) we're publishing i...

Time Loop, starting out, and synchronicity are the topics as we share how it all started as we look back at our first recorded prison phone call. Hard to believe that it's been 4 y...

Notes From The Week with Co-host Monkey Wrench: Prison Junk Drawer (or Drunk Drawer as mc incorrectly says), GTL snatching up account money, bloody underwear, book banister, and sh...

Co-host JD and America's favorite convict are back to talk about inmates and how they spend their time behind bars, Bobby nerds out with college extra credits, the slavery loop hol...