Lights In the Distance. . . Walks’ Outdate – 117 Days and Counting By Steven Maisenbacher I hate to feel like I’m doing it, but as I sit here with less than 4 months left to serve before my release to halfway house, I am concerned, and every day of not having answers is evenContinue reading “Beat The Dead Horse”
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Eleven Years in Hell
All For The Right To Pray Part Four – The Spiritual Warrior Awakens Chapter 15 After my return to the Alabama Department of Corrections in 1984, they tried to use loop holes in the Religious Freedom Act to deny me my religious rights once again. I wasn’t asking for much – the right to wearContinue reading “Eleven Years in Hell”
Treachery in High Places
All For The Right To Pray Part Three – The Legacy of Wounded Knee Chapter 14 On the day of my arrest, August 5, 1981, I had just dropped my so-called wife off at her aunt’s house in Pensacola with a rental trailer loaded with her belongings. I had never been to this aunt’s placeContinue reading “Treachery in High Places”
I Won’t Miss It
Lights In the Distance. . . Walks’ Outdate – 124 Days and Counting By Steven Maisenbacher You know it’s crazy when your time is almost up and you realize that you’re already trying to forget the stuff that goes on around you. Like for me, I am trying to put my mind in the freeContinue reading “I Won’t Miss It”
Power in the Law
All For The Right To Pray Part Three – The Legacy of Wounded Knee Chapter 13 Only twice have I ever been allowed to represent a case in court during a trial. Both times I won. The first was on my right to pray, wear long hair, have a pipe ceremony, and my general rightsContinue reading “Power in the Law”
When Life Came Undone
All For The Right To Pray Part Three – The Legacy of Wounded Knee Chapter 12 When I was 16 years old my dad signed for me to enlist in the U.S. Navy. A big part of this decision was to get away from the woman I had been forced to marry at age 15.Continue reading “When Life Came Undone”
Spiritual Reawakening of the People
All For The Right To Pray Part Three – The Legacy of Wounded Knee Chapter 11 Today, if you asked most people what they know about the American Indian Movement or AIM, you would most likely get a blank look. For those who have heard about AIM, their impression would most likely reflect the characterizationContinue reading “Spiritual Reawakening of the People”
South Dakota Summers – AIM
All For The Right To Pray Part Two – The Making of a Warrior Chapter 10 By the time I reached my early teens, I had been working all kinds of jobs for years and always saved my money so was able to buy a good motorcycle. None of my family knew this at theContinue reading “South Dakota Summers – AIM”
Astounding, Baffling and Irritating
Lights In the Distance. . . Walks’ Outdate – 137 Days and Counting By Steven Maisenbacher Talladega Prison, April 8, 2022 If we all were to be reasonable about the math, we’d agree, the average federal correctional officer makes a whopping 50k annually. Now it’s amazing to see this when the primary job description isContinue reading “Astounding, Baffling and Irritating”
The Horseman – Sachem & Me
All For The Right To Pray Part Two – The Making of a Warrior Chapter 9 After Misty was killed, I went to stay with my dad in Alabama for a while to get a grip on my emotions, then returned to my family in Florida. One day, a man came to my stepdad andContinue reading “The Horseman – Sachem & Me”
Journeys of the Spirit 