encased in energy oozing with a combination of anger and apathy I smile and extend my hand “sign here” I say ….with a grumble they comply as life up to this point has given them no reason not to a DR or daily fail can mean fourteen to 40 days no more good time for the student inmate with a bad attitude – Doing my best to have fans running and any available window open I attempt to remove the atmosphere of daily prison life with the exception of everyone being in the same dull blue and carrying the same emotional strain hardened faces contort trying to remember why y=mx+b and I all can do is watch the struggle – elation fills one corner of the space as someone has a break through I smile quietly to myself while reading one less for the recidivism rates