About Eli M

Eli is a swimmer, triathlete and dog dad. He worked for eight years as a police officer before finding himself in the spider webs of mental health, addiction recovery and criminal justice systems. His unique perspective from "both sides of the squad car plexiglass" brought him to advocacy for improvements to incarceration systems as well as improvements to our mental health and addiction recovery systems. He has turned his lifelong passion for writing into a blog documenting these experiences, in "Dear Mom, I'm Still Me". He serves as co-founder and Vice President of non-profit organization Transform Dane, based in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Even Without Balloons

9/9/25 Mom, It has been a while. A lot has [...]

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Origins

While staying in seg, you can expect to receive no commissary, no visitations, no mail, and no programming offered in the rest of the jail. You will never go outside or even see a window to remind you the world still exists beyond your walls. You do not bathe or shower, you do not speak to anyone, nor are you spoken to. You effectively exist as an object placed in a room designed for total and complete sensory deprivation.

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