Wasting the Day in Bedlam/17

Please note: These entries were transcribed from illegible handwriting and the bracketed words may or may not be correct.

Third month, [illegible] day, 28 ABY

Dr. Karastee decided that I should learn a trade. However, I'd need to speak with the parole board first, as my housing unit doesn't allow me to do so, aside from my janitorial work detail. They would also wait to see how I do since I've had my shocks. In the [illegible] meantime, Dr. Karastee  cleared it with the board and it was decided that I would be permitted to at least participate in one of the charity programs. At a scheduled time, I would be permitted in the [workshop] to weave blankets for a community outreach program. Dr. Karastee and the parole board agreed to allow it to count toward my community service.

The weather has been quite brisk as of late and I'm not sure why. Granted, the WeatherNet is usually a bit lax around the prison district, but this seems different.

It seems normal and [unpredictable]. As weather should be. None of this fake manufactured comfort. I've never really like that about the [weather] on Coruscant; it was forced to conform to some lofty ideal.

Anyway, I [illegible] had an [attack], so I'm going to ask Mandak if I can use the shower to open up my lungs, or at the very least get something for the cough. [Mandak] isn't [illegible] quite as [unnerving] as [illegible] he was, but he is still way too [quiet]. He makes me nervous. He [illegible] talks to the other guards, but the way he tends to loiter around my cell just isn't right...

''Doctor's note: As was said, I had spoken to Zuckuss about possibly learning a trade. However, inmates who enter the trade programs are usually housed in the honor dorms, and with the higher security around Zuckuss, he cannot be placed in such a dorm for fear of inmate retaliation. I will see if an exception can be made, but the acting warden has unfortunately expressed dislike to previous exceptions concerning Zuckuss's incarceration.''

''If Zuckuss does well with the community outreach program, it may sway the parole board a bit more when I bring up the possibility of him participating in the trade programs again. I also intend to look into the mentoring programs, though any possible candidate would need to be screened, as would Zuckuss's inmate advocates when the time comes for him to begin his hearings.''

''The acting warden has expressed his discontent with my working with Zuckuss. I may need to reschedule Zuckuss's therapy appointments differently, as the warden claims that I am "spending too much time with him." I, personally, find the notion to be absurd. Zuckuss is a complicated case, and cases such as his usually require extra attention. &mdash;Dr. Gawynn Karastee''